Chocolate Pudding Painting

Can you believe painting with pudding? This project draws kids like flies.

 

Objectives

Children ages 5-6 years can draw meaningful, recognizable pictures and prints their own name. FM III
Children ages 2 ½-5 can enjoy finger painting (FM III) and children ages 2-2 ½ years will be interested in painting process not the product. FM III

 
 
 

Materials

Chocolate pudding mixed in a large pitcher. If you have children who are allergic to chocolate, use vanilla or butterscotch instead. Cafeteria trays; glossy paper.

 

Procedures

1. Put one cafeteria tray out for each child. Pour about ½ cup of pudding onto each child’s tray and let them finger paint. They can draw pictures, write their names, and eventually eat all the pudding off their fingers.

2. Pour on more pudding if they need it. Talk with them about the difference between pudding and paint.

3. Optional: Make the pictures to take home by pressing a piece of paper onto the tray and lifting the picture.