Painting Toast

Mar 3rd, 2008 by Marie

This is a really fun project I learned from one of my college Elementary Education classes. It also makes for a great snack too. Painted Toast!

Supplies:

Bread - this works best if you have white bread, the colors show up brighter.
Bowls and Brushes - you need a bowl and brush for each color. I just used my basting brushes I have, but it would be more fun with smaller painting brushes, cleaned or unused.
Food Coloring - we used all 4 colors and you could mix them too.
Milk - whatever kind you have. You don’t need a lot of milk, I had too much in each bowl.
Toaster Oven or Broiler - I have a great toaster oven, but you could easily toast these in the oven.

Fill your bowls with milk and add 2-3 drops of food coloring. Then let the kids paint their toast. (I did explain to my kids that this is milk and safe to drink, that it is not real paint. I can just see my sweet little girl trying to eat real paint the next time I get it out!)

Try not to let the kids paint too much in one spot, it can get soggy. Matt was trying to mix red and blue to make purple. Then once their designs are done, set them in the toaster. The painted spot won’t be as crispy as the edges, but still yummy.

Then let the kiddies eat their Painted Toast. You could add butter, but we didn’t need too. The colors were fun enough to eat alone.

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20 Responses to “Painting Toast”

on 03 Mar 2008 at 6:13 am1 {andrea}

Oh we are definately going to do this! My kids are going to LOVE this. Although I’m afraid if I do they may never want regular toast again. Hmm…
on 03 Mar 2008 at 12:10 pm2 Kimberly

I am so doing this with my kids! Brilliant!
on 03 Mar 2008 at 1:26 pm3 Ashley

Marie, this is Ashley Stoker and I found your site on a link from Sarah’s. Your family is adorable and your ideas are great. Thanks for taking the time to share with us all!!!
on 03 Mar 2008 at 6:16 pm4 Margret

What fun!! My grandkids will love this.
on 03 Mar 2008 at 8:17 pm5 Shannon

How does it TASTE?? Do you eat it, too? Or is it just fun for the kids???
on 03 Mar 2008 at 9:59 pm6 Jennifer H.

So Fun! I think I’ll paint a message on toast for my daughter’s Bday tomorrow!
I’ve seen it done with eggyolk and no coloring and then when you toast it the message or picture magically appears! I haven’t tried it though.
Love it!
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on 14 Jul 2008 at 9:41 pm10 Nyssa

My mom and I used to do this, except she called it “monster toast.” You had to try to paint a scary face on your bread, and it was always fun to smear apple butter over then once the bread was toasted!
on 14 Jul 2008 at 9:54 pm11 knows better

White bread is a simple starch, akin to eating white sugar. (obesity crisis,m anyone?) Food colorings are linked to toxicity in children, everything from allergic reactions to full blown allergies. this looks like fun to play with, but no way would I allow a child to eat it.

Nancy, MD–pediatrics
on 15 Jul 2008 at 8:52 am12 Marie

Knows Better - Thanks for your input. But with only a couple drops of food coloring in all that milk and hardly any of the milk mixture really getting on the toast, I feel just fine about giving this to my kids. And this activity works just as good on wheat bread as well, but I don’t mind giving them white bread once in a while.
on 22 Jul 2008 at 9:59 am13 Kate, Retired preschool teacher and mother of 2

You have to be joking about this! Kids eat enough junky gadget food without adding to it! Why on earth do people think this is a fun thing to do?

If you are going to do food preparation with children then try some worthwhile activities - like cutting up bananas and adding them to plain yoghurt and stirring in honey. Kids will get a thrill out of normal food - it is the involvement with the adult and the adult activity that is what makes it attractive.

How does white bread taste better with coloured milk painted on it?
on 22 Jul 2008 at 2:32 pm14 carole

Get a grip people. The kids aren’t going to eat it every single day. Loosen up and have some fun…………..stop thinking too much.

I love it.
on 22 Jul 2008 at 3:48 pm15 Nascar

delicious.
on 22 Jul 2008 at 5:55 pm16 daycareworker

Personally i think this is a wonderful idea!
I do not see how eating white bread, milk, and a teensy bit of food coloring will hurt you.
It’s not like a someone will do this for their kids EVERY single day. I work at a daycare and we’re always looking for fun and creative things to do with the children and this is brilliant! Not only do they get to “paint”, they get a tiny snack out of it too.

To the person who said “junky gadget food”…….it’s bread and milk? Come on.

Thanks so much for sharing with those of us who appreciate it!
I’ll introduce the idea to my fellow co-workers tomorrow!
on 23 Jul 2008 at 1:26 pm17 Marie

Kate - I’m also a former preschool teacher and mother of 3 and find no harm in this Painting Toast activity. It’s meant to be a fun science/art activity with my children. I see nothing wrong in having a little fun that is out of the ordinary. Thanks for your opinion and I agree with you that it’s about the experience, but read the rest of my blog and you’ll see I do all kinds of worthwhile activities with my kids.

Carole & Daycareworker - Thanks!
on 24 Jul 2008 at 7:28 pm18 Kayla Jean

I think this looks very cute. I was thinking perhaps you could make a french toast sort of batter, then put the coloring in, and make a french toast so its not as soggy? But then it might get too brown from cooking it in a pan like that… Oh well, I’ll just have to try both ways. Thanks for the idea =)
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