Watch You Tempera: Whimsical Tempera Paint Ideas and Add-ins From Bodacious Bloggers

Tempera paint is a preschool art staple. It gets a thumbs up from crafting cuties everywhere because of its versatility, bold pigments, washability and most importantly messiness till the cows come home.

Inspire your tiny tots to design paint-stakingly super art using a little elbow grease and a lot of imagination.

Let the painting begin!


Tempera Paint Add-Ins, Projects, and Ideas 

• Colored Sand for a gritty finish

• Glitter for a sparkly look as seen in this gooble-licious turkey craft from thekeeperofcheerios.blogspot.com (http://www.thekeeperofcheerios.blogspot.com/2013/11/hand-and-footprint-turkey.html)

• Confetti just a party in a box 

• Shaving Cream, and white glue mixed with tempera paint makes perfect puffy paint (Recipe:http://www.ehow.com/how_8531847_make-paint-shaving-cream-glue.html)

• Create sidewalk chalk by clicking on the link to PlayfulLearning.net  (http://playfullearning.net/make-your-own-sidewalk-chalk/) *Attention: This recipe contains Plaster of Paris* 

 or 

• Readingconfetti.com’s Frozen Popsicle Chalk (http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/05/frozen-popsicle-chalk.html)

• Make Spice Paint using spices found in your pantry from GrowingaJeweledrose.com (http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/ice-play-spice-painting.html)

• Other Add-in sawdust, salt, crumbled leaves from the book First Art for Toddlers and Twos: Open-Ended Art Experiences by MaryAnn F. Kohl (Source: http://maryannfkohl.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/marvelous-homemade-paints-20-recipes.html)