Look for something to do with a little fidget. Give him baby finger paints. They will captivate the baby very much. The creative process is interesting to all the guys. Parents can not worry, because the composition of each jar is absolutely safe. If in doubt, make finger paints with your own hands.
The benefits of creativity
From early childhood, you need to accustom the child to artistic skill. It improves imagination, promotes the rapid development of fine motor skills and, as a result, stimulates the appearance of speech. You can use traditional materials that were used many decades ago. Children love plasticine, pencils, felt-tip pens, crayons, watercolors, gouache. Finger paints are becoming increasingly popular. They paint at home, in kindergarten, in art studios and schools of early development. And the most interesting thing is that you can make finger paints with your own hands at home. The child will also be interested in participating in this process. And to paint with what is also made independently will be much more pleasant. Each such experience of the baby can turn into a card for grandmother or a beautiful color panel on the wall.
The benefits of finger paints
Kids and their parents really like this entertainment thanks to the following advantages:
- no need to be able to draw with a brush;
- you can touch the contents of the jars;
- can be applied to various surfaces (paper, cardboard, glass, bathroom walls and even the body);
- paints are easily washed off the skin and washed off clothes;
- paints are safe for health, even if the baby wants to taste the contents of the jar.
At what age to use?
Given that finger paints with their own hands for babies are absolutely safe, you can start working with children from the age of three months.
The goods bought in the store, as a rule, are recommended for use by children older than 12 months. If the label indicates the age of three years, do not purchase them for young children. Most importantly, you can start practicing with them when the child is not yet holding a pencil or brush tightly in his hands. First, give the baby one color, then two, and so gradually increase the amount.
Range
To make finger paints at home is quick and easy. However, purchased analogues have several advantages. Ready-made kits are often equipped with dies located on the lid of the jar. Children love to use such tools. With their help, you can easily make the sun, a cloud, a heart, a curl, a circle. Some boxes have containers with stamps in the form of smeshariki.
In addition, making finger paints with your own hands, you will be limited in the color scheme by those shades that you can find.
Ready-made kits are available for sale, consisting of the main tones: red, yellow, blue, as well as many shades. The volume of jars is also different: 25, 40 or 80 ml. Paints are sold both in two or three containers, and in large sets. However, if you have the time and desire, you can make finger paints with your own hands. Most importantly, it will cost you less, and your baby can be involved in the manufacturing process.
Home-made
If you want to learn how to make finger paints, study recipes and recommendations. You will see that it is quite simple and does not take much time. In their manufacture, those ingredients are used that can be found in the kitchen of every housewife. No special equipment is required either. So, you need a blender to create a uniform consistency, but you can use a mixer or a whisk. In addition, you will need food coloring, on which the shade of the colors will depend. They can be taken from Easter sets for making colored patterns on the surface of eggs. Sachets with dyes are also sold separately in the department with seasonings, gelatin and other baking and cooking products. All ingredients are mixed. The last color is added. The shade will depend on its quantity: the more it is poured, the brighter the tone will become.
Advantages and disadvantages of homemade paints
A DIY kit for drawing has both pros and cons. The positive aspects include the following:
- ease of manufacture;
- lower cost in comparison with ready-made analogues;
- any number can be made;
- the child is interested in the process of creating paints;
- knowing the composition of the colors, you will be absolutely sure of the safety of the child.
But there are several drawbacks:
- it is not always possible to buy food coloring of the desired color;
- you need ready-made containers with lids (cuvettes for used paints, jars of mashed potatoes);
- Containers are recommended to be refrigerated for two weeks.
In addition, special food bitterness is added to store paints. If a child tastes this composition, he will immediately lose the desire to take it in his mouth again. So, you can teach your baby not to lick the paint. At home, such properties of the composition can be obtained only by adding, for example, ground pepper.
DIY finger paints in 10 minutes
There are various manufacturing options that use conventional food products: flour, salt, sugar, starch. The sequence of steps in all cases is approximately the same. If you can’t immediately decide what to make finger paints from, you can try different recipes and choose one you like. To lay out the resulting composition you need in jars to which there are lids. If the mass is made for single use, then enough open containers.
Recipe 1
The method is based on the use of flour. The ingredients will be required in the following proportions:
- flour - 1 glass;
- vegetable oil - 1 tsp;
- salt - 1 tbsp;
- water - half a glass;
- food colorings.
The second option is characterized by a quantitative ratio of components:
- flour - 2 glasses;
- vegetable oil - 1.5 tbsp;
- salt - 7 tbsp;
- water - 1.5 cups;
- food colorings.
As a pigment, you can use not only the finished powder from the bag. Zelenka, beetroot or carrot juice, turmeric and other natural dyes are also suitable.
Flour, salt, oil are mixed until smooth. Water is gradually pouring in. The consistency should look like sour cream. If the mass is too liquid, add flour. To, on the contrary, dilute the composition - water. After the composition is distributed in jars, each pigment is introduced.
Recipe 2
This method of manufacture is suitable for older children who will not constantly try the taste of paint. This includes soap, so there is no such paint. For cooking, we need the following ingredients:
- starch - 1/3 cup;
- sugar - 2 tablespoons;
- cold water - 2 glasses;
- dishwashing detergent - 1/4 cup;
- food colorings.
In a saucepan, mix starch and sugar. Add water and put on a small fire. Be sure to constantly stir the mass. Boil for about five minutes, until the composition becomes gel-like and translucent. After cooling, add dishwashing detergent. It will allow you to effortlessly remove paint stains from clothing and remove from other soiled surfaces. Pour the mixture into jars, put the color and mix until smooth.
Recipe 3
DIY finger paints for kids can even be made edible, for example, based on yogurt. Pour the finished product into jars, add dye. You can start drawing. This is the simplest recipe, but the shelf life of such a composition can not be called long. So, it’s good to make similar paints for one drawing session. Although you can eat them, you should not accustom the child to this. Still, you make a composition for drawing. Having tried it once, the child will consider that you can eat the paint. In the future, the baby can become a habit of licking brushes, hands, jars.
Now you know how to make finger paints from the ingredients available in the kitchen. If you involve the baby in the manufacturing process, then you can have fun, not only doing art. And drawing with paints of own production will seem to the child even more interesting and fascinating.