Keep your kiddos busy this summer with this simple DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint! ☀️ Sidewalk or Drive Way Chalk Painting is a fun - outdoor- summer activity your kids will love.
It has been quite some time since I've done a Crafty post on Mommy's Kitchen. I usually post them in the summer, because that's when the kids and I have the most time to devote to crafts.
I'm sure you have already heard those famous words of summer....... "Mom I'm bored". We all look forward to summertime, but then comes the task of keeping everyone occupied and busy. This year we planned a Summer Bucket List to try and help that situation.
We have been very busy crossing off all the things on our to do list. One activity we had planned was to make homemade sidewalk chalk, but our plans quickly changed to DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint instead. I know you can purchase sidewalk chalk paint, but whats the fun in that?
I'm sure you have already heard those famous words of summer....... "Mom I'm bored". We all look forward to summertime, but then comes the task of keeping everyone occupied and busy. This year we planned a Summer Bucket List to try and help that situation.
We have been very busy crossing off all the things on our to do list. One activity we had planned was to make homemade sidewalk chalk, but our plans quickly changed to DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint instead. I know you can purchase sidewalk chalk paint, but whats the fun in that?
Any chance I get I try to instill frugality in my children. It's the one thing I learned growing up in a family of 6. We didn't have a lot money, so we made homemade items quite often. There's no shame in being a penny pincher and you can always have a bit of fun and learning along the way.
I was also worried that the food coloring would be hard to wash off, but I have since read that it comes off pretty easily. I purchased everything I needed at Walmart, cornstarch, washable paint, water (free), paint brushes, and plastic containers with lids.
Once the kids and I mixed up all the ingredients off they went to do some painting. We waited until later in the evening when it cooled down which gave us a little bit of shade. Once the kids stated painting my daughter said... this doesn't work. I told her just give it a second to dry and you'll see.
The kids were so proud of their artwork that we left it on display for a couple days. They're already asking me when we can mix up another batch and paint again. If you're looking for cheap fun activity to keep your kids busy, DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint is a must try.
DIY Sidewalk Chalk Paint
1/3 - cup cornstarch
1/3 - cup water
1 - 2 tablespoons washable paint or
several drops of food coloring or icing paste
6 - 8 plastic containers with lids or use disposable muffin tins
various brushes and rollers
In each plastic cup add 1/3 cup cornstarch to 1/3 cup water or whatever equal parts you prefer. Mix to combine.
Add 1 -2 tablespoons of paint or several drops of food coloring into each cup and stir until your desired color is reached.
Note: The cornstarch will settle a bit as the paint sits, so give the paints a good stir and have fun.
Source: Family Fun
12 comments:
This worked so well! Thanks for the fun.
Will any washable acrylic paint work too?
I have only used the washable paint pictured in the photos.
Can you make it the day before? Or just right before you use it?
Awesome! Painted our WHOLE street with this stuff this afternoon. Worked great. But we ran out of cornstarch so we used all purpose flour for some. And then we used baking soda in some. And then we sprayed it with vinegar water to make it EXPLODE ( sort of). Only one neighbor was making call to City Codes. It was great!!! Everything was back to normal with a squirt of the garden hose except that grouchy lady.
Sarah, you're freakin' awesome.
Will this stain light concrete?
No it is washable paint. It dries like chalk.
Hi there. Do you think instead of food coloring or paint I could use the dust from chalk? That's what a lot of people have been doing and they mixed that with water.
I did this to do some temporary street art on abandoned concrete things around the country side for my photography class and people loved it! (And it washed away within a few days with the first summer rainstorm, so it was perfect.)
Yeah you can. My daughter does it all the time with her friends. But then they let there chalk paint dry and it turns to new chalk.
Hello,
I did this with my grandkids and they loved it. So much fun. I bought washable paint. Beware that some washable paint says, “Washable but may stain”. But I saw this and bought the washable kind.
BUT…IT DID NOT WASH OFF!!!!!
Beware, it stained the driveway. I purchased a high power sprayer and it did not come off, it is faded but is still stained. I purchased some paint graffiti remover and it did NOT come off. I read all the comments and did not see one comment about it staining the driveway, but it did. I followed the recipe exactly. So be careful.
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