We have lots of homemade paint recipes for you today! These fun DIY paints for kids are easy ways to make paint at home.
The great thing about the homemade paint ideas on this list, is that you likely have the ingredients in your kitchen cabinets right now. Making paint at home also allows you to control the ingredients you use.
Best Homemade Paint Recipes
Painting is such a fun activity for children. Who doesn’t love getting messy and making art. A lot of times though, paint can be toxic or not safe for kids, especially smaller kids.
Which of course is not good, but also hinders the exploration of art for little ones, which is why homemade paints are so great. You know what is going into them.
So we have gathered 15 awesome ways to make homemade paint recipes for kids that include kid-friendly finger paints for toddlers.
Make Water Color Paint at Home
DIY Water Colors from Nature
This recipe shows you how to make natural paint at home using flowers! These natural watercolor requires heated water, flowers, and a rolling pin. The colors are so vibrant!
Homemade Watercolor Paint Recipe
This watercolor paint recipe is made for kid-friendly ingredients. It is also safe for little ones who stick their fingers in their mouth. It makes silky, colorful, paint that can create the most beautiful of masterpieces.
Marker Watercolor Paint Recipe
Watercolor marker art is actually a way to make homemade watercolor paint with the markers that your child already uses. It makes a very kid-safe paint (with kid-safe markers).
Homemade Edible Paints for Kids
Edible Sensory Paint
Here is the edible sensory paint! This is safe for babies and toddlers to taste while they create art. This paint is a thicker pain, but just as fun! You can also turn it into colored gel dough to play with as well.
Starburst Homemade Paint
Use up leftover Halloween candy by turning it into your very own paint. Starburst candy paint comes in gorgeous colors and smells incredible, combining art and sensory play in one recipe.
Spice Paint Recipe
This homemade spice paint recipe is genius for kids to taste and paint…they can learn about colors and spices all at the same time. This is one of my favorite because has simple ingredients.
Homemade Paint Recipes For Toddlers
All-Purpose Toddler Paint Recipe
This homemade paint recipe is made for basic kitchen ingredients. It uses things like flour, water, dish soap, and food coloring. It makes vibrant paint that you can use with brushes or it makes great homemade finger paints for toddlers. This would also be a great finger paint recipe for preschoolers too.
Homemade Bath Paint Recipe
This homemade bathtub paint was one of the very first types of paint I ever made at home. The bonus of any type of art project done in the tub is it is super easy to clean up {giggle}. Just be warned that this does involve food colouring so test it out first.
Creative Homemade Paint Recipes
Homemade Scratch and Sniff Paint
Remember how popular scratch and sniff stickers were in the 80’s and 90’s? Now you can make scratch and sniff paint! You can create beautiful art that smells great. It too uses all kid-friendly ingredients.
DIY Frozen Smoothie Paint Recipe
This cold paint is so much fun to play with in the summer. Despite its name, it is not edible. But this frozen smoothie paint makes great homemade finger paints for toddlers as well.
Confetti Paint Recipe
Make your own homemade paint with sparkles! This confetti paint recipe also doubles as a sensory play idea. The paint is puffy and jelly like with different sequins and sparkles in them. It’s gooey and sparkly, perfect!
Egg and Chalk Paint Recipe
This egg and chalk paint recipe is not meant for small children who still put their hands or brushes in their mouths as it requires raw egg yolk and raw egg whites. It sounds weird, but combining it with powdered chalk creates vibrant paint that dries with a gorgeous jeweled finish.
Homemade Glowing Paint
This homemade glowing paint for kids is so much fun! This is one of my favorite homemade paint recipes. It is kid-friendly and a great night time activity that creates the coolest art. Paint with it, squirt it out of the bottle, it is so cool. You will need a black light for this activity though.
Scented Kool Aid Sand Paint
This scented kool aid sand paint recipe will also double as a sensory activity as well. This paint is textured, smells good, and can be used with brushes, poured, or as homemade finger paints for preschoolers.
Kool Aid Puffy Paint
Puffy paint was super popular in the 90’s and now you can make kool aid puffy paint at home. While it may be tempting to eat this paint, remember that this also contains a lot of salt. Don’t worry, you don’t need a lot of puffy paint ingredients.
Homemade Finger Paint Ideas
Fall Finger Paint Recipe
This fall finger paint recipe is great for the fall season. Why? Because it has lovely gold sparkles like the leaves and it smells like fall with it’s pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon.
Homemade Finger Paint
This homemade finger paint recipe is great for toddlers and preschoolers. It is made with ingredients in your kitchen and are a fun thick paint that can be used with brushes if your little one isn’t a fan of the texture.
Homemade Sidewalk Paint Recipes
Scented Sidewalk Chalk Recipe
This is another small child friendly recipe. While it technically is edible, it may not taste the best, but it is still a fun outside activity. Put the homemade scented sidewalk chalk paint in squeezy bottles and let the art creating begin!
Fizzy Sidewalk Paint Recipe
Make this super fun fizzy sidewalk paint recipe that is sure to please. It is something that kids of all ages (OK, me too) will enjoy and it will keep them outdoors playing for hours!
More Painting Fun from Kids Activities Blog
Now that you have all these homemade paint recipes, you need things to paint and paint activities! We have them! This would be a great time to test our your easy homemade paint recipes too!
- This is another fun outdoor activity, perfect for hot days! Skip the paint brush, this ice painting will make your sidewalks a work of art. This could be your next DIY project!
- Try out some of your diy paint recipes for kids with this sponge painting. We have so many sponge painting ideas for you to try out.
- Sometimes we really don’t want to deal with the mess of painting. No worries, we have this awesome mess free finger paint which is a good idea for toddlers!
Which was your favorite homemade paint idea for kids?
