This is a fun painting soap for kids. The one problem with it is the food coloring. There are some organic food colors available, but they won’t be as bright as if you use normal food coloring. That said, even if you use normal food coloring, this is a much healthier soap paint than the ones you see at the store. Plus no excess packaging.
I’ve been considering trying to make this with natural veggie, plant, or fruit dyes, but I’m not sure how well it will work. If you do try to make painting soap with all natural dyes remember …read more

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