It’s been raining here for days – time to bring out some indoor crafts like this DIY Foam Paint!
My daughter just celebrated her 5th Birthday and loved her cake so much she didn’t want to cut it! I told her we would make her a cake that she could keep.
This is what we came up with.
We made the pink frosting using equal parts glue & shaving cream with a dash of pink food colouring. We mixed this in a zip lock freezer bag and then cut a corner off to use as a piping bag.
We made the ‘cake’ body out of dish washing foam cloth, glued it to en empty box, then glued it onto the blank canvas cardboard. Then we added some white ‘fluff’ to give the icing a bit more ‘puff'(cotton wool or craft stuffing).
We made some candles using some paper straws with a little yellow pipe-cleaner stuffed into one end.
Then as a last touch we added some pink sparkly beads as ‘sprinkles’.
We left it overnight to dry and were surprised to find it had grown slightly as it dried.
This is Miss M blowing out her candles :).
We had so much fun with the pretend ‘icing’ that we made a couple of new colours and did some ‘freestyle’ painting also :).
The finished product is a cool colourful foam.
We will be doing this again for sure! It was super easy and relatively mess free – without brushes or containers to clean out!
Here is another cool Puff Paint recipe done by Jenni and her clan http://wp.me/p2Uher-26s – we both LOVE to paint with the kids!
so nice thx for the idee 🙂
hello i couldn’t find how to make the paint could you send me the information please i have 2 children b-day partys i have to plan i need ideas lol thanks soooo much
this is the link not sure why u cant click on it I copy and pasted mine in a new window Enjoy ppl http://wp.me/p2Uher-26s
“We made the pink frosting using equal parts glue & shaving cream with a dash of pink food colouring.”
I teach child care and teaching qualifications to students aged 16-19. By sharing your ideas we could produce some really creative and outstanding practitioners.
wonderful
Fantastic n& incredibly awesome:))
What a great idea I would use a sauce bottle my grand kids would love it thanks for the idea
wow, it’s really good idea. I really want to try this with the kids. Thanks for sharing.
Great ideas for onside days !
Awesome art experience for children with a little science too…
Great ideas! Thank you:)
This is an AWESOME idea!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!!! Gonna try this with my kids in school soooon!
Hi, Louise & Jenni! Love your website! Can you tell me how long it takes for the foam paint to dry? Thanks!
Hi Eri, Thank you, we are so happy to hear you enjoy our page. The paint usually takes 24hours to fully dry – depending on the climate. Louise x
Good to know! Thanks, Louise 🙂
this looks awesome
can you make this ahead of time, my son has a thing at school and would like to make this and give to kids to do.
Yes it can :). Just don’t over-mix the bags too much. We have used ours over several days. Have fun – I’m sure his classmates will love it!
Louise x
WOW! Gotta try this. Can I use “Homemade glue” from this site, or is it a special glue?
Hi Rakul, We used PVA glue for this activity. Louise
This is great. I wonder if it would work in empty sauce bottles so it would be easier for little hands. Might try it. Xxx
I use small bottles with a cone top, kind of like theese https://www.pysslandet.se/product.asp?subcat=Emballage%20och%20f%C3%B6rvaring&cat=Flaskor,%20burkar%20och%20paletter&pname=P%C3%A5fyllningsflaskor&pid=13180
I (pushing 40 😛 ) LOVE this!!! Oh, yeah… my 2,5 year old twins also enjoy it 😛
Hi there
Does the paint dry hard and would it stay on the pictures if they were hung up somewhere? Thanks 🙂
Does it dry hard and will not rub off? Can we use it for doll food?