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RECIPES FOR HOME-MADE FUN

GHOST POOP SCULPTURE:

The newer style packing peanuts make great sculpture material. Make sure that you find the corn-starch based peanuts (at stores that receive a lot of product, like a bookstore). Just lick and stick them together, or use a slightly dampened sponge and dab the peanut onto the sponge for wetting. You can make huge things in very little time.

You can decorate them with markers too. For those in the "monster phase" you can make huge ugly monsters and then melt them down in the tub or outside with a squirt gun. Great fun!

CLAY ORNAMENTS 2

mix:
2 c, salt
1c. cornstarch
2/3 c. water
bring to a boil and add
1/2 c cold water
stir until mixture thickens use cornstarch on table and rolling pin these are air dried

SOAP PAINTING 1:

1 cup Ivory Soap Flakes
enough water to give a consistency to that of whipped cream

Mix the water and soap flakes; beat with a rotary beater until creamy. Add food coloring for different colors.

Decorate windows with your soap paints using brushes or your fingers.

BLOWING BUBBLES

3 cups water
2 cups Joy liquid dish soap
1/2 cup Karo Syrup
add glycerin as desired (obtainable at drug stores)

Gently mix, trying to avoid making bubbles on the surface of the mixture. Be sure to use big circular objects to make the giant bubbles for big time fun.

MAKE YOUR OWN STICKERS--STICKER GLUE

1/2 cup vinegar
4 packets unflavored gelatin
1 tsp. peppermint extract (or other flavors)

Bring vinegar to a boil. Add gelatin, reduce heat to low. Stir until gelatin dissolves. Add flavoring. To use, brush on the back of "sticker" and let dry. Great for rainy day lickin' and stickin'!

SAND SCULPTURE

2 cups sand
1 cup cornstarch
1 cup water
a spoon

Mix the sand, cornstarch, and water together in a saucepan. Heat the mixture over low heat and keep stirring; remove from heat when the mixture is thick. Let the mixture cool, then make your sculpture. Allow sculpture to dry and harden.

BREAD CLAY

Materials Needed:
· 7 pieces of white bread
· 7 teaspoons white school glue
· 1/2 teaspoon water
· 1/2 teaspoon dish soap
· Food coloring (optional)

Instructions:

  1. Cut the crusts off the pieces of bread.
  2. Break the bread into small pieces and put them in a medium sized bowl.
  3. Add the glue and mix thoroughly.
  4. Add the water and dish soap and mix until you get a nice clay consistancy. **If you mixture is too dry, add a bit more water.
  5. If you want to color the clay before you play with it, break it into three or four pieces and add a couple of drops of food coloring to each piece. Mix thoroughly.

Now you can make shapes and let them air dry, which takes about 24 hours. Once they're dry, paint them with tempera paints.