Indoor Fun With Edible Paint
Posted by Amy | Filed under Crafts, Food
Do you ever have one of those days when you read about a creative idea someone had and you just have to do it right away? Katherine inspired me so much with her popcorn painting and beautiful photos, that 15 minutes after I read her post, the snacks were ready to be painted!
This edible paint is milk and neon food coloring. Katherine used sweet evaporated milk, but that was not to be found in my pantry, so regular milk it was! I also thought marshmallows would make it an even sweeter activity:-)
My daughter had a blast. You know it’s serious stuff when you stick your tongue out while painting!
Forget Easter eggs, we’re painting marshmallows!
My attempt at painting her face. It was hysterical to her, but even more fun to eat!
Pull out the food coloring and try it!
Visit Katherine Marie Photography’s site for more popcorn fun. Modern Mama for more indoor arts and crafts ideas and We are that Family for lots of great ideas on Works for me Wednesday.
Tags: activity, craft, Crafts, edible paint, Family, indoor, kids, marshmallow, painting, popcorn, preschool, snack
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:01 am
Oh…super idea! So doing this since the cold will not abate here till May!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 am
Love. This. Idea.
Oh man… can’t wait to tap the inner artists in my kids! Thanks for the fun idea and great pictures!!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 2:50 am
What a fantastic idea. I think my daughter will love to do this activity this weekend.
Thanks heaps.
Lisa
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February 3rd, 2010 at 7:59 am
What a FUN idea for little ones Amy!!……and your little one is so stinkin CUTE…..she looks like she really enjoyed painting AND eating!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:13 am
Your little artist is just so DARLING!!!! and I love all your pretty pastels!!!
I just found this book at the library: Kids Crazy Concoctions: 50 Mysterious Mixtures for Art and Craft Fun… fruity lipstick–crayons for the tub– it’s jammed packed with a ton of FUN FUN ideas!!!!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 8:44 am
This is a GREAT idea, and thanks for the tip. My daughter is a bit older now, but this is something so FUN and easy she can do with kids she babysits! I can’t wait to email the link!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 10:50 am
This is the cutest idea ever! I love it!
I’m so gonna have to try it this weekend w/ my kiddos.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 11:16 am
I love this simple idea! What a great activitiy to do with hot chocolate! Great blog.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Love it! We’ll be doing this and making the recycled crayons this weekend. Thanks, Amy, for such great activities for the family!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Holy Cow fun….I going to grand-kids next week…this is going to be one of our activities!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 2:14 pm
What a fun idea! It’s like an Easter egg craft in the winter
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
What a cute idea! How fun that will be for my kids?!
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February 3rd, 2010 at 3:51 pm
Oh my kids love to paint anything they can get their hands on! This will be a fun activity when everyone is bored!! Thanks.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:08 pm
I wish I’d known to do this when my kids were little–what a cute idea. (Almost as cute as your daughter!)
One thing we used to do is use food coloring and clean brushes to paint bread–then we toasted it. So you got to eat colorful toast! I wonder if your milk recipe would work for this idea, too?
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Beautiful photography but how can you miss with such a sweet subject. I’m talkin’ daughter here, but the popcorn and marshmallows are cute too.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:22 pm
My daughter wanted to color eggs the other day, this is a wonderful substitute as it will get eaten quicker then the hardboiled eggs.
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
aww this are great…♥
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February 3rd, 2010 at 4:58 pm
What a great idea, Amy! I love it! I think Anja might get confused between the “special, edible” paint and normal paint, but I’m willing to take that chance…
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February 4th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
this is SUCH a cute idea! I can’t wait to try it with my daughter!
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February 4th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
My kids are painting popcorn and marshmallows right now. They are LOVING it. Thanks for the idea…it’s perfect on a cold, rainy day!
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February 5th, 2010 at 6:55 am
How fun! My daughter would LOVE to do this!!
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February 6th, 2010 at 12:48 am
My son is going to freak out over this one!!
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February 10th, 2010 at 8:54 am
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February 12th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Your daughter is so cute and adorable and beautiful! Sorry, it had to be said. Oh, and I will try this out on my little one when it snows for the 67846746th time next week.
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
This rocks! I love it! We’ll be trying our hand at painting soon. :>) I linked on my weekly roundup, the post is under my name. Thanks for sharing!
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February 24th, 2010 at 11:02 pm
love katherinemarie photography! I started drawing on marshmallows with edible pens last year and my 2-year old can’t get enough, so I can’t wait to try this!!
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March 5th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
What a wonderfully fun idea! Can’t wait to do this with my kids.
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March 16th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
i take it these have to be eaten pretty soon after being made? would the popcorn dry and last a day or two? does anyone know???
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