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Beet Juice Painting

Submitted by renee on Wed, 2008-08-06 20:40.

I steamed farm beets for supper last week (a vegetable I'm learning to love) and saved the "juice" left in the bottom of the pan. I stored the juice, about 2/3 cup, in a glass jar in the fridge and pulled it out yesterday for the kids to paint with.

The kids also mixed up a yellow paint with 1/2 cup hot water and 1 tbsp tumeric mixed together.

The resulting artwork is beautiful and my own art (photography) is inspired by my children's creativity. For more natural painting inspirations check out one of our favorites, Berry Smudges and Leaf Prints by Ellen B. Senisi.

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I already said this on
Submitted by Andie (not verified) on Thu, 2008-08-07 14:37.

I already said this on flickr but I loooooove these two shots. Well done kids and Mamma!
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Thanks A. they were fun to
Submitted by renee on Thu, 2008-08-07 20:38.

Thanks A. they were fun to paint and fun to take photos of. Isn't art just fun! Wish I could do it all day. And not have to pay bills, like I'm supposed to be doing right now.
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Submitted by of Beans and Rain | FIMBY (not verified) on Fri, 2008-08-08 19:04.

[...] summer, has been a wash out, literally. It's rained, rained and rained some more. Those beautiful beet juice pictures were taken on the one sunny day this week. Crops are rotting in the fields at the farm, my [...]
Wanted to tell ya that I
Submitted by Dawna (not verified) on Mon, 2008-08-11 21:22.

Wanted to tell ya that I LOVE how inventive this is!!! I would never thought to use natural food coloring for painting. What a great way to help those with food coloring avoidances!!
I love, love, love this
Submitted by Greenstylemom (not verified) on Mon, 2008-09-08 14:10.

I love, love, love this idea! Makes me want to go pull some beets in the garden just to paint this afternoon.

Gotcha for the MIFS blog carnival tomorrow. Would love a link! Thanks!
I have beets that should be
Submitted by Stephanie (not verified) on Tue, 2008-09-09 15:26.

I have beets that should be ready in a few weeks! Can't wait to try this!

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