{"id":3252,"date":"2010-06-02T13:17:32","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T19:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2010-06-02T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T19:27:59","slug":"scratch-and-sniff-paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/scratch-and-sniff-paint\/","title":{"rendered":"Scratch and Sniff Paint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had SO much fun with this activity for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/22\/painting-with-golf-balls\/\">art playgroup<\/a>!\u00c2\u00a0 Inspired by <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/paintcutpaste.com\/scratch-n-sniff-paintings\/\">this blog post at paint cut paste<\/a>, I set out to create scratch and sniff paint using Kool-Aid.\u00c2\u00a0 The original instructions called for simply mixing the Kool-Aid with small amounts of water, but I also read that several colors (yellow and purple in particular) aren&#8217;t very bright that way.\u00c2\u00a0 I really just wanted the <em>scent<\/em> from the Kool-Aid.\u00c2\u00a0 So instead of water, I mixed my Kool-Aid with tempera paint (okay, and a teeny bit of water too)!\u00c2\u00a0 I think you could also mix Kool-Aid with liquid watercolors, since that&#8217;s the kind of paint you&#8217;re going for anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 When shopping for the Kool-Aid, I got a little carried away and excited about all of the possibilities (as tends to happen with me and crafty stuff), so I bought the whole rainbow!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3270\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-11.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-11-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering here&#8217;s the breakdown of colors and scents I mixed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red: Cherry<\/li>\n<li>Pink: Pink Lemonade<\/li>\n<li>Orange: Orange (duh)<\/li>\n<li>Yellow: Lemonade<\/li>\n<li>Green: Lime<\/li>\n<li>Blue: Blue Raspberry<\/li>\n<li>Purple: Grape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mixing Kool-Aid with tempera paint did have an interesting effect.\u00c2\u00a0 It created a foamy layer on top that was kind of yucky:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3271\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-21.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-21-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I simply skimmed that layer off shortly before we started painting, and the vivid colors of the tempera paint and strong scent of the Kool-Aid remained in a water-color-like paint!<\/p>\n<p>This was such a neat sensory experience for the kids.\u00c2\u00a0 They tried to guess the different scents as they painted.\u00c2\u00a0 The brightest colors (and boldest scents) were the red, orange, and purple, so make sure to include those if you&#8217;re going to try this at home.\u00c2\u00a0 Some of the little artists wanted to use every color, some focused on one or two colors.\u00c2\u00a0 They all seemed to enjoy painting with the scratch and sniff paint and stuck with this project for longer than any of our other projects.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are some of The Littlest Apple&#8217;s masterpieces (he&#8217;s big on paint-mixing&#8230;I wish I had taken photos of some of our other artists&#8217; masterpieces, too):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-31.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3272\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-31.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-31-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3273\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-41.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-41-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I had fun painting too, after our artist-friends went home.\u00c2\u00a0 How could you NOT want to play around with these bright and sweet-smelling colors?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3274\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-51.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-51-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-61.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3275\" title=\"Scratch and Sniff Paint 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-61.jpg 557w, https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Scratch-and-Sniff-Paint-61-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also fun to go back after the paint has dried to smell your picture (no scratching necessary with some of the colors, like purple!).\u00c2\u00a0 You could also have your kids use the paints on pictures of fruit (ie, paint the grapes with the grape-scented purple paint).<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/02\/scratch-and-sniff-paint\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had SO much fun with this activity for our art playgroup!\u00c2\u00a0 Inspired by this blog post at paint cut paste, I set out to create scratch and sniff paint using Kool-Aid.\u00c2\u00a0 The original instructions called for simply mixing the Kool-Aid with small amounts of water, but I also read that several colors (yellow and 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