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Flour and Water Finger Painting

 

Materials

  • ~ Brown paper bags (grocery bags)
  • ~ Scissors
  • ~ 1/2 Cup White flour
  • ~ 1/2 Cup Water
  • ~ 1 tsp. Salt
  • ~ Wheat germ


Instructions

  • ~ From the brown bags, cut the shape of a bread slice.
  • ~ Prepare a mixture of flour and water that is the consistency of paint.
  • ~ Add the salt.
  • ~ Let the children fingerpaint with the flour & water mixture on their bread shapes.
  • ~ Sprinkle bits of wheat germ over the top, while it is still wet.

Hint: This project has a tendency to curl at the edges as it dries, so you might want to set something heavy around it, such as canned goods.