Make your own paint powder using sidewalk chalk!
We love powdered paint and use it in our activities often. We used to buy powdered paint, but we have recently started making our own. It's so easy, and the process is really fun for kids! Read on for the step-by-step tutorial.
We love powdered paint and use it in our activities often. We used to buy powdered paint, but we have recently started making our own. It's so easy, and the process is really fun for kids! Read on for the step-by-step tutorial.
Powdered paint is so easy to make, and there are TONS of ways to use it in PLAY! Be sure to check the bottom of the post for ideas.
Powdered Paint Recipe
- Sidewalk chalk
- Zip-seal bags
- A hammer or similar
Method
- Place 3-5 pieces of sidewalk chalk into a zip-seal bag, using one bag for each color of powdered paint that you wish to make.
- Tightly seal the bags.
- Then, crush the chalk using a hammer or similar until you have a fine powder. My girls love helping with this part.
- The zip-seal bags might get punctured during the hammering process. If that happens you can store your powdered paint in jars or containers.
- Just once piece of standard chalk produces a lot of powder, making this quite a frugal way to make powdered paint.
Ways to Use Powdered Paint
Here are a few of our favorite ways to use powdered paint:
- Use it to color cloud dough.
- Make beautiful works of art.
- Go rainbow puddle jumping.
- Make chalk bombs.
- Use your homemade colored powder for a color fight!
This is one of our favorite ways to use our homemade paint. I mean, it's just SO FUN! You can read more about what a color fight is here.
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