Kool Aid Puffy Paint Recipe

No Cook Puffy Paint Recipe

We love making homemade paint.  Of course we buy store bought paint, too, but it's so much fun trying new recipes for homemade paint and experimenting with colors and textures.  Our favorite paint recipe that we have tried is Homemade Puffy Paint.  The paint recipe calls for three common household ingredients.  All you have to do is mix up a batch then add the color of your choice, and voila you have a simple no cook puffy paint recipe.  

We almost always have a batch of homemade puffy paint in the fridge.  It lasts for months and is ready for use at a moments notice.  We have been having so much fun adding Kool Aid to sensory play, and we even made Kool Aid watercolors for a recent play date.  The aromas a Kool Aid packet add to paint makes it an amazing sensory experience.  The added bonus is that Kool Aid also adds rich colors, so this paint recipe remains a frugal one.

How to Make Scented Puffy Paint

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Supplies:

• Kool Aid packets
• Duncan Hines frosting creations
• squeezy bottles
• water
• flour
• salt
• funnel

I mixed one packet of Kool Aid or Duncan Hines frosting creations (to get colors I couldn't achieve with Kool Aid) and 1/3 cup of water then poured the mixture into each squeezy bottle as pictured above.

Directions:

After mixing the Kool Aid packets and water I added equal parts of salt and flour to each squeezy bottle using a funnel.  I covered the bottle opening with my finger and shook hard until all the homemade paint was well blended.  The desired consistency is liquid enough to squeeze out easily and solid enough to be puffy.  I squirt out small amounts in the kitchen sink until I am satisfied with the results.  The recipe is roughly equal parts of water, salt and flour, but I mix well and add ingredients as needed until I achieve the desired consistency.  I prefer to start with excess liquid, because it is easy to squeeze liquid off the top when necessary.  It can be more difficult to water down flour and salt if too much of the dry ingredients are added first.

*Note*  If you don't have a funnel you could also mix the ingredients in a ziploc bag then cut a small opening and squeeze in the paint through the small hole.

Colors/Scents used:

• green - chocolate mint Duncan Hines
• pink - bubble gum Duncan Hines
• yellow - lemon Kool Aid (This is the only color that I added food coloring to, since lemon Kool Aid isn't very vibrant.)
• turquoise - cotton candy Duncan Hines
• burgundy - white chocolate raspberry Duncan Hines
• orange - orange Kool Aid
• red - cherry Kool Aid
• purple - grape Kool Aid

All four of my boys love homemade puffy paint.  J-Bug (4) prefers to squeeze out large amounts of the paint and watch the colors blend together.  Lately JZ (6) has been working hard to make pictures with the homemade paint.  His drawing skills have really developed, and it's fun watching him transfer them to paint.

We've almost made chocolate puffy paint, candy apple scented puffy paint, and candy cane puffy paint.

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More homemade paint recipes:

Sparkly Finger Paint ~ Painting with Mud ~ Rainbow Quick Paints