Ideas how to make Pancake art.. talk about a fun activity to do with older kids on a day off school or a weekend morning. Pancake drawing is very easy you need a flat top griddle, Large squeeze bottles, food coloring, and Pancake mix.
I got my 24oz squeeze bottle at a restaurant supply store for $6.00 for all 6 bottles. I choose the large bottles so they were easy to clean (the ones I bought were dishwasher safe).
This is the art we created, my husband did the owl. I did the flower, palm tree, and Turtle. My son did the large flower.
KID TIP: I recommend this project for a kid over 8 and supervised since you are dealing with a HOT surface
Ingredients:
- Pancake mix – add water kind
- water
- food coloring
- powdered cocoa (for brown)
- Non Stick spray
Tools:
- Bowl with spout
- Electric Griddle
- Large Spatula
- 5-6 24oz squeeze bottles
- Toothpicks
- paper towels
- Make pancake mix in a separate bowl I used add water pancake mix so I could adjust the thickness too thin it runs too thick it wont come out of the bottle (think thick homemade ranch dressing)
- Pour pancake mix in to squeeze bottles
- Add food color or powdered cocoa for brown , replace top, cover with finger and shake (It will spit out a little from pressure of shaking)
- Turn on electric griddle on low temperature setting while creating art, so to not over cook/burn before done
- Spray Griddle with non stick spray
- Start drawing NOTE if the squeeze bottle clogs smack bottom on table, use toothpick, or add more water if needed.
- You have to build the pancake art picture in reverse, (see I wrote love backwards and put it down 1st)
- Then draw the next layer
- Then fill in with a background color to hold the drawing together.
- Turn the electric griddle to a high temp to cook the pancake.
- Wait for the pancake to bubble and dry out before flipping (check stability of pancake art before flipping you can add more mix behind the art to insure stability)
This is my daughter house:
Great way to teach a kid to think differently about layers. Eatable art for a fun morning.
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How often do you make pancakes from your crew?
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I bet your kids thought you were the coolest, most creative mom ever! These are super neat – can’t wait to try it!
Have fun making them. My daughter loved it, great way to entertain them and feed them ..eat as you go.
This is an amazing idea! You all are so talented…these really look good! The turtle is my favorite 🙂
Heather it was fun.. I got excited when I went to the restaurant supply store and found the bottles. Have fun doing it with your kids!
Such an awesome idea!!
Oh wow, what fun! I never thought of colouring pancake batter. This is such a great activity for older kids.
Yes defiantly for older kids because it is a hot surface. Little ones it is a surprise mommy breakfast.
So much fun! My kids would love this yummy artistic project.
Oh my stars, you are SO creative. I love it!
Hey Nicole thanks for stopping by.
This is such an amazing idea!
So much fun to play with food. thanks for commenting.
Omigosh, you are so creative.
Sherry, every single time I visit your site, I am so impressed by your creativity! This is an awesome thing to do with your kids (or even to do for them). Thanks for the idea!
Thanks for the compliment Tara, it means a lot coming from you and your blogging talent. Have fun creating with your kids.
Such a cute idea! I’ll be doing this with my kiddos this weekend. 🙂
Make sure you tweet the pictures of the pancakes and tag me @babypop I would love to see them!
So fun. We haven’t used colored batter before but we have make pancake art by making different shapes using bottles of batter and cookie cutters.