# 10+ Cornstarch Play Recipes
> A collection of 13 play recipes from TurkeyMom and fellow bloggers that use cornstarch (cornflour in the UK) as the main ingredient. They are grouped into art recipes (paints and clay) and sensory recipes (goop, doughs, snow and play sand).
- URL: https://www.funlittles.com/play-recipes-using-cornstarch-for-art-activities-and-sensory-activities/
- Ages: 2–8 yrs · Difficulty: easy · Mess: high
- Time: prep none, activity varies
- Works for: one-on-one, small group, whole class
- Skills: sensory-exploration, art, fine-motor
- Cautions: corn, ingestion-risk

## Safety
- Cornstarch comes from corn. Check for corn allergies before playing.
- Taste-safe is not food: an accidental taste of a non-toxic recipe is no cause for panic, but don't let kids eat the paints or doughs. This matters most for look-alike treats such as ice cream dough.
- If a linked recipe needs cooking or hot water, an adult handles the heat and checks that the mixture has cooled before kids touch it.
- Spilled cornstarch and goop make floors and tubs slippery. Wipe up spills, and never leave kids alone in the bath during bathtub painting.
- Supervise sensory play at all times.

## Ideas
- **Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Paint**: A cornstarch paint for sidewalk art, set out in a muffin tin with foam brushes.
- **Taste-Safe Cornflour Finger Paint**: Bright cornflour finger paints stored in jars. The original calls it 'edible'. Treat it as taste-safe, not food.
- **Homemade Face and Body Paint**: A 2-ingredient homemade face and body paint, mixed up in a rainbow of colors.
- **Homemade Bath Tub Paint**: A cornstarch paint for brushing rainbow stripes on the bathtub wall.
- **Cornstarch Clay**: Homemade cornstarch clay shaped into ornaments, then painted and sprinkled with glitter.
- **Oobleck/Goop**: Classic cornstarch goop for science play that oozes and drips through little fingers.
- **Goop on Pinecones**: A fun way to use that oobleck recipe: pour colored goop over pinecones in a tray and watch the pink fountain flow.
- **Erupting Goop**: Glittery pink goop that foams up and erupts over the top of a cup, made as a bath-time 'love potion'.
- **Homemade Modelling Clay**: A 2-ingredient white modelling clay that can air dry or be oven baked. Roll it into letters and shapes.
- **Ice Cream Dough**: A sensory dough that scoops like ice cream into cones, topped with sprinkles. Pretend play only.
- **Cornstarch Snow**: Fluffy cornstarch snowballs for a summer snowball fight. So frugal and fun.
- **Frosty Fluff**: A frosty fluff for snow play.
- **Moldable Play Sand**: A homemade moldable play sand that holds the shape of seashells.

## Tips
- Cornstarch in the U.S. is the same as cornflour in the U.K.
- A homeschool teacher runs a class called 'Cooking Up Some Art' and has made about a dozen different play recipes with the kids. These recipes work well as a group class. (from readers)

## The original post by TurkeyMom (2013)

With the advent of Pinterest, homemade play recipes seem to be gaining some serious popularity with good reason of course. With the abundance of play recipes at a click of a mouse, making slime, play dough, goop, gunk, gak or whatever the next sensory material is that easy. Moms, teachers and caretakers have been sharing some super cool sensory and art recipes with all of us. One ingredient which has become quite common is the good old cornstarch. Note: Cornstarch in U.S is the same as cornflour in U.K Here is our small collection of some fun play recipes with cornstarch as their primary ingredient.

### **Recipes for Art Activities**

**Homemade Sidewalk Chalk Paint** from **Train up a Child**  **Edible Finger Paint from Mummy Musings and Mayhem**  **[Homemade Face Paint](https://www.funlittles.com/2-ingredient-homemade-facepaint/) from Blog Me Mom** [](https://www.funlittles.com/2-ingredient-homemade-facepaint/) [**Homemade Bath Tub Paint**]() from **Kids Activities Blog**

 **[Cornstarch Clay](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-cornstarch-clay/) from Blog Me Mom** [](https://www.funlittles.com/homemade-cornstarch-clay/)

### **Recipes for Sensory Activities**

**[Oobleck/Goop](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/01/science-fun-experimenting-with-homemade.html)** from **Mom to 2 Posh Ll Divas.**

[](http://www.momto2poshlildivas.com/2012/01/science-fun-experimenting-with-homemade.html) Here is a fun way to use that **[oobleck recipe](https://www.funlittles.com/goop-on-pinecones/)** from **Blog Me Mom**

[](https://www.funlittles.com/goop-on-pinecones/) **Erupting Goop from Growing a Jeweled Rose**

 **Homemade modelling clay from Creative Play house**

 [**Ice Cream Dough**](http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/01/ice-cream-dough-new-play-recipe.html) from **Play Create Explore** [](http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2013/01/ice-cream-dough-new-play-recipe.html) **[Cornstarch snow.](http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/08/summer-snowball-fight-with-fluffy-stuff.html)** So frugal and fun from **Play Create Explore.**

[](http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2012/08/summer-snowball-fight-with-fluffy-stuff.html)

Growing a Jeweled Rose has a [**frosty fluff.**](https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2015/02/foaming-snow-recipe.html) **Moldable Play Sand** **from Creative Playhouse**



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