Want a fun kids activity for the weekend? Create homemade washable window paint right at home with just a few ingredients that you probably already have at home, right now.
If you’re wondering how to make glass paint at home, it is very simple. All you need is flour, liquid dish soap, and gel food coloring.
I also recommend having some containers to keep the paint in or utilize a muffin pan. Grab some paintbrushes (big or small) and let the kids have a great time utilizing their imaginations.
What You Need to Make Homemade Glass Paint
Scroll to the bottom for a printable how-to card with full measurements and instructions.
- all-purpose flour
- liquid dish soap
- water
- gel food coloring
How to Make Washable Window Paint
Grab a large mixing bowl and add flour and water together. Mix well until no longer lumpy.
Add in several pumps of liquid dish soap or about 1/2 of a cup from a bottle. Mix well into the mixture.
You want the mixture to feel thick and sticky enough that it won’t slide off of a window but not be overly fluffy.
Using containers or a muffin pan, add a few drops of gel food coloring to each center. You can mix primary colors to create pinks, purples, lighter greens, blues, etc.
Scoop out about three spoonfuls of the flour mixture and stir together with the food coloring in each container until the color is well mixed.
You can also use just the window paint flour mixture for the color white to draw things like clouds.
Using paintbrushes of any size, begin painting the windows of your home. You can go over things a few time for added color and thickness.
When washing out your paintbrush to go to the next color, be sure to dry your brush a little so your colors will not bleed on the window.
Once the masterpiece is finished, let the window mural dry and enjoy for as long as you would like.
How to clean off DIY window paint from a window:
Use a window cleaner and a towel to simply wipe off when done.
Homemade Washable Window Paint
Don't have washable window paint at home? No worries! Using just a few ingredients, create homemade window paint.
Materials
- 1 cup of all-purpose flour
- liquid dish soap
- 1 cup of water
- gel food coloring
Tools
- paintbrushes
- muffin pan or containers
- large mixing bowl
- measuring cup
Instructions
- Grab a large mixing bowl and add flour and water together.
- Mix well until no longer lumpy.
- Add in several pumps of liquid dish soap or about 1/2 of a cup from a bottle.
- Mix well into the mixture. You want the mixture to feel thick and sticky enough that it won't slide off of a window but not be overly fluffy.
- Using containers or a muffin pan, add a few drops of gel food coloring to each center. You can mix primary colors to create pinks, purples, lighter greens, blues, etc.
- Scoop out about three spoonfuls of the flour mixture and stir together with the food coloring in each container until the color is well mixed. You can also use just the window paint flour mixture for the color white to draw things like clouds.
- Using paintbrushes of any size, begin painting the windows of your home. You can go over things a few time for added color and thickness.
- When washing out your paintbrush to go to the next color, be sure to dry your brush a little so your colors will not bleed on the window.
- Once the masterpiece is finished, let the window mural dry and enjoy for as long as you would like.
- Use a window cleaner and a towel to simply wipe off when done.
Notes
Use painter's tape to create clean lines for a stained glass window look.
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