Recipes
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Traditional Play Dough
What you will need:
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon oil
1/4 cup salt
food coloring
Mix all ingredients, adding food coloring last.
Cook over medium heat until smooth. Continue cooking after the mixture thickens, and continue to cook until the dough comes together in the pan to form a ball. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth. Place in plastic bag or airtight container when completely cool.
Store in a cool place and avoid allowing condensation to form in the storage container.
Slime
What you will need:
Elmer's glue (most kinds of white craft glue will work)
2 disposable cups
Food coloring (you pick the color)
WaterBorax Powder (available at most large grocery stores near the laundry detergent)
A plastic spoon (for stirring)
A tablespoon (for measuring)
What to do:
1. Fill one small cup with water and add a spoonful of the Borax powder and stir it up. Then set it aside.
2. Fill the other small cup with about 1 inch (2.5 cm) of the glue.
3. Add three tablespoons (20 ml) of water to the glue and stir.
4. Add a few drops of the food coloring and stir it up until mixed.
5. Now the fun part...Add one tablespoons of the Borax solution you made earlier and stir well. Watch the slime form!
6. After the slime forms let it sit for about 30 seconds and then pull it off the spoon and play with it!
Tip: Keep your slime in a tightly closed plastic bag when you are not playing with it, and keep it away from carpet and your little sister's hair.
Sidewalk Chalk
What you will need:
1/3 Cup quick-setting Plaster of Paris
1 Tbs. powdered tempera paint
3 Tbs water
Plastic cookie cutter, candy mold or toilet paper tube
How to Concoct It:
1. Mix plaster, powdered tempera paint and water together in a small bowl until blended.
2. Quickly spoon the mixture into a cookie cutter, candy mold, or toilet paper tube sealed at one end with duct tape.
3. Let the chalk dry 30-45 minutes.
4. Carefully pop the chalk out of the cookie cutter or candy mold. If you are using toilet paper tubes, peel the tube away from the stick of chalk.
Concoction Tips & Ideas
~ You can create Sidewalk Chalk in a wide assortment of shapes by using different plastic molds such as ice cube trays and paper cups.
~ Try adding 1Tsp of glitter to the plaster before adding water to make your chalk sparkle
What you will need:
1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon oil
1/4 cup salt
food coloring
Mix all ingredients, adding food coloring last.
Cook over medium heat until smooth. Continue cooking after the mixture thickens, and continue to cook until the dough comes together in the pan to form a ball. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth. Place in plastic bag or airtight container when completely cool.
Store in a cool place and avoid allowing condensation to form in the storage container.
Slime
What you will need:
Elmer's glue (most kinds of white craft glue will work)
2 disposable cups
Food coloring (you pick the color)
WaterBorax Powder (available at most large grocery stores near the laundry detergent)
A plastic spoon (for stirring)
A tablespoon (for measuring)
What to do:
1. Fill one small cup with water and add a spoonful of the Borax powder and stir it up. Then set it aside.
2. Fill the other small cup with about 1 inch (2.5 cm) of the glue.
3. Add three tablespoons (20 ml) of water to the glue and stir.
4. Add a few drops of the food coloring and stir it up until mixed.
5. Now the fun part...Add one tablespoons of the Borax solution you made earlier and stir well. Watch the slime form!
6. After the slime forms let it sit for about 30 seconds and then pull it off the spoon and play with it!
Tip: Keep your slime in a tightly closed plastic bag when you are not playing with it, and keep it away from carpet and your little sister's hair.
Sidewalk Chalk
What you will need:
1/3 Cup quick-setting Plaster of Paris
1 Tbs. powdered tempera paint
3 Tbs water
Plastic cookie cutter, candy mold or toilet paper tube
How to Concoct It:
1. Mix plaster, powdered tempera paint and water together in a small bowl until blended.
2. Quickly spoon the mixture into a cookie cutter, candy mold, or toilet paper tube sealed at one end with duct tape.
3. Let the chalk dry 30-45 minutes.
4. Carefully pop the chalk out of the cookie cutter or candy mold. If you are using toilet paper tubes, peel the tube away from the stick of chalk.
Concoction Tips & Ideas
~ You can create Sidewalk Chalk in a wide assortment of shapes by using different plastic molds such as ice cube trays and paper cups.
~ Try adding 1Tsp of glitter to the plaster before adding water to make your chalk sparkle
