Suburban Graffiti

You know that you are slip-sliding out of control through the bottomless pit of the summer boredom abyss when you start making your own paint.

Yes, paint.

We all have our breaking points, and mine came last week, at the end of an activity-free week. Poor summer planning on my part, but, honestly?, it's exhausting fulfilling the role of summer recreational director in Boy Town.  And the pay sucks, too.

There's only so much homework and reading one can do before one's children start to get restless and begin to peck at each other like mad chickens cooped up in their suburban nest.

Oh, yes, I know, there is The List (such a great idea at the time) to refer to in times of mid-July desperation,  but we've made our way through it at an alarming rate.   So little to do, so much time.

Desperate times call for proverbial desperate measures.

So I followed my friend Holly's lead and found a dusty, old box of cornstarch and leftover Easter egg dyes, and got all crafty.

The boys-enberries?

They were down with some driveway graffiti, yo.

Here's what you need to deface your own driveway or sidewalks:

1/4 cup of cornstarch
1/4 cup of water
food coloring

Mix cornstarch and water together and add several drops of food coloring.
As the paint dries it will brighten up, and can be washed away easily with water (or rain).