Erupting Apple Sidewalk Chalk Paint Recipe

You've probably noticed by now that we love erupting sidewalk chalk paint.  With fall in full swing I decided to put a seasonal twist on one of our favorite play recipes and do some apple printing on the sidewalk.

Fall Recipe for Play - Apple Printing Eruptions

We are back for day two of our fall play series with the best fall activities for kids!  Monday - Playdough, Tuesday - Paint, Wednesday - Glowing, Thursday - Scented Play, and Friday - Nature.  The theme for today is paint.  You know how much we love to paint!  We have a huge collection of homemade paint recipes and are always experimenting with different materials to make more.  Since this is a Fall Recipes for Play series, I wanted to take one of our favorite recipes and give it a fall twist.  One of our all time favorite paints is sidewalk chalk paint.  In addition to the standard recipe we've added scent to it and made it erupt while practicing the alphabet.  For this fall sidewalk chalk paint recipe I decided to combine all of our favorite elements, and I mixed up a batch of erupting apple sidewalk chalk paint!

How to Make Erupting Apple Sidewalk Chalk Paint

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Supplies:

• cornstarch
• baking soda
• water
• liquid watercolors or food coloring
• foam brushes
• squeezy bottles
• distilled white vinegar
• cinnamon
• apple flavor
• gold glitter
• apples
• craft sticks

Directions:  I combined roughly 1/4 cup of cornstarch with 1/4 cup of baking soda in each dish.  I added the colors, spice and glitter next.  I made one batch candy apple red (apple flavoring and red coloring), the second batch golden delicious yellow (gold glitter and yellow coloring), and the final batch apple cinnamon green (cinnamon and green coloring).  If you want a true red, I suggest using quite a bit of color.  As you can see in the photos below my red was pinkish.  The cornstarch and baking soda whiten the colors quite a bit.

Next I added the water.  I used approximately 1/2 cup of water per color.  Add water to the mixture slowly.  You want a consistency that is a little thinner than Oobleck.  If it is too thick it is hard to paint on the sidewalk.  If it is too thin it will be very runny.  Find a consistency somewhere in the middle.

I cut two apples in half, stuck a craft stick in each one to use as a handle and set up an invitation to make apple printing eruptions.

No one needed encouragement to dive into the fun.

In addition to apple printing I set out foam brushes for free painting.

JZ (6) enjoyed painting apples, and he couldn't get over how amazing the candy apple red smelled.

J-Bug (4) thought that dunking the apples into the paint was the coolest thing ever.  We have done apple printing before, and this fun twist was a huge hit.

Peanut (25 months) thought it most fun to just wave the foam brushes in the air, dripping paint all over.  One of the best things about sidewalk chalk paint is that it washes away easily with a hose.  The kids can make a huge mess without any concern.  It also washes easily out of clothing.  Here are my best laundry tips for keeping our clothes stain free.

I also set out an apple cookie cutter to make cookie cutter prints with sidewalk chalk paint.  The cookie cutter is probably actually a pumpkin, but it worked.

Once our driveway was sufficiently covered in apple prints, splatters, and designs, I pulled out the squeezy bottles.  The bottles were full of vinegar to make apple eruptions!

The apple prints looked so cool fizzing!  I couldn't help but squirt out a bunch myself.

JZ was ecstatic watching his apple painting erupt.

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Be sure and visit these other fantastic sites to see their paint recipes, and come back each day this week for more fall recipes for play!

Homemade Edible Apple Paints from Blog Me Mom

Homemade Cranberry Fall Paint Recipe from Housing a Forest

Homemade Edible Whipped Paints for Fall from Fun at Home with Kids

More apple scented fall recipes for play:

Candy Apple Scented Rice ~ Apple Pie Dough ~ Apple Scented Foam Dough