Non Toxic finger paint - Arts, Crafts and DIY

A great alternative to bought paint this is non toxic and washes off little hands (and faces!) easily

Material

4 table spoons cornflour
1 cup boiling water
cold water
liquid food colouring
extra hot water

Method

In a medium saucepan, mix the cornflour with enough cold water to make a paste. (Not too runny).
Pour in 1 cup of boiling water and stir thoroughly so there are no lumps. I used a whisk at this point to ensure no lumps
Turn on medium heat on the stove and mix continually for around 30 seconds or until it starts to thicken. Once you see this, turn off the heat and continue stirring.
I then added hot water bit by bit, and stirring it using a whisk the whole time until it became like a custard consistency
Spoon equal amounts into empty jars, cups or containers and add food colouring. Mixing until completely combined

Notes

You can keep for a couple of days, but keep in mind it doesn’t have preservatives in it so will go bad. Make sure it’s still ok before giving to children to use – especially if they are young and will try to put in their mouths

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- Mum2archer
- 04 Jan 2018
  12:23 pm

64 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 01 Jul 2023
    10:25 am
Lots of fun. Painting was always high on my kids list of fun things to do.

- - mom476078 said
  - 29 Nov 2021
    9:32 pm
Brilliant way to use the cornflour up!

- - mom478886 said
  - 16 Aug 2021
    9:31 pm
I wonder how this would go adding some detergent to it and using it as washable window paint? Might give it a try!

- - mom462792 said
  - 27 Oct 2020
    2:17 pm
what kid doesn’t love to get their hands into some paint and spread it around for fun:)

- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    4:24 pm
Brilliant and better than the chemical stuff you buy

- - Ellen said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    5:37 pm
Great idea and rather cheap too

- - ella12 said
  - 07 Nov 2019
    3:43 pm
I like that it is rather natural and non toxic.

- - shanika said
  - 06 Nov 2019
    1:30 pm
My kids love to do experiments with cornflour.

- - rovermum said
  - 06 Nov 2019
    9:29 am
Fantastic idea and so easy to make.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 05 Nov 2019
    12:58 pm
Such a great idea, I love it!

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 05 Nov 2019
    7:45 am
Can I use flour?

- - Jbuttxx said
  - 05 Nov 2019
    6:20 am
An excellent idea for the warmer weather to get outside and paint

- - Mummyofone77 said
  - 05 Nov 2019
    6:00 am
Such a great idea.

- - musicmum said
  - 04 Nov 2019
    11:51 pm
I really like that there are non toxic alternatives and DIY’s for kids, they can enjoy helping make it too, two activities in one, brilliant.

- - DaffyD said
  - 04 Nov 2019
    9:30 am
Such an excellent idea I’m tired of buying and throwing them out when the novelty wares off thanks

- - Angie1981 said
  - 19 Oct 2019
    9:26 am
Love this. Definitely gonna give this a go this weekend. Does the food colouring stain the fingers at all though I wonder

- - mom300445 said
  - 15 Oct 2019
    10:25 pm
I need to try this out. Everything goes into my little girls mouth, so love that this is non-toxic!

- - ThisIsMe said
  - 15 Oct 2019
    12:03 pm
So easy to make and safe. Wish I knew about this when my girls were younger LOL

- - mom57665 said
  - 04 Oct 2019
    4:23 pm
I’m going to try this right now : )

- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 11 Sep 2019
    5:24 pm
Looks like a fun and straightforward recipe to follow.