Yesterday I missed posting a new activeness because information technology was my altogether and I took the dark off. But never fearfulness, we're dorsum at it today. And for each of these activities, my family unit does it first! My kids take helped with each projection so we know what it's like offset manus.

Today's projection is how to brand sidewalk chalk pigment. There are several recipes circulating so I thought it would be fun to effort out a few and report back which one we liked best.

So without further ado, let'due south go into it.

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Recipe #1 For Sidewalk Chalk Pigment: Cornstarch and Water

The first recipe is about equally simple equally it gets. Here'south what you demand to arrive:

  • Cornstarch
  • H2o
  • Food coloring

Items to help make it:

  • Muffin pan
  • 2-cup measuring cup
  • Stirring spatula

In order to make information technology, add equal parts h2o and cornstarch into a two-cup measuring cup. If you want it to be a lilliputian thicker you can add together more cornstarch.

In one case you lot have it mixed up well, pour your mixture into a muffin pan.

Add together your nutrient coloring and mix it up.

That's it! You're done. You tin can take these outside and let your kids start painting all over your sidewalks.

Merely beginning, permit's wait at recipe #2.

Recipe #2 For Sidewalk Chalk Paint: Cornstarch, Baking Soda, and Water

The second recipe is very similar to the first, but with one extra ingredient.

Here's what y'all demand:

  • Baking Soda
  • Corn Starch
  • Water
  • Food coloring

Items to help arrive:

  • Muffin pan
  • 2-loving cup measuring loving cup
  • Stirring spatula

For this recipe, mix together equal parts baking soda and cornstarch. Add together h2o until the mixture becomes the consistency yous want.

Once you've finished this footstep, pour your mixture into a muffin pan.

The next step is to add your food coloring! The gel food coloring took some time to mix in, but it eventually incorporated into the mixture.

So that's it! Y'all tin can take your sidewalk chalk paint outside and kickoff painting right away!

Recipe #3 For Sidewalk Chalk Paint: Broken Sidewalk Chalk and H2o

The last recipe was certainly my kids' favorite considering they were able to use a hammer. Hither's what you lot need to brand this sidewalk chalk recipe:

  • Sidewalk chalk
  • Water

Here are the additional tools you lot demand:

  • Petty baggies
  • A Hammer
  • Containers to put the sidewalk chalk paint in

Step 1 to Making Sidewalk Chalk with Chalk

The first footstep is really fun for kids. You put the sidewalk chalk into a baggie and let them boom it with a hammer. Ideally, the sidewalk chalk would be your broken leftovers that your kids didn't desire to use anymore. We didn't accept that then they were immune to smash upward perfect pieces of chalk.

Yeah, the hammer will break through the bag. Yes, it volition make a bit of a mess. It can easily be an outside project so your house doesn't get messy. I also felt that it was helpful to put a grocery store baggie around information technology for extra protection.

Step 2 to Making Sidewalk Chalk Paint with Chalk

Here is the sidewalk chalk all cleaved upwards and put into containers.

I just couldn't finish taking pictures of the broken sidewalk chalk. The texture and color was simply so pretty.

Step 3 to Making Sidewalk Chalk Pigment with Chalk

The last step to making sidewalk chalk pigment with chalk is to add h2o. I did see one recipe that suggested putting the sidewalk chalk through the blender. I wasn't certain how I felt about using my blender in this way, but I'yard sure it would make the sidewalk chalk paint actually smooth!

Add the h2o!

Mix it upward!

At present that we've used the three recipes to make sidewalk chalk paint, we're now going to see which one we like all-time!

Cornstarch and Water Chalk Paint Test Results

Practice y'all like how I marked one side of the muffin pan with stickers and then I would think which i was which? Anyway…

Here are the results of the starting time recipe:

This type of sidewalk chalk paint took several coats for coverage. It didn't spread smoothly but the colors were nevertheless pretty at the end.

The colors do wait a lot prettier when they dry!

I pet peeve about this recipe is if you lot don't apply it correct away the cornstarch and water separate. They take to be stirred upward again or you can't employ it. I discover this to exist pretty abrasive — and since we did all the recipes at one time — information technology gave it a skillful amount of time to split.

Cornstarch and Baking Soda Chalk Pigment Test Results

Here I am trying out the baking soda and cornstarch batter. This one was a lilliputian easier to spread than the other cornstarch and h2o recipe. Here is what it looks like while wet:

Here'south what it looks like dry:

This recipe had the same problem with separating. In fact, it was even harder to stir upward again once it separated. The paint was easier to spread than the other recipe, but the dried look was very like to the other recipe.

Sidewalk Chalk and Water Chalk Paint Test Results

Hither'south how the sidewalk chalk paint made with sidewalk chalk stacked up (I'll bet that'southward a hard sentence to say out loud).

This chalk pigment was the easiest to pigment with and the colors were the nigh vibrant! Here is what it looks like dry:

Last Analysis of the Sidewalk Chalk Paint Recipes

At present that nosotros've done a comprehensive experiment, nosotros take to post our results.

Ranking in order:

Cornstarch and H2o & Cornstarch and Baking Soda Necktie for 2nd Identify.

Overall, they're pretty like. The cornstarch and water recipe was easier to mix upwardly but harder to paint with. The blistering soda and cornstarch recipe was a piffling easier to paint with but was hard to mix up once separated. Both had similar results once dried.

These recipes are fun and work well — especially if they're the only ingredients you have on hand!

WINNERSidewalk Chalk and Water is Showtime PLACE.

This recipe was the near fun to brand, easiest to apply, and the most vibrant colors. If I were to make sidewalk chalk paint over again this is the recipe that I would use! The only thing I would change next fourth dimension is perhaps burdensome upwards the chalk finer. Either mode, they had a lot of fun painting with this one and they ALSO had a lot of fun making it.

Almost kids are going to savour burdensome up chalk with a hammer.

Those of You Who Don't Want to Make Something

Those of you who actually don't enjoy doing crafts with your kiddos — I've got your dorsum. Just buy a box of sidewalk chalk and let them accept fun coloring and drawing things.

Hither'southward a fun activity with sidewalk chalk that yous can practice in your own driveway:

Sometimes when we use sidewalk chalk we similar to draw roads for the matchbox cars. We also employ make driveways, houses, businesses and parking lots. The kids love driving their cars all along the roads.

This fourth dimension we likewise took at piffling horses and fabricated pastures and barns for them.

Here'southward a pic of the pasture and barn with stalls.

OK, that wraps upwardly this day's activity. Let us know what y'all recollect of the recipes and if y'all have a favorite i!

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