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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)