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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.
As Time Flies 
This is adorable! So cute! And I adore her cheesy little smile!
By: Crystal on March 2, 2012
at 3:24 pm
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
at 8:31 pm
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
at 8:46 pm
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
at 9:46 pm
She was 19 months
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 12, 2012
at 9:51 pm
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
at 9:39 pm
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
at 9:51 pm
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
at 11:13 am
How long should it take for the canvas to dry? This is super cute
By: Apopowski on July 26, 2012
at 7:41 pm
I let it sit over night because there were some thicker clumps.
By: deborahgilbert42 on July 26, 2012
at 7:47 pm
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
at 7:51 pm
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
at 8:10 pm
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
at 8:47 pm
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
at 8:52 pm
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
at 7:41 pm
I think we bought the cheapest one from wal-mart. Sorry it is not working.
By: deborahgilbert42 on October 2, 2012
at 7:45 pm
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
at 6:21 pm
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
at 6:26 pm
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
at 1:45 am
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
at 3:37 pm
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
at 5:29 pm
I knew a couple that adopted a girl named Serenity 🙂 an older couple Lynn and Donny 🙂
By: cascooper on December 15, 2012
at 2:47 pm
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
at 11:39 pm
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
at 10:06 am
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
at 11:06 pm
Ours still looks great a year later with the finger paint we used.
By: deborahgilbert42 on February 11, 2013
at 11:23 pm
Brilliant thanks so much !!
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Can’t wait to try this! They are going to be Mother’s Day gifts!!!
By: Angie Morris on May 7, 2013
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We are going to do this for Daddy for Father’s Day! I have three little ones and I am going to spell out We Love Daddy! I am so excited!!!
By: Lara on May 21, 2013
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I am having my daughter paint one that says DAD for Father’s Day and letting my 13 year old write Happy Fathers Day on it so they both contribute.
By: Rachel on June 13, 2013
at 12:14 pm
My daughter did this with her children. Priceless art work treasure forever.
By: Penny on June 17, 2013
at 6:40 pm
Love this Idea, I did the word ROCK to match my sons theme of his room and added a few stickers, guitar, stars and music notes and let him paint over them also! It turned out cute although he hates when anything gets on his hands so we used a brush! thanks for the idea!
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By: Small Simple Things on May 7, 2014
at 9:20 am
What dollar store was the canvas from? Thanks so much!
By: Sarah on May 9, 2014
at 5:56 pm
dollerama
By: deborahgilbert42 on May 9, 2014
at 6:00 pm
Oh darn! Don’t have that here. Thanks for the quick reply.
By: Sarah on May 9, 2014
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