Clean Mud
1 cup ivory snow laundry soap
5-6 rolls shredded toilet paper
Water
Pour the soap over the toilet paper. Add small amounts of water and mix with hands until
mixture becomes soft and squishy. Smells Great! We used this during our winter theme as
snow. We also put plows and tractors into the mixture and pretended to plow the snow with
the tractors.
Wet Chalk Drawing
Sugar solution (1/3 cup sugar and 1 cup water)
Sidewalk chalk
Paper
Soak sidewalk chalk overnight in sugar solution. Draw with the wet chalk on paper. The
sugar-water helps brighten the chalk colors and keeps the drawing from smearing as much.
Dry the completed art project. You can also dip the end of dry chalk into the sugar solution
and draw with the dampened chalk.
Paint Dough
Mix equal parts of flour, salt and water to form a paste consistency. Add liquid tempera
paint to desired color. Make several different colors. Pour each paint mixture into a plastic
squeeze bottle. Squeeze paint onto the poster board to make designs. Dry the completed
project. The salt gives the designs a glistening crystal quality when dry.
Puffy Paint
Elmer’s glue
Shaving cream
Powdered tempera paint
Mix equal amounts of glue and shaving cream together. Add the powdered tempera paint to
mixture. When paint is applied to paper, it will dry puffy. Especially fun to paint with
fingers or q-tips.
Tissue Collage
Cut several colors of art tissue papers into squares, triangles, rectangles or any shapes
from one to three inches in size. Place the shapes on a tray. Dip a paintbrush into liquid
starch and brush it on the paper or paper plate. Press a piece of tissue into the starch. Paint
a little more starch over the tissue paper. Continue adding more and more pieces of tissue
paper and starch, overlapping them to create new colors. The artist may choose to cover all
or part of the background. Dry
the project completely.
Tissue Stain
Place torn bits of colored tissue paper on the paper or cardboard. Spray water on the tissue
pieces. Use a wet paintbrush to enhance the staining from the tissues. Remove or peel away
the wet tissue pieces and a stained design will be left behind. Dry the project completely.
Children can add more colors after the design
Mystery Paint
Dissolve 4 tbs baking soda in 4 tbs water in a cup. Dip the cotton swab in the mixture and
paint and invisible picture on the white paper. Dry the artwork completely. Brush the
watercolor paint over the paper to reveal the mystery picture. Children can create a secret
picture for a friend to reveal with watercolor paint.