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		Cinnamon Dough Ingredients 1 cup cinnamon 1 teaspoon cloves 1 teaspoon nutmeg 3/4 cup applesauce (Let drain in a strainer for several hours) 2 teaspoon white glue This dough is not for eating but it sure smells good! Mix together the cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg. Next add the applesauce & glue. Work the mixture with your hands until smooth and well mixed. Put on wire rack to dry at room temp for several days. Fruity Putty 0.3 -ounce package of sugar free fruit flavored gelatin 2 cups flour 1 cup salt 4 tablespoons cream of tartar 2 cups boiling water 2 tablespoons cooking oil Mix the dry ingredients in a pan. Add the boiling water and cooking oil. Stir over medium-high heat until the mixture forms a ball. Place the ball on waxed paper to cool. Store in an airtight container. Cut the fruit picture from the gelatin box and paste to the lid. Use different flavors to make all different colors and smells Glitter Sparkle Bottles Remove the label from a clean, clear 16oz. plastic soda bottle. Pour at least 1/2 cup of light corn syrup into the bottle. Then add a few drops of food coloring and some glitter and/or confetti. Hot glue the lid onto the bottle. Have the children swirl and shake the bottle and watch it's movement. Kool-Aid Finger Paint 2 cups flour 2 packs unsweented kool-aid 1/2 cup salt 3 cups boiling water 3T. oil Mix wet into dry. The kids love the color change. Then finger paint away Jello Finger Paint any kind of flavored jello enough boiling water to make it a goo consistency for fingerpaint. Use you normal fingerpainting material or glossy paper. Kids love the smell and the feel of it. Snow Paint Food Coloring Water Place water and food coloring in empty spray bottle. Let children spray colors on the snow to make designs Pudding Paint Instant Vanilla Pudding Food Coloring Mix pudding according to directions. Add food coloring for desired color. Finger paint on paper plates. Edible Sidewalk Chalk 2 C. Water 2 C. Plaster of Paris 2 Tbl Tempera Paint (Wet or Dry) Toilet Paper Tubes with duct tape over one end Combine and stir together. Let stand a few minutes. Place tubes on cookie sheet lined with foil or wax paper. Pour mixture into holders, let stand until semi-firm. Remove holders and let dry completely - ready to use in about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs. (reminder, never pour plaster down sink) Flubber Solution A: 1 1/2 C. Warm Water 2 c. Elmers Glue Food Coloring Solution B: 4 tsp. Borax 1 1/3 C. Warm water Mix solution A in one bowl, mix solution B in another bowl. Dissolve both well. Then just pour solution A into solution B, DO NOT MIX OR STIR! Just lift out flubber. I made this with my daughters class, and the teacher & children loved it! It's neater than "Gak" or "slime". And it also a safe chemical reaction for the kids to see. I used a glass bowl for solution B so the kids could see the flubber form in the bowl. It just becomes a big "cloud" of rubbery stuff. Store in baggies. If you half the recipe, you only need to half the solution A and it will work the same. Goop/Slime 1 Part Liquid starch 2 Part Elmer's Glue Food Coloring (opt.) Mix and enjoy. It's supposed to be like slime. Coffee Grounds Dough 2 c. used, dry coffee grounds 1 1/2 c. cornmeal 1/2 c. salt Warm water Mix dry ingredients together. Add enough warm water to moisten. This dough has a unique texture and is good to roll, pat, and pound. Sand Playdough 2C. flour 1C. salt 1C. water few drops vegetable oil 1/2-3/4C. sand Mix together flour,salt,water and oil. Add 1/2 -3/4 C sand until the dough is the desired texture. Describe how the playdough feels as you work with it. Edible Play Dough 2 cups powdered dry milk 2 cups smooth peanut butter 1 cup honey Mix all the ingredients together. This recipe may be cut in half, as it makes alot. Best Bubble Solution 1 c Water 2 tb Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin 4 tb Dishwashing liquid Mix together and have fun! Bubble Paint 1/2C bubble solution small bowl 2 TBS tempera paint straw white printer/copier paper Pour bubble solution into bowl. Whisk in the paint. Use straw to blow into bubble solution and make bubbles. Lay paper over the bubbles. The paper will make a print of the bubbles and can be used for cards, wrapping paper, or bookmarks. Pasta Dye (Also works great for rice!) 1/2 cup rubbing alcohol Food coloring Mix alcohol and food coloring in bowl. Add small amounts of any type of pasta to liquid and gently stir. Dry on newspapers covered with wax paper. Do not allow children to eat pasta or put fingers in mouth. This recipes is best done by parents. Let the children string the colored macaroni after it is dry, or glue into pictures like mosaics. Outdoor Sandcastle Creations 10 parts sand 1 part white glue 3 parts water This mixture of sand and glue to will help hold together your work of art. Mix sand, water and glue together in a large bucket. If the mixture is too think, add more water. Sandcastles will last a long time! Even through rain! Indoor Sandcastle 2 cups clean, fine sand 1 cup cornstarch 1 cup water The cornstarch in this recipe holds the sand together. Mix all ingredients over a low heat . Remove when the mixture firms. Pack the mixture firmly into a margarine container, coffee can, etc. let set a minute, flip over and unmold. Let set a few minutes again, and you can carve out your creation! Use popsicle sticks, silverware, vegetable peelers etc as your carving tools! Get creative! Make tiny flags from paper and toothpicks! " Stone" 3 parts vermiculite (A soil found at garden stores) 2 parts plaster of paris water to mix (start with a small amount and add slowly to a mixable consistency, like a thick batter) Mix vermiculite, plaster of paris and water Pour mixture in a paper container such as a milk carton. Wait fifteen minutes then peel away paper The "stone" will be soft and you will be able to mold with your hands or carve with kitchen utensils.Try making a "stone" box! Slice off the top part, make a rim and hollow out part. Make the top hollow also but with a lip to sit over the rim so it does not slide around. Younger children may need help with this. You can also make the word stones seen in catalogs...make a nice shaped stone, and write a word on it. Let dry and give as gifts, etc. Words like Mom, Dad, Love, Hope,Faith, etc are good choices!



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