Throwback Tuesday: Milk Paint & Melted Crayons
*Originally posted June 30, 2012 when my boys were 4, 6, & 8
On hot summer days we rarely feel like doing any schoolwork.
Often we'll find fun activities to keep us occupied and while the boys don't realize it I do count all of our activities as part of school. Today we had fun with art and science and combining the two. We made our own paint and tried our hand at melting crayons in the sun.
I quickly made up a batch of paint from sweetened condensed milk and food coloring.
Often we'll find fun activities to keep us occupied and while the boys don't realize it I do count all of our activities as part of school. Today we had fun with art and science and combining the two. We made our own paint and tried our hand at melting crayons in the sun.
I quickly made up a batch of paint from sweetened condensed milk and food coloring.
Once painted, it dries nice and shiny and it's an unusual consistency to paint with. They tried painting some of the stuff they had found on a nature scavenger hunt and they tried making prints on the paper and then they just painted with paint brushes.
Just a few simple activities can go a long way!
We put our broken crayons in the sun and watched them melt bit by bit throughout the day.
Some of them melted completely; others hardly melted at all.
Ian told us that "the dark colored ones melted first because dark colors attract the sunlight more." We'll probably keep them outside another day or so and keep checking on them to see if they will all continue to melt and then we'll try coloring with them.
Some of them melted completely; others hardly melted at all.
Ian told us that "the dark colored ones melted first because dark colors attract the sunlight more." We'll probably keep them outside another day or so and keep checking on them to see if they will all continue to melt and then we'll try coloring with them.
Just a few simple activities can go a long way!
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So fun!
ReplyDeleteIt was a lot of fun.
DeleteI have never heard of milk paint, what fun! It looks like the boys had fun with it.
ReplyDeleteIt is a lot of fun.
DeleteI've got to try the milk paint! That would be so fun!
ReplyDeleteIt's edible so good with use of all ages-- though it does stay a little sticky even once dried so not the greatest paint for any pictures you want to save.
DeleteI've never thought of experimenting with crayons on a hot day. How fun! I'm definitely going to give this a try! And, I've never heard of mixing sweetened condensed milk with food coloring either. I'm excited to give that a try, too! THANK YO!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!
DeleteThat type of activity is always fun for kids in the past and present..Doesn't get outdated.
ReplyDeleteSo very true!
DeleteWhat wonderful memories these older blog posts must be for you now that your boys are young adults! My 13 year old granddaughter came over for dinner last night and I gave her the big box of paints and brushes we used to use when she was little to paint rocks from my garden. I have a feeling I will be getting back a very creatively painted rock from her soon :)
ReplyDeleteThey really are! I love having all these memories to look back on.
DeleteI have never heard of milk paint! What a fun activity! Loved the crayon melting!
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Thank you!
DeleteI think I saw this post first time round! I wonder if there was a comment from me? I love the melted crayon idea!
ReplyDeleteThere might have been--- this was originally published under my old blog but when I merged them I was able to import all my posts but not the comments that went with them (from what I can tell).
DeleteThat is a great experiment! I have done these in the oven, but using the sun is a nice idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
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