How to Make Puffy Paint

Step 1

Pour approximately 1/4 cup of white glue into a small bowl or container.

Step 2

Add an equal amount of shaving cream to the bowl. Just guess with the amount rather than measuring exactly. It will still work.

Step 3

Add a few drops of food colouring to the mixture. Keep in mind, that as the puffy paint dries, the colour will get darker, so don’t be too worried if it looks too light at this point. I added about 10 to 15 drops of food colouring into each of our colours.

Step 4

I really didn’t want this stuff on our kitchen spoons, so I used straws to stir them all up. A stir stick or popsicle stick would work well too.

Step 5

Repeat the process for as many colours as you’d like. I’m not sure what I did differently to the pink puffy paint below, but it looks like it has a better texture compared to the others. I think it had more glue in it?

Step 6

Use a regular paint brush to add paint onto a piece of printer paper. You’ll need to add a generous amount of puffy paint to your brush and "dab" rather than "spread".