Art plays a very important role in a child’s development. Not only from the aspect of creativity but also in developing fine motor skills, self-expression, and cognitive development. While the market is blooming with vibrant, ready-made paints for kids, creating paints at home offers a uniquely fulfilling experience. This allows you to have control over ingredients ensuring your child’s safety and it can be also turned into a playful and creative process. These homemade safe paints are also cost-effective, environmentally friendly and free of harmful chemicals.

Things to be needed
To make homemade paints you don’t need any expensive ingredients. Most of the ingredients can be available in your kitchen or nearby grocery store.

Ingredients

• Flour or Cornstarch
• Water
• Colours – Food Colouring, Natural colourants like turmeric, beetroot, or spinach
• Essential oils (optional)

Tips
For finger paints, a flour-water base is ideal, but if you want to make watercolour go with the cornstarch base.

Process

• Mix the base with water in a 2:1 ratio. Gradually add water if needed to get the desired consistency.
• Add a few drops of food colouring or natural colourants into the base mixture and stir it well. If you are using natural colouring, you may need to strain powder or juices to ensure a smooth texture.
• You can also add a few drops of Essential Oils for aroma if desired
• Transfer the paints into airtight containers and freeze them in the refrigerator.
• Stir well before using it

Note: Homemade paints lack preservatives, so they may last only a week or two.

Safety Tips for Using Homemade Paints

1. Monitor Your Child: Always supervise your child while they’re painting even though it’s homemade paint ensure that they don’t ingest large amounts of paint.
2. Patch Test: Before using a new ingredient, test a small amount on of paint your child’s skin to prevent allergies.
3. Avoid Hazardous Tools: Use child-safe brushes. You can also use Dabble Jumbo or Chubby brushes that are free from sharp edges and have soft bristles.
4. Store Out of Reach: If you’re planning to store paints for future use, ensure the containers are sealed properly and kept away from your child’s reach.

Being parents or caregivers, we understand how hectic life can get, where even simpler tasks like making homemade colours can feel a big task. That’s why Dabble was created with love, care, and the safety of your little ones in mind. Crafted by mom, using safe and natural ingredients, dabble helps you create safe, fun, and creative moments with your child. Because every second you spend with your child should be magical and safe.

Dabble: A Safe Alternative
Dabble Playart offers a range of non-toxic, child-safe paints that are easy to use and as they are specifically designed for toddlers. Made with Coconut Oil, Distilled water and Food-Friendly Colours, Dabble Finger Paints are natural, Child safe and non-toxic. These paints are designed especially for toddlers so that they can explore and enjoy safe and mess-free art.

With Dabble you can introduce your child to the world of colours without worrying about harmful chemicals. BIS-certified, dabble products are trusted and loved by parents across India. Its creative and squeezy easy-to-use finger-paints are safe and convenient. And it’s not just us saying this, parents like Urvashi Lalwani and Pallavi Shrivastava, who started dabbling when their children were 14 and 16 months old, are still trusting and using Dabble as their little ones turn 3 years old.
Dabble is not just a brand selling art products, it’s an expression of love, trust and safety.

Takeaways
Making homemade paints is an amazing and fun way to bond with your child, encouraging their imagination and introducing them to the magical world of colours, all while ensuring their safety. But let’s be real, sometimes life gets a little too busy to hit up paints from scratch. That’s where Dabble steps in! It’s the perfect, kid-friendly alternative that’s both safe and super convenient. Additionally, let’s not forget how alluring it is, those bright and vibrant colours are sure to attract little hands and hearts. Dabble brings fun, creativity and safety all in one.