Homeschooling holds a very special place in my heart. I love the moments of Ahaa! I love being able to spend time with my children and actually raise them. I love seeing improvements in their school work. I love that my kids know that whole milk makes better art than skim milk. I love seeing the look on their faces as their artwork comes out of the microwave! I love that my kids have a relationship with our mailman, water guy, Fed Ex and trash people. I love that we go on atleast three field trips per month and my kids are seeing the world around them. I love homeschooling my family!
Today was another fun experimental journey. We created puffy paint. I have had this recipe for quite some time. (Not sure where I got it from) I didn't have the ingredients as marked below, but thought I would try it anyways. I used all-purpose flour instead of self-rising flour, but it still worked nicely (not as nice, but still rised enough to make my kids grin from ear to ear).
Today myself and my kiddos created some puffy art!
It is really quite a simple recipe...and fun, too!
Ingredients for Puffy Paint:
--> 1T Self-Rising Flour
--> 1T Salt
--> 1 1/2 T water (just enough to make a paste)
--> Food coloring of your choice (just a few drops will do it)
Mix the flour, salt and water until it forms a paste. Too much water will make it watery and project will not turn out puffy! After mixed, put in food coloring until desired color. Paint your pictures as you normally would, then place each piece of artwork in the microwave for 45 seconds.
As you see in the picture above, I put each color in it's own bowl with it's own paint brush. I like this idea because the glass bowls all have lids and I can store them for a couple of days to use. They just loved the texture.
Painting with my children and teaching my oldest son his Roman Numerals today has been amazingly peaceful. I know that my children are really looking forward to tomorrow's craft...Flubber :)
Do you have any recipes to share? I would love to hear them...and try them, too!
Today was another fun experimental journey. We created puffy paint. I have had this recipe for quite some time. (Not sure where I got it from) I didn't have the ingredients as marked below, but thought I would try it anyways. I used all-purpose flour instead of self-rising flour, but it still worked nicely (not as nice, but still rised enough to make my kids grin from ear to ear).
Today myself and my kiddos created some puffy art!
It is really quite a simple recipe...and fun, too!
Ingredients for Puffy Paint:
--> 1T Self-Rising Flour
--> 1T Salt
--> 1 1/2 T water (just enough to make a paste)
--> Food coloring of your choice (just a few drops will do it)
Mix the flour, salt and water until it forms a paste. Too much water will make it watery and project will not turn out puffy! After mixed, put in food coloring until desired color. Paint your pictures as you normally would, then place each piece of artwork in the microwave for 45 seconds.
As you see in the picture above, I put each color in it's own bowl with it's own paint brush. I like this idea because the glass bowls all have lids and I can store them for a couple of days to use. They just loved the texture.
Painting with my children and teaching my oldest son his Roman Numerals today has been amazingly peaceful. I know that my children are really looking forward to tomorrow's craft...Flubber :)
Do you have any recipes to share? I would love to hear them...and try them, too!
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