How to Make a Picture With Grits

Serve up a bowl of steaming grits to a hungry Southerner and you'll see a smile as wide as the ocean. You probably won’t have to wash the bowl when he finishes because he’ll lick it clean. Grits are made from ground corn. Native Americans were the first to introduce grits to Europeans. The natives ground maize, or corn, into coarse grains, cooked them, and served them steaming hot. Grits have become a staple in the diets of many Southerners. Once they were eaten mostly by poor families because they were a cheap and filling dish. Now they are served in many fine restaurants. Grits are usually served with butter and milk, but there are recipes for grits with shrimp, grits with crawfish and garlic cheese grits.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bag or box of grits
• Paper cups
• Construction paper
• Glue
• Plastic spoons or sticks for stirring
• Newspaper

1. Spread newspaper on the floor or on a table.

2. Fill three or four paper cups with grits.

3. Put a few drops of food coloring in each cup. Use several bright colors.

4. Stir the grits and food coloring. Add more coloring until you get the color that you want.

5. Draw an object on the construction paper. Draw a fish, a tree, a flower, a boat, or something that is your own idea. Make it big.

6. Spread glue on a small part of your drawing.

7. Sprinkle some colored grits over the glue. Make sure the grits stick to the glue.

8. Spread glue on another section of your picture and repeat the process until your picture is complete.

9. Shake any extra grits onto the newspaper.