Have Old Sunscreen or Lotion? Make Fingerpaint!

My kids love to paint and I hate to waste stuff.  Every Spring we weed through the cabinet under the bathroom sink and get rid of all the expired lotions and what-not.  Sunscreen isn’t effective if it is old (and one of my kids burns badly – I learned this the hard way!).  So what will we do with all the old lotions and sunscreen?  Make our own Finger Paint!
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What you need to make your own lotion-based finger paint:

• Old containers of lotion or sunscreen
• Tin to hold the paint
• Food coloring

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We used liquid food coloring, but I think the gel colors would have been better, more vibrant.  Maybe we’ll try gel colors next time.  We mixed the dye into the lotion with paintbrushes and then had a blast covering our paper and ourselves with the paint.  The kids had a blast and I loved the way the kids smelled after our craft time!  Made me think summer was already here!

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