What’s more fun than stickers??? Making your own lick-and-stick stickers–that’s what! It’s super easy…all you need is some clip art (or magazine cutouts), boiling water, and a box of Jello. And it is TONS cheaper than buying stickers at the store! I used the directions here to create the “adhesive” for the back of the penguin clip-art I printed out and we had so much fun licking and sticking them to our hearts content. This will definitely be an activity we’ll do again and again! I am envisioning letter stickers, number stickers, farm animal stickers, dinosaur stickers…the possibilities are endless!
Here’s what you’ll need: clip-art printed on cardstock (you can download the penguin clipart we used here), 1 T. Jello, 2 T. boiling water, and a paintbrush.
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| 1. Boil a small amount of water. You’ll only need 2 tablespoons for one “batch” of adhesive. Obviously, this is not a step that your child should help with! |
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| 2. Mix 1 tablespoon Jello with 2 tablespoons of (boiled) water. |
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| 3. Let it cool for just a minute or so and then let your child “paint” it onto the back of your paper printed with clipart. |
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| 4. Let it dry for a couple hours until it is no longer wet or sticky to the touch. |
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| 5. Cut out the individual stickers. |
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| 6. When ready to use, let your little one lick the back of the sticker and stick it on! They happen to taste rather delightful! And they really do adhere well. They will slide a little right at first while still “wet” but once they are dry…they’re stuck for good! |
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| We practiced one-to-one correspondence and number recognition with our penguin stickers today! The possibilities are endless! |
Jen @ lil Mop Top says
January 26, 2011 at 3:40 pmHow fun! I will be putting Jello on my shopping list now! :)
Sela says
January 26, 2011 at 3:49 pmwow, so easy!! We'll have to try this, soon!!! My daughter is obsessed with stickers and always has been :)
Anonymous says
January 26, 2011 at 4:40 pmLooks like fun! Can't wait to try this one. =)
Beth- the mama bee says
January 26, 2011 at 8:26 pmWe tried this once with a little bit different recipe. I made up a big batch and thought I'd save what we didn't use in a sealed jar. I didn't even think about it and it set up in the jar. We used cut pictures from magazines for our stickers.
Caterina says
January 27, 2011 at 10:59 amAwesome idea. Always mean to put sticker paper on my list. But this is so much more fun and I have 3 boxes of Jello in my pantry right now. Thanks my kids are going to love this.
Jackie Lee says
January 27, 2011 at 11:50 amWhat a great idea. My daughter LOVES stickers and I think I have some jello in the cabinet. I think she's going to love this. We just got a seed catalog that has tons of pictures of fruits and veggies, so maybe we'll do some food recognition and writing today. Thanks!
Kristen B. says
January 27, 2011 at 3:28 pmThis was such a big hit with my little girl! She was just asking for more stickers to make a sticker scrapbook, and then I read about this activity. We drew our own stickers (hearts for Valentines day, 3 pages to be exact). She LOVED it. I see a lot more sticker making in our future!
Anonymous says
January 28, 2011 at 2:20 pmGreat idea! I did this with my two and three year old. I wish I would have made a sample up ahead of time. They have never used stickers that you have to lick! My three year old was confused and adamant that stickers don't go in your mouth. My two year old actually cried at one point. However, once they saw the finished product, they were very excited. We will be doing this again.
Kristy @ Next to Heaven says
January 28, 2011 at 3:58 pmWhat a great idea- can't wait to try it! You are amazing and so inspiring… just found your blog through Oopsey Daisy… I put your link on my blog!
mrs. c says
January 28, 2011 at 9:41 pmI used this recipe with my pre-k class and they loved it! I used kids wrapping paper and it had lots of designs to cut out.
Regina @ Chalk In My Pocket says
February 1, 2011 at 1:33 pmThis is such a great (and delicious idea)! I've got everything on hand and this will be a fun and easy snow day activity at my house :-)I came over from ABCand123 and am so glad to have found your blog…lots of ideas to bookmark here!
Megan @ SimplyThrifty says
February 8, 2011 at 1:39 pmMy daughter and I did this today. We made Chucky Cheese, care bear, princess and My Little Pony stickers (all her choices of course). It was a fun activity. The only change I made was using a silicon kitchen brush as our paint brush. It worked great, cleaned up well and I didn't have to worry about what dirt might be in the brush.
When I was in 1st grade, we made jello pictures. We painted a picture with water and then sprinkled jello powder on top. We let the pictures dry and then later could "eat" our pictures. I always loved that project and used to use it babysitting as well.
The Activity Mom says
February 16, 2011 at 4:27 pmLove this! I'm going to post and link up about it! =)
Sela says
February 21, 2011 at 2:50 pmJust made this today! And I just *had* to make the rest of the jello to eat :)
Thanks for the great idea!
Beverley M says
March 6, 2011 at 5:35 pmWhoops, I was doing this from memory and just came to get the jello recipe…. but I've already cut them out. I guess I'm in for a messier craft than otherwise intended. Maybe we'll just glue them this time :)
Sara says
August 8, 2011 at 5:14 pmThat is the most geniusest thing EVER!!!
Maggie says
August 14, 2011 at 1:51 amThis is a great idea but would it ‘invite’ ants? Is sweet.
Jenae says
August 14, 2011 at 7:40 amWe didn’t have any problems with them…but then again, we’ve only made them in the winter. :) I would think if you kept them in a plastic baggie it should be okay.
Erica says
November 2, 2011 at 7:13 pmLove this idea. Will have to figure out how to make it without artificial food coloring, which we avoid in this house. Thanks, as always, for the inspiration, though!
Crycket says
March 8, 2012 at 7:32 pmmake with just regular gelatin instead of jello to make without the colouring..
Andrea says
October 12, 2012 at 8:09 amLove this idea! just made stickers for about 150 kids for a Kids event tomorrow! Cherry flavored and sugar free! Thanks!!!