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I have been wanting to let Capri paint for a while now, but I just have not gotten around to it. So last week I bought a canvas from the dollar store for $2 (it is a big one) and today I made some homemade paint using this recipe (the picture to the right is the recipe and also her picture).
I used too much cornstarch in mine and it was kind of goopy, but she suggests on her blog to just water it down if it is, next time I will do that. Also I ran out of red food coloring while making it so we only had pink paint to work with (I wanted a pink and red).
So we set up our splat mat (aka table cloth form the dollar store), and I put some finger paints on paper plates for Capri to dip her fingers into. I used painters tape to write the word LOVE on the canvas and we went to town. I helped because she was more interested in eating the paint (which I didn’t mind too much since it is all cooking ingredients anyway). She got the hang of it after a while and really started going to town. Also don’t you love my child’s face??? When she sees a camera she HAS to smile like this, I am not sure why. She smiles perfectly nice when there is no camera around.
This is adorable! So cute! And I adore her cheesy little smile!
By: Crystal on March 2, 2012
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My daughter smiles just like that when I get out a camera as well! They look pretty close to the same age…think I’m going to do this with her this weekend! Looks like a fun task!
By: Jenny on July 11, 2012
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Super Sweet (thats what the smile says) and I love this idea, Im gonna share it with my sisters daycare kiddos
Thanks
By: Tenesha on July 12, 2012
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Adorable! This is absolutely awesome! My son is 7 months old and I’d love for him to do this…just not sure he’s quite ready. How old is your daughter in these photos?
By: Erin on July 12, 2012
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She was 19 months
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 12, 2012
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My husband and I have been fostering a baby girl named Serenity since she was born. She fixing to be adopted and I’m going to miss her bunches. So I think I’m going to do this with her name so we’ll have a little something of her left behind!
By: Megan Sunshine on July 17, 2012
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that is such a great idea. And that is awesome that you are foster parents. That must be one of the hardest but rewarding jobs.
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 17, 2012
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It’s so wonderful that you two are foster parents. What a wonderful idea to do her name. I can’t imagine having to let a li’l one go, my hats are off to you both, Megan Sunshine.
By: Jen on September 6, 2012
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How long should it take for the canvas to dry? This is super cute
By: Apopowski on July 26, 2012
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I let it sit over night because there were some thicker clumps.
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 26, 2012
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This is wonderful!!!! How long are you able to store the finger paint? Would you put it in the refrigerator?
By: Sarah on July 26, 2012
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Umm I only made enough for that project. But I think it would last a week or so in the fridge.
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 26, 2012
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We’re working on this, but I can’t get the tape to stay stuck on the campus. I’ve tried both painters and masking tape , and it curls right off. What kind of tape did you use? Is it that frog tape?
By: Alyssa on July 29, 2012
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it was just painters tape from wal-mart. I had to really press down on it to make it stick. I think if you held it down and painted over it a bit first it would help hold it down. Sorry it is not working for you.
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 29, 2012
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I had the same problem with the tape, even bought the expensive stuff. Did you get it to work? If so with what and how?
By: Brooke on October 2, 2012
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I think we bought the cheapest one from wal-mart. Sorry it is not working.
By: deborahgilbert42 on October 2, 2012
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I used regular scotch tape and it stuck really well
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I am going to feature this on my ” Words I wish I wrote” series. I hope thats ok. Please let me know if its not.
By: Kristen on October 21, 2012
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Hi Kristen, you can but I would LOVE it is you linked back to my new blog address instead of this address. The link is here http://astimeflies.ca/?p=901 that would be great.
By: deborahgilbert42 on October 21, 2012
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Can I use anything else than food dye? Something.g natural paprika for the color red and himself to make yellow
By: suzanne on November 30, 2012
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I did this with the little guy I look after for his mommys birthday, when used a smaller canvas and just used scotch tape and it worked great, we did however use a paint brush and paints not finger paints but it is so cute I know she will love it:)
By: sherri on December 3, 2012
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I want to do this with my 8 month old son. Im trying to think of other things to write on it that would be a little more boyish. lol I want everyone to be able to hang it up all year round also.
By: Brianna Maples on December 14, 2012
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I knew a couple that adopted a girl named Serenity
an older couple Lynn and Donny 
By: cascooper on December 15, 2012
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love the idea…I’m wondering about the food coloring. does it stain the hands? how many drops food you use?
By: brandy on February 4, 2013
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I don’t remember it staining her hands. I used a fair amount of food coloring because I was trying to get it darker.
By: deborahgilbert42 on February 5, 2013
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I am planning to do this tomorrow with my class …the kids are 1-2yrs old. I am trying to find out whether finger paint is ok/lasts on canvas rather than the acrylic paint that is normally suggested. If it works we are then going to auction it for our preschool annual auction
so thanks for the suggestion !!
By: elainekb on February 11, 2013
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Ours still looks great a year later with the finger paint we used.
By: deborahgilbert42 on February 11, 2013
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Brilliant thanks so much !!
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