DIY your own Puffy Paint!

I have always liked making our own paint. The colours are bright and the process fun. If you are concerned about cleaning, all you can do is to lay newspapers on the floor and then throw it all away after the session. Or, you can rear a dog or 2 like me that moonlight as a vacuum cleaner. Works everytime. :)

I used the recipe from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas. Here's to share:

Puffy Paint Recipe:

- 1 cup flour
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tbsp salt


Step 1: Mix all the above inside and add water to get the texture of pancake batter
Below pic: The "ingredients" and the final mix

Step 2: Portion out and mix in the food colouring you like

Below pic: Adding in the colours with Food Colouring (Here I made beige, blue, green and yellow)

Step 3: Put the mix into bottles

(Pic below: I use some of the bottles which we have for baking but you can get some from the local NTUC supermarkets at about $1 each)

Step 4: Off to paint we go!
Pic below: We used some old book depository packaging which we have kept for craft

Step 5: Bake it!

(We set it at 190 degrees celsius for about 3 - 4 mins. But we checked on it periodically)
Pic below: Before baking - note how the paint was not runny? This is the beauty of Puffy Paint!

Step 6: Leave it to cool!
Pic below: The paint dried up but it did not lose its "puffiness", giving the pictures on the card more depth and dimension. :)