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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | Rhymes  Recipes for children's play messy creative activities Finger paste messy play recipe Simmer cornflour and water until it formas a paste and colour with paint. Use spatulas and brushes to move the mixture around and create colour patches on acrylic sheets  table tops or trays where paper can be applied to the surface then peeled back to reveal the print.        Resources needed A Perspex sheet, safety mirror to use as a painting window. Collage and scenery pieces to build texture - optional Finger paste recipe: 4 Heaped dessert spoons of cornflour to every 1 pint of water.  Poster or powder paint to colour Access to a heat ring / cooker + Saucepan Method: Measure 1 pint of water - pour 3/4 of it into a saucepan. In the remaining 1/3rd measure and stir in the cornflour / cornstarch. Stirring continuosly add to the saucepan. Cook over a medium heat until the cornflour mix begins to thicken. Once it becomes smooth, and has a thickened, transparent consistency remove from the heat.  Continue stirring - the paste retains its heat for a considerable time.   Leave to cool Once cooled colour with paint. Check consistency for spreading, mark making and picture building