Back in 2011, I took out our salad spinner and we used it to create salad spinner art. The kids loved it and could spin art all day, but the paint can be expensive and before you know it, it’s all gone. So I was trying to think of a frugal way that they kids could make spin art.
I was looking back at our old blog posts and came across our condensed milk painting post, and thought this could be a great way to make spin art. Our 99 cents store actually sells condensed milk, so what better way to combine these two fun activities to make it cheaper!
Supplies:
- Salad Spinner
- Small Bowls
- Spoons (for mixing)
- Food Coloring – in various colors
- Condensed Milk
- Thick Paper – such as construction paper
- Pencil/Pen
- Scissors
- Jelly Roll Pan or any baking sheet
Directions:
Add a little bit of condensed milk into each container.
Then add a few drops of food coloring…the amount will depend on how strong you want your colors to be. I would recommend starting out with 2 drops. After stirring, add a couple more drops for a darker color.
The girls actually had fun tinting the condensed milk themselves…here were the results of how bright they wanted the colors to be. Please note that we used the neon food colors.
We then used the spoons to dabble the colors onto the paper. (Not shown…We took the basket of the salad spinner out and used the bottom of the basket to trace onto our paper the exact size needed to be cut out).
Keep adding as much paint as you want….
And then close the lid and start spinning. It’s best to do this project on top of a cookie sheet to contain the mess.
Take the lid of to see the beautiful art you created!
Doesn’t it look pretty? It looks just as pretty as regular paint. And the best part is…once dry…it isn’t sticky at all!
I love how the condensed milk beads up when falling from the spoon. It looks like cotton candy sugar.
On this one we didn’t put as much paint on…so it created a nice design.
However on this one….we drenched the center with tons of paint.
And this was the result… I love how the colors all blended together.
My daughter thought it needed more of a personal touch to it.
These paintings do need about a day or two to dry. I’m thinking it might depend on the humidity in your area. But once they are dry….they feel just like paint. They won’t feel sticky at all. We hope you have fun with this activity as much as we did!