Simple Painted Toast
Looking for a snack that’s fun to make and even more fun to eat? This painted toast craft lets kids turn bread into colorful, edible art using just water and food coloring. Just paint, toast, and enjoy—creative snacking at its best!
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🧐 What is Edible Paint?
Edible paint is a safe, kid-friendly mix used to decorate food like toast, cookies, cakes, or fruit. It’s made with ingredients you can eat, so kids can paint their snacks and enjoy them too. To make our edible paint, we combined a couple drops of water with our Wilton Icing Colors. Once we painted the bread, we popped it in the toaster oven, buttered our toast, and enjoyed a colorful snack. We used a similar method for our painted tortillas craft!
Note: Many painted toast recipes call for milk instead of water, which works just as well! Yet, for this activity we wanted to omit dairy.
🖌️ Supplies & Ingredients
Notes on key ingredients and supplies are provided below. Please see the “how to” card below for a full list of ingredients, items and quantities.
- Food gel or coloring-we like Wilton Icing Colors
- Water– milk can also be used for a brighter finish
- Paint brushes– brushes should be unused and cleaned!
📝 How to Make Painted Toast
Step 1: Mix water and food coloring
Step 2: Paint Bread
Step 3: Toast, add a desired topping, and enjoy!
🔝 Add Toppings to your Painted Toast!
We simply buttered our colorful toast, but there are a ton of other ways to sweeten this colorful treat. Here are a few suggested toppings:
- Butter, sugar and cinnamon
- Peanut butter and sliced bananas
- Cream cheese and sliced berries and/or jam
- Almond butter, honey and granola
- Nutella and sliced fruit
🧠 Learn While Painting Toast!
Check out some ways to incorporate learning into this painted toast craft.
- Review of Primary Colors– Use this opportunity to review the differences between primary and secondary colors. Of course, this almost always ends with my kids mixing ALL the colors together and forming a nice, brown mixture 🙂
- Practice with Letters and Numbers– Encourage young ones to practice letters or numbers while painting the bread. This is a great chance for kids to use their fine motor skills.
- Nutrition and Food Education– Grownups can use this craft as an opportunity to share some fun facts with kids about bread, like how it’s typically made from dough and baked in the oven and is one of the most widely consumed foods in the world.
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Simple Painted Toast!
Equipment
- Paint brushes
- Small containers
- Toaster
Ingredients
- 3-5 slices bread (white or wheat)
- 8 Teaspoon water
- 4 Teaspoon food gel or coloring (4 different colors)
- 1/2 tbsp butter ((optional))
Instructions
- In a small container, blend 2 tsp of water with 1 tsp of icing/food coloring. Repeat for each desired color.
- Paint bread as desired using a paint brush.
- Toast painted bread, add desired topping, and enjoy!
Video
Nutrition
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
