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How to Make Puffy Paint for Kids

by Jackie 13 Comments

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Kids love to paint! But have you ever made puffy paint for your kids?

Learn how to make puffy paint for kids. Believe it or not, all you need are three simple ingredients you can pick up at your local dollar store! Mix in two easy steps, pour into bottles, and get set for hours of puffy paint DIY fun! #sunlitspacesblog #puffypaint

If you haven’t, this is a project you should definitely try! Puffy paint provides hours of fun for kids of any age. In case it’s new to you, this paint has  texture that dries puffy and foamy to the touch. Your kids will love it!

Puffy Paint for kids
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1 Puffy Paint Recipe for Kids
1.1 Recipe:
1.2 Puffy Paint Ideas

Puffy Paint Recipe for Kids

First of all, you need a few things to get the best results:

Puffy Paint bottles

1. Condiment bottles from Dollar Tree

2. A funnel

Puffy Paint Ideas

3. A large can of white shaving cream {not shave gel!}

4. One large bottle of plain white school glue

5. Liquid food coloring in desired colors

Food Coloring

If you want to mix a few different colors, have a bowl ready for mixing each color, and a squirt bottle for each color.

Recipe:

1/2 cup of shaving cream

1/4 cup of white school glue

10-15 drops of food coloring

Put the shaving cream into the bowl first, then add the glue and carefully fold the two ingredients together. The goal is to keep as much of the air in the shaving cream as possible. Once you have mixed the two together, put food coloring in each bowl of puffy paint and carefully fold it in. Keep in mind that as the paint dries, it gets darker.

Purple and Blue Puffy Paint

Once you mix your colors, pour each color into a squirt bottle using a funnel. Use a straw if necessary to help the paint flow down through the funnel. Now you can use your bottles of puffy paint to create lots of pretty designs!

Puffy Paint

Puffy Paint Ideas

If you choose, you can keep the paints in bowls and use paintbrushes to apply the paint to paper. This makes for wider, puffier designs.

Puffy Paint

Kids also enjoy using their fingers to blend colors together into a puffy paint DIY colorful landscape. Puffy paint ideas are pretty endless!

With only three simple ingredients, this fun paint will be one of your kids’ favorite rainy day {or any day!} projects.

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  1. Arlene Freier says

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    How long does it take to dry?

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  2. Jill says

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    Does this recipe work to make the window clings too?

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    • SRISHTI says

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      I THINK U CAN TRY BUT IT WILL EASILY BREAK WONT IT ???

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  3. Jerilyn Faivre says

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    So much fun easy to make! Grandma and granddaughter 3 years old had a fun afternoon.

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    • Kate says

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      I’m glad you had fun!

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  4. Kelli says

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    Anyone know If this would work with clear elmers glue vs white?

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  5. Julie says

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    Our paint seems to be too thick to get into the bottles from the funnel. Any ideas on how to thin it a little?

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    • Jackie says

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      Try using a straw to help the paint flow through the funnel. Good luck!

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    • siana says

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      try putting more glue and less shaving foam

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  6. johnna says

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    this is SUPER cool for me and other kids my age!

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    • Jackie says

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      I’m glad you like it!

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  7. Meg Morenz says

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    How long does it take to dry? Does it stay adhered to the paper or is it just to do for fun and toss it?

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  8. Karen Russell says

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    How long will the painted shaving cream last in a bottle?

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