Sidewalk Paint

Today was another cloudy rainy day (in the morning anyways) where it was too cold to swim or go to the beach, there was no one home to ride scooters with outside and the sand box wasn't especially enticing for whatever reason. And four hours into the day inside with the boys, we were all starting to get a little stir crazy.

I'm not really sure how we're going to survive this winter with my always-outside-three year old. It's cold and especially windy here so there's no real possibility of going outdoors. It's going to be ugly. One of us will probably end up being tied up in the closet. And it isn't going to be me. 

So today ended up being another one of those times where as the kids are whining, beating each other with toy trains and begging to go swim (okay so only one kid is doing that) I in a desperate leap for sanity throw open my laptop and try to find a quick Pinterest project that takes basically no effort. 

Here's an easy one that took literally five minutes to set up. 

Take a large bowl. Toss a box of constarch into it. Add water. Make a thick liquid out of it. Pour into squeeze bottles. Add food coloring. Go outside, squeeze on the sidewalk. That's it!

Please note: this is a play-clothes/swim suit activity. Food coloring stains something fierce! Especially when putting it in leaky squeeze bottles. 

Sidewalk paint

The sidewalk paint was a big hit. Calen made multi-colored puddles, shapes and squiggles. Then he and daddy ran with the bottles to make "roads". We made two full bottles so it lasted quite a long time for a quick project, maybe 25 minutes or so. 

And the best part is that just as quickly as it's created, it can be washed away by the garden hose or the next rain. Simple. Fun. Done. 

 

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