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3 Ingredient DIY Puffy Paint

August 21, 2024 by Khrista

There are a lot of puffy paint recipes out there but this 3-ingredient DIY puffy paint for kids is by far our favorite and I can’t wait to share the reasons!

This DIY Puffy Paint is the BEST!

I am always on the hunt for easy DIY projects to make with my daughter.  Since painting is a huge activity in our house, I wanted to find a fun paint recipe that used common ingredients everyone has at home and was easy enough for kiddos to mix up all by themselves.

After scouring the internet, I found a 3-ingredient DIY puffy paint recipe via The Artful Parent that seemed to be exactly what i was hoping to find.  It only required 3 simple ingredients, it was easy enough for my daughter to mix up and as bonus – it didn’t require the use of a microwave.  So we set out to put this puffy paint recipe to the test.



Ingredients for DIY Puffy Paint:

  1. 3+ cups of foam shaving cream
  2. 1 cup of all purpose flour
  3. 1 cup of school glue

* You’ll also need ziplock-style sandwich bags, small  mixing bowls, food coloring or paint and paper — heavier paper works best such as poster board, heavy construction paper or paper plates.  My kiddo loves painting on paper plates!

DIRECTIONS

1. Measure out the first 3 ingredients into a large mixing bowl.

diy puffy paint ingredients

2. Mix the shaving cream, glue and flour with a rubber spatula or spoon.  Be careful to not over mix – you want to see bubbles in the mixture.

diy puffy paint stir

3. Divide the DIY puffy paint mixture into separate smaller bowls to add your food coloring or paint.  Start with a small squirt of coloring and mix thoroughly.  Don’t forget to keep some white puffy paint on hand!

diy puffy paint color




diy puffy paint color stir

diy puffy paint color mix

4. Spoon the puffy paint into the sandwich bags.  To make filling the bags easier stick your bag into a cup and turn the sides down over the lip of the glass.  I use this all the time when filling pastry or icing bags and it worked perfectly for this paint project.  Next, seal each bag (The Artful Parent had a great tip here – add some duck tape to reinforce the seal just in case you have a vigorous squeezer on you hands!) and cut a tiny hole in the corner.  I didn’t have any duck tape on hand so I just used some regular scotch tape and it held up just fine.

diy puffy paint filliing tip

diy puffy paint supplies

5. Now it’s time to have some fun!  Squeeze the puffy paint through the small hole and paint away!  Draw pictures. Makes dot and lines.  Just use your imagination.

diy puffy paint syd

6. Let your designs dry overnight.  The paint actually puffed up even more after sitting overnight which we loved.  

diy puffy paint butterfly

diy puffy paint butterfly 2

diy puffy paint heart

diy puffy paint peaceThe Verdict…this DIY puffy paint recipe is by far one of our favorites.  I loved that it only used 3 ingredients, all of which I had at home.  It was very easy to mix up the ingredients and incorporate the color.  

We used food coloring this time around only because I had a wider variety of color options on hand.  You can also use Tempura Paint which also works out great and a little went a long way.  I definitely recommend The Artful Parent’s recommendation of reinforcing the bag with some tape.  It’s just a great way to ensure you don’t experience a child meltdown in the middle of what is supposed to be a fun activity all because of a busted bag and overflowing puffy paint!  



The paint was very easy to work with and after the designs dried overnight, the paint actually became even puffier!

This DIY puffy paint recipe is definitely a keeper and I know you and your little ones will enjoy it as much as we did!

Do you have a favorite DIY puffy paint recipe? 

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Comments

  1. Charlene Asay says

    March 1, 2016 at 3:21 PM

    I have been wanting to make some of this for my kids. Looks so much fun. Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week. I hope you join us often 🙂

    • Arielle says

      March 12, 2016 at 9:23 AM

      When you make the puffy paint make a paper funnel and put the peanut in the glue bottle

  2. Emma says

    March 9, 2016 at 12:33 AM

    Ooh, love the colors! Going to have to give this recipe a try!

  3. Sarah says

    March 21, 2016 at 7:22 PM

    What a great idea! So glad to have connected!

    • Khrista says

      March 22, 2016 at 4:59 AM

      Thanks Sarah!

  4. Pamela James says

    April 25, 2016 at 7:36 PM

    I haven’t seen a recipe for this before. No idea why but the colors are awesome and it looks so easy to make. I had to share Thanks.

  5. Rebekka says

    May 1, 2016 at 2:02 PM

    How can i store this paint so we can keep the leftovers without it drying out?

    • Khrista says

      May 2, 2016 at 12:10 PM

      Hi Rebekka! Thanks for asking about storage. We typically use this paint from a zip-closed bag like you see my daughter using in the pictures. When she is finished painting, I just twist and fold over the cut end of the bag and either use a twist tie to close it off or plain old scotch tape. Then I store all the colors in an air tight container. If the bags get messy with paint on the outside, I simply squeeze the paint into a new bag the next time we are going to paint. Hope this helps and thanks again for stopping by!

      • Candy Bonanno says

        August 9, 2016 at 8:31 PM

        Could u put this paint in a squeeze bottle like the ones u use for royal icing ?

        • Khrista says

          August 10, 2016 at 8:30 AM

          Hi Candy. Yes! You definitely can. Those bottles are a great way to use this paint. Very easy for little hands. Thanks for stopping by!

          • nidhi says

            August 10, 2016 at 6:43 PM

            HI is this paint liftable after it drives? Just curious

          • Khrista says

            August 10, 2016 at 7:29 PM

            Great question. I’ve actually never tried it. Please keep in touch if you try and let me know the results. Thanks for stopping by!

  6. Julie says

    September 11, 2016 at 10:14 PM

    This looks great! How long does it last? If I would make the paint a day ahead, then let my students mix the coloring in the next day, would the paint still be puffy?

    • Khrista says

      September 13, 2016 at 2:13 PM

      Hi Julie! I’ve made in a day in advance and stored it in an airtight container. When I did this, I actually placed a layer of plastic wrap over top touching the paint just to be extra safe. Is this necessary? Maybe not but it was an easy added step that I didn’t mind doing. I hope you and your kiddos have fun. And please keep me posted on how it goes! Thanks:)

  7. Caroline says

    October 21, 2016 at 11:44 AM

    Hi
    Is it self raising flour or plain/ all purpose flour?

    Thanks

    • Khrista says

      October 24, 2016 at 9:46 AM

      AP flour! Thanks for asking. I’ll update the recipe to clarify. THANKS!!

  8. Carol DeMond says

    December 9, 2016 at 7:56 PM

    What do you do with the shapes that have been made with this paint? Will they stick to the window?

    • Khrista says

      December 11, 2016 at 8:44 AM

      Hi Carol! Thanks for reaching out. We typically use the paint on paper. I have not tested it as as window cling – love the idea. You could try and paint it on wax paper, let it dry, and then test it on a window. Keep me posted and thanks for stopping by ezeBreezy:)

  9. Patty says

    April 15, 2020 at 3:59 PM

    Will this recipe harden if left out? Would like to use it in shadowboxes to form snowbanks and clouds.

    • Khrista says

      April 16, 2020 at 10:25 AM

      Hi Patty. The dough will harden but not to the degree that a baked clay would. I would say do an overnight test and see if it would harden enough for your project. If it is in shadowboxes, it may harden well enough…but I would ask that you please do a test first. Thanks for reaching out!

  10. Patty says

    April 16, 2020 at 11:34 AM

    OK, will do.

  11. Khrista says

    February 23, 2017 at 4:54 PM

    Thank you!

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