How to make colour changing chalk paint - Mouths of Mums

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Your kids will love these awesome colour changing chalk paints, make some today!

What you’ll need:

6 squirt bottles
Cornflour
Baking soda
Food colouring
Vinegar

Instructions:

Fill three of the bottles 2/3 full with equal parts cornflour and baking soda.
Add a few drops of colouring to the bottle and fill the rest of the way with water. Shake to combine. Make one red,one yellow and one blue.
Fill the other three bottles with vinegar and again add food colouring and make one blue, one yellow and one blue.
The paint is ready to use outside. Try squirting the blue vinegar and the red chalk to create purple etc.

The kids would have so much fun with this! It’s also a great way to learn about making colours.

Do your kids love painting?

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19 Comments
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- - meedee, QLD said
  - 22 Sep 2021
    2:18 pm
Oh this is so very awesome.

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- - mom81879, QLD said
  - 29 Nov 2019
    10:43 pm
Oh cool. I have a big slab of concrete that would be a perfect canvas for these

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- - mom101628, QLD said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    9:44 pm
and the kids will love playing with them

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- - tessie, QLD said
  - 15 Sep 2016
    7:42 pm
These sound so simple to make and will save a lot of money.

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- - rovermum, QLD said
  - 14 Sep 2016
    9:02 am
I love this so much. An easy, impressive and fantastic idea. Thanks for sharing.

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- - ella12, QLD said
  - 13 Sep 2016
    11:27 am
How cool! Thank you so much!

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- - mom134803, QLD said
  - 13 Sep 2016
    4:47 am
Nice one !

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- - cherz, QLD said
  - 12 Sep 2016
    9:16 pm
What a wonderful creative activity. Colourful and fun. thanks for sharing.

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- - mom94125, QLD said
  - 01 Sep 2016
    12:14 pm
yep such a fun idea and then just hose down the patio and good as new

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- - june11, QLD said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    10:32 pm
This would be a great idea for a kids’ party if you have a big area. You could have prizes for the best designs.

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- - tania_hardman, QLD said
  - 22 Aug 2016
    8:21 pm
I would never have thought of making it ‘colour changing’. Thanks for a great idea 🙂

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- - mom93821, QLD said
  - 21 Aug 2016
    7:02 am
Thanks for the chalk recipe – fun times.
- mom93821 replied
  
  22 Aug 2016 , 5:55 am
  Love your creative ideas and project – thanks.
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- - taynik46, QLD said
  - 20 Aug 2016
    9:05 am
oh cool this sounds like so much for – printing this for our school holiday fun folder! – thank you

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- - mom134803, QLD said
  - 20 Aug 2016
    8:05 am
Homemade chalk, very smart !

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- - mum4107, QLD said
  - 20 Aug 2016
    6:31 am
Lots of fun to be had with these. Thank you

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- - mom81879, QLD said
  - 19 Aug 2016
    10:25 pm
How much fun does this look like. My grandkids will have a ball with this. Very messy very fun

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- - mom112217, QLD said
  - 19 Aug 2016
    7:27 pm
Alot of fun for the kids to play with!

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- - mom160421, QLD said
  - 19 Aug 2016
    3:23 pm
Children will have so much fun with these chalk paints.

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