A friend of mine e-mailed me a blog she liked with a specific link for colored glue paint. I couldn't resist making some for my kids. Glad I did! They love it, even friends we had over for crafts enjoyed it too! Here is how you make it!
Last week Office Depot had their glue on sale for a penny! I purchased 16 bottles of glue, enough to make colored glue.
Materials needed:
bottled glue
food coloring
cups
Squeeze the food coloring into the bottles, I did about 6 drops each color per bottle. Then I put the top back on and shook it for awhile. Then overnight I put in the cups upside down. Giving the food coloring a chance to even out.
The next morning I turned the bottle right side up and left for the day. I noticed it took about 24 hours for the food coloring to throughly change the color of the glue.
Here are a few crafts we did with our colored glue:
My toddler likes to paint with it - it gives a puffy effect on her paper
While my preschooler enjoys painting with it too but he likes to write his letters with it too
My 4 year odl enoyed using it on wax paper
His finished masterpiece!
Stay tunned - I have more crafts to post using our colored glue!
Cute! We did this as a fun and easy Puffy Paint recipe :) Left in the bottle, it made perfect lines and puffed perfectly!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea! My kids will love it. The pictures are great and your son should be very proud of his masterpiece! :-)
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Lisa
http://our4kiddos.blogspot.com
Wow, that is awesome, and so easy! We've needed some new craft ideas, I think I'll add this to the list.
ReplyDeletefabulous idea!!!! i will be doing this with my kids for sure!
ReplyDeleteNeat idea! We might try this one. I have a couple of bottles of glue ready for homemade "slime" and this project will be for a little one! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteSo cute and kids love it.
ReplyDeleteVery creative kids.
Cassy from Beginner Free Guitar Lessons
So cool! I'm definitely going to share this with my little artist. :D
ReplyDeleteThis is fun and so cute thing for kids to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! My boys would absolutely love this! I'm so happy to have found your blog through Smile Monsters. I'm a new follower. Hope you'll stop by my blog and follow back if you'd like to. :) I'm sharing this on my new Facebook page.
ReplyDeleteoh, I have seen colored/paint glue too & am so looking forward to trying it out! So much FUN!
ReplyDeleteHope to see you link up some of your fun on this week's Sunday Showcase http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/2011/08/sunday-showcase-child-centered-linky.html
Bern
Great idea! I will be trying this with my grandchildren! So glad I stopped by!
ReplyDeleteMy kids will enjoy this. I will be making this soon, great idea!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!! Penny Glue!!!! Great deal!! Cheap and fun!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative Idea. I know my 2 nephews will love this. I wish I had that creative bone in my body!! NOPE notta here
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of using on wax paper.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Great idea!
ReplyDeleteWOah, this is definitely a fun and neat idea! Loveit, I wonder you could add glitter as well? or fun extracts so the glue smells delicious?
ReplyDeleteThat's a great, simple idea. Tons of funs for kids, I can see it would be fun in a classroom!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun idea! We used to make ornaments with colored glue - you take string and make a shape - lay it out on wax paper and then fill the spaces with glue - let it sit and dry and then peel it off the wax paper and add a loop to hang it...
ReplyDeleteI hope you have some extra paper at your house because I am coming over for art project time. You always have the most fun things.
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Looks like your little ones enjoyed this. I'm sure my son will love it too. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea and the kids look like they're having fun too! Wish I were a kid again :-)
ReplyDeleteHow fun! I wish they had stuff like this when my kids were little.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. I remember putting the ink part of Crayola markers in my glue bottles when I was in elementary school to get the colored glue effect. Never thought about food coloring. What a neat craft idea!
ReplyDeleteCool idea! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a fun, cute, creative idea. I know my sons would love it! I am always looking for new ideas.
ReplyDeleteCute!
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