How to Make Scratch 'n Sniff Watercolors / Paint

Art activities will stimulate your child's imaginations and enhance their creativity. Scratch 'n Sniff Watercolor paint is an entertaining activity that will leave them with a unique keepsake.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Variety of Unsweetened Kool Aid mixes, the more the better!
• Tablespoon
• Warm water
• Empty baby food jars, small cups, or a muffin tin
• Paper
• Paintbrush
• Table
• Newspaper or Plastic Tablecloth to cover the table
• Smock or old clothing

1. 
    

   Cover the table with newspaper or plastic tablecloth.

2. 
    

   And 1 tablespoon of kool aid mix and 1 tablespoon of warm tap water into a baby food jar, small cup, or muffin tins. Repeat until you have enough of the desired colors that you would like.

3. 
    

   Stir the paint.

4. 
    

   Cover the child(ren) in a smock or old clothing.

5. 
    

   Set the paint, paintbrush and paper out for the children to paint with. Enjoy!

6. 
    

   Let painting dry overnight before scratching and sniffing. These paintings make a great gift for grandparents, baby-sitters and more!

Tips & Warnings

• Instead of asking the child what their picture is, say "Tell me about it". This will prevent them from getting their feelings hurt if you can't tell what it is.
• This is a great activity to teach children about colors.

[cmalady6720]

on 7/1/2008 Teacup they still make the candy cigarettes they now call them candy batons. Thought you might like to know. My daughter got them at Halloween from her grandma.

[danahinders]

on 4/13/2008 Excellent homemade craft idea! My son loves art projects, but buying supplies constantly gets expensive. Can't wait to try this.

[juliesam3]

on 4/10/2008 This is interesting, I'll have to try with my kids!

[Starfish231]

on 4/9/2008 I'm going to try this - thanks!!!!