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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 bath time fun 9g

Recipe makes 1 bath time fun)

The following items or measurements are not included below:

Joy dishwashing soap

Calories 30
Calories from Fat 0 (0%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 0.0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.0g 0%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Potassium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 7.3g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0.1g 0%
Sugars 0.0g
Protein 0.0g 0%

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kids Bathtub Paints

Recipe #66418 | 5 min | 5 min prep | add private note
~Bekah~

By: ~Bekah~
Jul 8, 2003

KIDS LOVE THESE!!! So much cheaper and easier than the kind you buy at the store.

1 bath time fun (change servings and units)

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup mild clear Joy dishwashing soap
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • food coloring

Directions

  1. 1
    Mix cornstarch and liquid soap in bowl.
  2. 2
    Pour into ice cube tray, filling about 1/2 full.
  3. 3
    Put 4-8 drops of different food coloring colors into each section and mix till blended.
  4. 4
    I usually use toothpicks to mix when in the ice cube tray.
  5. 5
    Give to the kids and let them at it!
  6. 6
    This washes your child, and will wash off the walls too!

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From: GS

On Sep 29, 2009

Thank you! We tried this today and my 5 yr old son said he had a lot of fun (until his 2 yr old sister dumped it all into the tub No staining. I used generic liquid baby soap to ensure "no tears".

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  • From: cookingfiend

    On Sep 21, 2009

    These are so easy to make and keep my kids busy for hours!! The first time I made these my kids stayed in the bath for 2 hours playing with it!

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  • From: Charishma Ramchandani

    On Jul 12, 2003

    Now you can add one more kid to the list who loves these paints that are not only a whole load of fun in the bathroom, but also which serve the purpose of cleaning(indirectly). I made these this afternoon and my fun time with these paints lasted for 30 whole minutes! I did try them the first time using a whole tbsp. of cornflour, but that made the paint too thick. So, I re-did this using 1/2 a tbsp. of cornflour and slightly over 1/3 cup of dishwashing soap(I dont get Joy dishwashing soap where I live, so I substituted with Orange Lux Progress With Vitamin E). This worked well(the consistency was wonderful). I also would like to say that the idea of using toothpicks to mix food colour in the ice cube tray is AMAZING! I enjoyed doing that! I used rose-red pink food colour and green colour. This filled 7 sections of the ice cube tray. It looked very pretty using a combo of alternate red and green colours. These paints washed off beautifully too leaving my bathroom shining and glowing! Don't ask me what I wrote using these paints in the bathroom - that's a Biggggggggggggg Secret the kid in me will hide deep within her heart

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    From: Tom&Candy

    On Aug 4, 2008

    These are GREAT! My kids had the best time with these. Note: it did stain the grout (the red anyway) but it came off after a few washings. No biggie - it was worth the fun they had! Totally easy and totally genius! EDIT: I use handwashing soap with no problem - the store brand - and even off-white. This is always a quick "look how cool your mom is" type of thing.

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