Kool Aid Painting

Kool Aid Painting

(aka: Kroger brand juice mix painting)

This was an activity I did all the time as a teacher-painting with Koolaid. I am however waaaaay too cheap to buy real Koolaid so I saved a whole $0.12 a package (it was on sale).  The kids loved to paint with it, smell the colors as they dried (they still smell over a month later!) and even enjoyed tasting the paint-which is incredibly sour.

Materials:

€        Koolaid or knock off juice powder, preferably multiple colors

€        Thick paper-such as construction paper

€        Brushes

€        plastic container for each color

€        about 1/4 cup of water per color

Instructions:

€        Mix water and color well

€        Let colors sit for a few minutes to get maximum collor absorption

€        Let kids go wild!

Caution: You can see I did this on a table that has grout-it is still stained. Next time I will be putting it on a large sheet of plastic or a trash bag

Subjects: Art, 5 senses, smell, colors, painting, mixing colors