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Starch Painting

Materials

  • Bowl
  • Liquid starch
  • Liquid detergent
  • Paper or plastic cloth
  • Powdered tempera paint

Directions

  1. Mix a small amount of detergent with liquid starch in a bowl and pour the mixture onto a painting surface, such as a tabletop, paper, or plastic cloth.
  2. Sprinkle powdered tempera paint over the starch, and let your child experiment with mixing colors.

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Copyright © 1998 by Patricia Kuffner. Excerpted from The Preschooler's Busy Book with permission of its publisher, Meadowbrook Press.

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