Finger Paint Pinterest Review

Today is Kindergarten Day!
I don't have any kindergarteners (even my beautiful niece is too old now) but I have two children who enjoy trying new things.
So what could be better than both something off of my Pinterest to-do list and something I can use to put the house into a warm weather mood?
Finger paint!!
But not just any finger paint. Oh, no.
How about make-it-yourself-safe-to-eat-just-in-case-your-almost-15-month-old-tries-to-eat-it-finger-paint?
I didn't come up with this myself. I have no idea what goes into making.paint. It's from Easie Peasie.
The recipe is super simple.

3 Tbsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 cups of water

Combine all ingredients in a snall sauce pan and heat until thickened, seperate into little containers, let cool, and add food grade dye to color.

This needs constant stirring while heating. It will clump like a mofo without it. And if it looks like it's never going to solidify, keep stirring.
You'll see one little clump and then another... Keep stirring. And then BAM! Suddenly it's thick. Just like that.
It'll take about five minutes to cool.
From start to seperate containers, it took me ten minutes at the most, but I wasn't timing it.
I don't have the dye in the little dropper bottles, but I have some Wilton frosting dye. You know, the stuff that's thick as cement and the tiny half ounce jars could probably dye enough frosting for twenty cakes.
Twenty really big cakes.
The stuff that dyes everything it touches.
No, I wouldn't advise using this dye. Not unless you want purple kids for a few days.
And definitely don't use this dye unless you're used to working with it and well accustomed to it's potency.
The paint consistency is close to that of pudding and surprisingly smooth. It smears easily and dries looking like water colors. Not the best for brushes, too thick. Rinsing it would be more hassle than anything.
And thank goodness it's safe to eat. The first thing Boy Bee did was taste it.
It takes a while to dry, but the colors stay nice and bright.
And it's fun! I even got in on the painting action.
It also lasts past painting time, and I would save what was left for a later date, but my kiddos got it so mixed that I would rather just make a different batch next time.
I would definitely use this pin again.

Happy Sunday and Kindergarten Day, everyone! Go smear some paint around.