Making Homemade Finger Paint

An offering for the children of Room 10 from Mentor Teacher Mollie Lyne

First have everything ready : 
* Pot for cooking 
* 1/2 cup flour 
* 1 cup of water 
* 1/4 cup cold water 
* food coloring 
* bowls 
​* spoons 

Medium heat on the stove ​

​Put the flour and water in the pot. 

Mix it together in the pot on the stove. Make sure to continue stirring to get the lumps out and to make sure it does not burn!
As it starts to stick together, it should start to become a ball and come away from the pot. 
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Add a 1/4 cup of cold water- slowly- to make it more of a consistency you are happy with. You can add more cold water until it feels good to you. ​

After it is a good consistency- 
Split it into how many bowls you want (this is when you add the colors) - Mollie chose two bowls 

Then add the food coloring of your choice.

Start mixing together. 
Add more cold water if needed. 
When it is done, you are ready to go FINGER PAINT! 

Mollie and her roommates chose to set their paper outside, but you can do it anywhere: 
* Large paper on a table in the house 
* Large paper on the floor 
* Small pieces of paper 
* large paper outside 

Mollie shared that there are many different strategies to use when painting
*paint with one hand
*paint with both hands
*group your fingers to make different shapes