Puffy paint for kids is fun to make and play with. Here are five ways to make it for a sensory art experience and 3D art.
Updated November 2024
We don’t know what it is with PUFFY PAINT but every child we know loves it!
We’ve tried our share of different recipes along with store bought paints and here are our favorites.
Give one of these ideas a try with your kids for a fun sensory experience while creating 3D artwork.
5 Puffy Paint Ideas
1. Easy Puffy Paint
This is the puffiest of paints, puffing up even more after it’s dried! All you need is shaving foam, flour, white glue and food coloring for this one.
2. Microwave Puffy Paint
This puffy paint is made from flour, water, salt and food coloring. Watch it puff up before your eyes as it cooks for 30 seconds in the microwave!
3. A Salt Paint Recipe
It’s not necessarily puffy, but it’s raised, and little kids love to mix it, squeeze it out, and create art with it! This recipe dries 3D but is hard and crystalline.
4. Snow Paint
This puffy snow paint is easy to make with equal parts foam shaving cream and glue! Add paint or food coloring to make it colorful. Or add glitter to make it extra sparkly!
5. Foam Painting
What kid doesn’t love shaving cream? You can combine shaving cream and paint for a DIY foam paint experience. Paint animals, toys, cars, etc. Kids love this stuff!
You can make DIY foam paint or splurge for the store-bought version. Either one is a guaranteed hit!
How about you? Have you tried puffy paint art with your kids?
More Sensory Art Ideas for Kids
- The Ultimate Guide to Sensory Play
- What is Sensory Play & Why It’s Important for Kids
- Easy Foam Painting for Kids
- Art & Sensory Play for Toddlers
- DIY Puffy Paint for Kids
- Shaving Cream Sensory Play Ideas for Kids
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