Draw and Paint with your child

Draw & Paint with Your Child Homemade Recipes & Sensory Art Projects for Ages 3–12

You don't need to be an artist. You don't need a craft shop. You just need your kitchen press.

This step-by-step guide is written for parents who feel nervous about doing art with their children — the ones who say "I can't draw a straight line" or "I wouldn't know where to start." Every single recipe and project inside uses everyday household ingredients you most likely already have at home.

What's inside:

20+ projects and recipes across four sections — Homemade Paints, Clays & Doughs, Printing & Texture, and Paper Craft — including:

🎨 Homemade finger paint you can make in 15 minutes for almost nothing 🌈 Natural kitchen paint made from beetroot, turmeric, and berries ⚗️ Cornflour Goop (Oobleck) — the science experiment that's also art ✨ Puffy Microwave Paint — paint that literally rises and puffs up in 30 seconds 🏺 Salt dough, play clay, and air dry clay — all made from scratch at home 📰 Paper mache pulp from recycled newspaper 🌸 Tissue paper flowers, shaving foam marbling, bubble wrap printing, and more

Every project includes:

• A full ingredients list using cheap, safe, household materials
• Clear step-by-step instructions written for non-artists
• Age guidance (3–12) with tips for adapting up or down
• A Parent Tip box with expert advice from a professional children's art teacher

This book is for you if:

• Your child asks to do art and you don't know where to start
• You want activities that are genuinely engaging — not just colouring sheets
• You'd love to spend quality creative time together without spending a fortune
• You want to feel confident, not stressed, when art comes out at the table

Created by Denise at The Art Studio Ballymahon, Co. Longford — where children aged 4–14 have been making exactly these recipes every Saturday for years.

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