Homemade Edible Finger Paint Recipe:
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 3/4 cup cold water
Mix together cornstarch and water in a saucepan until there’s no lumps.
1 envelope of unflavored gelatin (I used Knox)
1/4 cup cold water
Mix together gelatin and water and set aside.
Cook cornstarch mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it boils. It’ll become thick as you’re stirring.
Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin mixture.
Cool and pour into smaller containers. Add food coloring for desired colors.
I think I should have either not let the corn starch cook so long or not added the gelatin, because my fingerpaint was almost solid when it set.
And Kaitlyn did eat it...
I bought $5 frames from Wal-mart that are 10x13. Since I couldn't find paper that size. I bought a sheet of posterboard and then cut it to size. I used painter's tape to make their first initials on each sheet and then let them go nuts.
After they dried, I peeled off the painter's tape and framed them and voila!
Again, I think they might have turned out better if my paint wasn't so thick, or maybe I needed to add more food coloring to the paint to get more vibrant colors. Real paint would work best probably, but Kaitlyn definitely would have eaten it!
