How To Make Paint

By Little Mummy, September 11, 2006 5:47 am

If you’ve been caught without any paint (tut tut!) for the latest art project, then here is an easy recipe.

You will need;

Water

Flour

Food Colouring

Bowl

Spoon

1. Mix small amount of flour and water, mix until you have a smooth paste.

2. Continue to add water until you have the right consistency. For example for finger painting you will need a thicker paint than standard paintbrush painting.

*Tip* If you don’t have any paintbrushes you could do what my nan used to do (my mum did it for us once!), cut an inch or so of hair (yes, that’s your hair) and tape to a twig! This would be a great little tip if the end result wasn’t so shoddy…. ;) (sorry mum, nan…)

66 Responses to “How To Make Paint”

  1. muslim girl says:

    i hope ur there!

  2. muslim girl says:

    alrighty lilmummy nice meeting u ………….. i guess………….goodbye

  3. 2 school girls (trying) to make paint! says:

    Hi! We tried 2 make this paint recipe but it did not work out so well… we used some flour and then some water and food dye and mixed it up. We then used paint brushes and brushed it on a poster board! It soaked in and it dried really weird. It ended up as a big gooky mess. It also looked like a weird wet thing. It did not work out for us and now we have 2 turn this in but we are using the other side for our info!

  4. Miss tickles says:

    great tip but when i made it it wasnt really looking like paint on paper i looke like mini go yogurt i will try again thansk ur the best,
    miss tickles

  5. Tori says:

    heyy,
    thanks for the paint recipe
    without that recipe i would have got a D for my assessment
    but thanks to you i saved to you
    saved my assesment paint work

    Thankk Youu Sooo Muchh!!!
    :D

  6. julie says:

    this is awesome when and how did you learn to make paint i’m always trying to make things that use paint usually when we do not have any thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. jenna says:

    is this washable??

    my cuzins wanted to know if they could paint with this recipie on their trampoline.

    anyways this works great on paper…i was just wonsering if they could paint on the trampoline with this. i told them not to try it incase it wouldnt come off that kind of fabric.

    Thanks for your help!!!

  8. Little Mummy says:

    It is washable but I wouldn’t advise painting the trampoline.

  9. muslim mommy says:

    Thanks a lot! I’ve been trying to find an easy paint recipe. In fact, my daughter is using the homemade paint now. I also love the paintbrush idea. ;-)

  10. Little Mummy says:

    Thanks muslim mommy, glad it’s come in handy.

  11. alexis says:

    Will it ever work because i haven’t tried it, but i don’t want it to end up in a big, gloppy, gross mess. I’m not trying to be mean, but i don’t want it to be ugly for now. k? thanks so much for maybe answering my question.Well i hope you respond to my question because i really want to try it, but i don’t want it to be ugly because who would want to paint with something UGLY!!! sincerely,The Person Writing This? (um-duh) Bye… Paint Person

  12. alexis says:

    sorry about what i said because i just don’t want it to be ugly.k? bye again paint person! orange! hi.?

  13. Little Mummy says:

    The only way you’ll know is by giving it a try :)

  14. Abby says:

    will this work on clay? I,m just wondering because i make clay dragons and i don’t want them to fall apart if it doesn’t work.
    thanks if You do answer,
    bye!

  15. Little Mummy says:

    Hi Abby,

    Honest answer is I don’t know, but I think you’re better using acrylic paint for clay, this probably wouldn’t show up.

  16. mel says:

    hi little mummy i want to no what step 3 is??

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