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Magic Paint

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Jamie H
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Magic Paint is free, easy, and keeps my kids entertained for hours!

This may seem like a really silly idea, and I admit that I was skeptical when my sister told me to try this, but the kids actually love it!
“Magic” paint is simple to put together, super cheap, and yet it somehow occupies kids for quite some time (my kids played for almost 2 hours with the magic paint!).
What you need:

  • Water and small containers to put it in
  • Cheap paint brushes

Yep, that’s it. There is actually no paint involved, just water. The “paint” is magical, because it disappears! Seriously, my kids got a kick out of painting all over the sidewalk, and then watching it disappear. They also got to magic paint our porch, the house, and basically anything they wanted, so I think they were excited to have so few restrictions compared with normal painting.

Magic Paint is free, easy, and keeps my kids entertained for hours!
 You will definitely want to use cheap paint brushes, though, since the concrete (and whatever else they paint) is a bit rough on the brushes. I found a 5 pack of metal handled paint brushes at the dollar store, so that’s what the kids will be allowed to use for outdoor magic painting.

I wish I could get the video to load, but Little Man was SO cute painting! He went and got Meow-Meow (his stuffed cat), and was making Meow-Meow hold the paint brush, dip it in water, and paint. He had such a blast!
Miss Magoo found out that if you paint on chalk and then use the chalk on the porch, it makes an amazing paste that is very colorful. So I have a beautifully bright and colorful porch right now!

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12 thoughts on “Magic Paint”

  1. Jean says:
    May 10, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    Great Ideal! Wish I had thought of it! No more little ones around to use it on but, they are all old enough to paint for real. I will pass it along to the next generation.

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  2. Jamie H says:
    May 10, 2013 at 7:43 pm

    Thanks, Jean! I was so glad my sister gave me the idea- cheap and easy, and it didn’t matter if the kids spilled the “paint” on their clothes 🙂

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  3. Kirstylee Cassidy says:
    May 21, 2013 at 6:47 pm

    This looks so fun. I’m sure part of the fun is just calling it “magic.” Still, I remember painting my fence with water as a child and I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

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  4. iGameMom says:
    May 22, 2013 at 6:54 am

    Very cool idea. I am featuring this on Mom’s Library on iGameMom. http://ow.ly/lgQKV Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Jamie H says:
    May 22, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    Thanks for the feature!

    Reply
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  8. Kay @Kay's Little Korner says:
    October 3, 2013 at 10:22 am

    That is a very good idea!!

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    • Jamie H says:
      October 3, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
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