Q&A for How to Make Homemade Chalk

Use regular flour you would use for baking, not a powder you would user for cupcakes or cake powder.

It only comes in white, but you can mix in some acrylic paint if you want a different color.

Use a smaller mold for the chalk, such as an old recycled chapstick container, or other random stuff you can find around your house or at Michael's.

It usually takes up to 12 hours to dry.

Yes, just regular flour.

You don’t mix any food coloring to the mix. It is naturally white. The color might be more cream colored, but it should be mostly white.

The 3rd method is edible because it only contains flour, water, and food coloring.

I would not recommend it, as acrylic paint is harder to wash off. Tempera is the best option.

You can, but it is harder to wash off. It may also have a lighter color.

Method 3 can be eaten by toddlers, though large amounts may cause a stomachache.

No. Chalk by it's very nature will always be dusty because the pigment is transferred to the surface of your media by scraping away at the piece of chalk.

The more paint/ coloring the more vibrant the color shows. However, the more color you use the harder it is to take off.

Yes, that is practically the same thing as food colouring.

Wax paper would be easier, but yes, you could use a smooth tape to line whatever container you're using.

No, but if you do let it dry, you will be able to write quickly without having to go over it multiple times.

No, it will start to thaw when you touch it, going right back to its original state. Drying is removing water particles and freezing them, it is just changing the state the water is in, i.e. liquid solid gas, but it is still in there. You need heat, like an oven.