Art Recipes

Make your own art materials by mixing up common household supplies.
  • Colored Flour Paste - An all-natural substitute to commercial puffy paint, this colored paste is characterized by intense colors and a sparkling appearance. It dries with a gritty and somewhat brittle texture.
  • Colored White Glue - Make your own puffy paint by mixing some poster paint or acrylic paint with white glue. This 3-D paint has a shiny, rubbery and raised appearance when dry.
  • Glass Paint- This glue-based glass paint substitute is so easy to make that you can prepare right before starting your intended art project or painting session.
  • Papier Mache Paste - Several recipes for making papier mache paste, all of which utilize common household supplies.
  • Salt Dough - An organic alternative to play dough or commercial clay. Salt dough sculptures can be air-dried or oven-dried to set.

Quick How-To's

Use these quick and crafty solutions for your arts and crafts.
  • Basic Color Mixing - A basic lesson on mixing primary colors into secondary colors.
  • Basic Cone Hat - Learn how to make a cone-shaped hat either from a half circle or quarter circle. Decorate your cone into a clown hat, witch's hat, wizard's hat, princess cone hat, or other cone-shaped fun hats.
  • Colored Cotton - An easy way to color cotton plus creative suggestions for using them in your craft projects.
  • Colored Pasta - How to color uncooked pasta with food coloring.
  • Curling Fabric Ribbons - Learn how to curl fabric ribbons by spraying with starch solution.
  • Curly Ribbons (Plastic-type) - Curling PP ribbons with a pair of scissors.
  • Painting with Glitter - Add sparkle to your craft projects by painting with glue and glitter.
  • Papier Mache Balloon - How to papier mache around a balloon.
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