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Supplies you will need:
cardboard shaving cream school glue acrylic paint paper bowls plastic spoon paint brush scissors Barilla Pastina Pasta
Directions:
1. Cut out starfish shape
Start by cutting a starfish shape out of your cardboard.
2. Mix up puffy paint
Mix up your puffy paint. To do this, mix equal parts of shaving cream and school glue. I used a 1/4 cup of each. I ended up adding a bit more shaving cream to mine so adjust it to your liking. Then add in a good squirt of acrylic paint and stir it until the color is mixed through.
3. Paint starfish, sprinkle Pastina Pasta all over the starfish
Paint a thick layer of the puffy paint onto your cardboard starfish. While it is still wet, sprinkle the Pastina Pasta all over the starfish. Let it dry completely. I like using acrylic paint for the puffy paint because it gives it more of a vibrant color. Our puffy paint starfish turned out just as colorful as I remember seeing them in the tide pools, and I love the added texture of the Pastina pasta. It makes it a fun sensory experience to feel the starfish after it is dried.
