Great easy recipe. Will have to try . Do these dry rock hard?

Some can be, but I wouldn’t imagine this would be the best kind for fabric. If you were to ever wash the item, the paint would likely dissolve and wash off as it’s made from flour and self-rising salt.

Can puff paint be used on fabric?

Hi there! You can use self rising flour or you can make your own self rising flour like we do in the post with flour and the extra ingredients. I’ve edited the post to make the instructions a little more clear. Thanks so much!

I’m not sure how long it will stay active in the container, Oneida. Sorry! We always make ours right before using it. Please let me know if it works after being stored for a couple of days.

Oneida

Thank you. I came to the comments to find just this. I have only all purpose flour in the house.
We are going to give this a go this afternoon after naps.

Have fun! I think your son is going to love it! I’m so glad you’re trying both activities!

You might be able to if you blow it from underneath so you don’t blow the actual paint around?

Thanks, and happy holidays!

No, it’s All Purpose flour, Amanda. Different than self-rising flour. SR flour has leavening agents added, which means you don’t need to add baking powder etc. to the recipe.

We only had the flaking happen once, and we’ve done the experiment several times since. I’m not sure what caused it to happen on the one painting.

We have a microwave in the staffroom, so we will take it in there. I may even be able to take small groups of the kids with me.

Thanks, Bettie!

To make your own self rising flour: 3/4 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt.

I really don’t know. The shellac could very well dissolve the painting. It’s only flour and water, after-all. Like I said, I’m not sure why the one picture flaked. The others were fine, for weeks, and we’ve done the project several times since, and we didn’t have any problems with the art work holding up for weeks afterwards.

Hi Helma, I’m glad you enjoyed my puffy paint enough to want to share it. You’re probably not aware of copyright infringement though. I wasn’t either when I started blogging. By law, you can’t copy and paste another website’s content into your own. It’s known as stealing (or scraping) content, and you can be charged for it, and google can remove your blog from the internet. I’d hate to see that happen to you. If you’d like to share, you can use one photo and a sentence or two to describe the activity i.e. “Here’s an easy way to make puffy paint at home in your own kitchen. See Happy Hooligans for the details” and provide the link to my site. You must provide one of MY pictures with the link though. You’ve used another bloggers, which again, is an infringement of copyright. Think of a blog or website as you would a book in a library. You can’t just copy a page out of a published book and print it in a book of your own. A website and blog is the copyrighted property of its owner, just as a published book is. I hope this helps you understand a little about blogging protocol. If you make the necessary corrections, you’re welcome to share my post. 🙂

I really don’t know for sure, Laura, but something’s making me think it should be made just before using it.

When you say tube, do you mean “tub”, Eileen? I use Wilton tubs, and the colours go very far. They last me for years. Usually just a little dip in with a toothpick is enough to colour whatever project we’re doing. We used very little of the gel/paste to get the colours in this project.

We don’t seal our puffy paint art, Clare. It looks great straight out of the microwave.

You can do some googling to find out, Lindsey. You might be able to do it in a regular oven, but I’m not sure. I’ve had a follower tell me she’s done it with a hair dryer too.

I’ve never tried, Sandra. You’d just want to make sure you had a thick layer of paint going onto the paper so it would puff up.

It might be baking powder and baking soda, Crystal. I’m not sure of that though, so google it, but yes, I believe you can make your own self-rising flour. I haven’t done it before though.

I’m thinking it would work in a regular oven, Jennifer – after all, when you bake with self-rising flour, your cookies and cakes rise. I’m thinking it would just take longer than it would in the microwave, and you wouldn’t want your oven temp too high because of the paper/cardboard you’ve painted on. Totally guessing there though.

Maybe it was the length of time it was in there, or maybe your microwave is stronger than mine? I really can’t say for sure. Glad you had fun with it though!

Thank yoU! I’m so glad you’re enjoying our crafts and activities!

You’re so welcome, Suzanne! I’m so happy you’re getting inspiration from our crafts and activities! Can’t tell you how much that means to me. xx

ive done both puffy paints …kids loved it … i work in a pre school my boss calls me the mad scientist …. love itttttttt thank you so musch for the lovely ideas could not do it with out you !!!

I’ve only ever tried it on cardboard, Maddie, but I’m sure it would work on paper or a paper plate. It might even work on fabric, but I couldn’t say for sure.

Hi,I love puff paint and yesterday I decided to use 2 hair dryers we had for makeover week,it ws brilliant! Th toddlers (with help from a teacher) dried it themselves and wtchd it transform.you can always buy second hand hair dryers.give it a go 🙂

Thanks, Heather! Great idea using the mod podge. So glad you gave this one a try!

No, much like when you bake a cake, heat is needed in order for the chemical reaction with the self-rising flour to occur. It might be possible to do the experiment in a conventional oven set to low heat, but I haven’t tried it. What about a toaster oven? Could you bring one of those into the classroom for the experiment?

Do you know what proportions you used, Trisha? I’d love to add that recipe to my post as an alternative.

Sorry…I did use baking powder as well:)

It’s very hard once it has dried, Majet. ONe of ours kind of disintegrated, but the other one did not, so I would think you would be able to display it for a while. It might not last forever, but I suspect it would last for a bit.

🙂 Thank You. Well, I will use flour with baking powder.
Can U tell me, is this picture solid, can I put it on the wall?

I wouldn’t try it with yeast, Majet. S.R. flour has baking powder and salt in it. Here’s how you can make it yourself: http://www.food.com/recipe/homemade-self-rising-flour-substitute-29318

Thank You!

I’m on a tight budget here too, Debbie, so all of the arts/crafts/activites we do here can be done at little or no expense. 🙂 I hope you find lots of inspiration here. 🙂

You could try. It might work, but then, it might break down the paint as well. I really don’t know. It is only flour and salt and water, so I’m not sure how it would react/hold up after being sprayed. Sorry I can’t be of more help there, but my advice would be, plan to do this as a fun activity, not for a project that you would want to keep for a great length of time.

Well, that’s cool, Jacki! So we could leave the puffy paint white, and then the kids could colour their creations! Thanks for the tip!
So glad you like the blog! As much as I don’t want summer to end, I am eager to get back to the Hooligans and to blogging again. 🙂

You’re welcome, Jana! I’m so glad you’ve been inspired to try some of our ideas yourself! Good luck with them, and have fun!

I’ve seen the shaving cream and glue as well. I think we’ll have to try that too!