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Yesterday we looked at juice dyes you can make. Today, here’s something to use those dyes for – finger paints.
What you need to gather:

1/3 cup grated natural, organic, pure soap – liquid soap won’t work as well, I tried once, but give it a shot if you like (I could have just messed up). You can use an old thrift store cheese grater or potato peeler to grate your soap
1 cup water.
1 cup cornstarch.
Your natural dyes.

To make:

Add 1/2 cup water to your cornstarch and mix.
Boil the other 1/2 cup of water and pour over soap.
Stir the soap and water until …read more