Craft
Recipes Pudding
Fingerpaint Kool-Aid Finger
Paint Jello Finger
Paint Oatmeal Dough Preparation: Frosting
Dough Mix all
ingredients in bowl with spoon. Puffy Paint Mix equal amounts
of flour, salt and water. Soap Paint Mix together.
Beat with an egg beater until More Soap
Paint Mix together.
Beat with a whisk for 3 Salt Paint Mix together and
apply to paper with a Sand Paint Mix dry tempera
paint with sand. Let kids Pudding Paint Mix pudding
according to directions. Add Snow Paint Place water and
food coloring in empty spray Water Paint Fill bucket with
water and use brushes and Nutty Butter
Playdough Mix together and
play and/or eat. Playdough Combine Flour,
Alum, Salt, add Oil, Boiling Sidewalk
Chalk 2 C. Water Combine and stir
together. Let stand a few Beluga
Bubbles Combine all
ingredients. Mix well until More Bubbles Mix together and
use Soap Crayons Mix water &
soap flakes together. Add food coloring & put mixture
into Cinnamon
Applesauce Hearts Drain 1# jar of
SWEETENED applesauce overnight (you will be amazed at Quick and Easy
Modeling Dough 3/4 c Flour (not
self-rising) 1. Mix flour,
salt, and alum in a mixing bowl. Rainbow
Stew 1/3 c. sugar Cook until thick.
put in bowls, add food coloring. Put in ziplock papier-mâché,
Extra Soft Pulp 1. Crumple
napkins or tissue and cover with paste. Dryer Lint
Modeling Material Put lint and
water in a large saucepan. Stir to dampen all parts of the
lint. Powdered Milk
Paint Medium 1. Mix milk and
water. Stir until milk is dissolved. Coffee
Dough 4 c Unsifted
all-purpose four 1 c Salt 1. Dissolve the
coffee in the warm water. Flower
Preservative with Cornmeal 1. Thoroughly mix
borax and cornmeal. Sawdust Modeling
Compound 1. If desired,
dye sawdust with food coloring. Drain and spread on
newspaper to dry before using. QUANTITY: Makes
about 1 cup. Goop (Make your
own Slime) 1 Part Liquid
starch Flubber Mix solution A in
one bowl, mix solution B in another bowl. Dissolve Best Bubble
Solution Thin Paste 1. In a
medium-sized pan, mix together sugar, flour and alum. Makes one pint.
How to use it: Spread paste with a brush or tongue Paper Paste Spread paste with
a brush or tongue depressor. Soft, smooth, thick Silly
Putty 1/2 Cup Elmer's
glue Do NOT substitute
any other glue for Elmer's glue! Slowly add starch to glue
and knead with fingers. The more you work with it the better
it jells. Add food coloring if you want. Eggshell
Chalk Wash & dry
eggshells. Put into bowl and grind into a powder. A mortar
and pestle works fine for this. Discard any large pieces.
Place flour and hot water Clown Paint Silly Putty Another Silly
Putty Gunk Slime Peanut Butter
Play-dough Recipe Two Additions:
provide children with various decorating materials, This is FOOD and
children must wash their hands before touching the (Recipe #1 is a
little bit more grainy than #2 because of the oats
Any type of instant pudding & water
Old paper bags or anything you use to fingerpaint on Mix
pudding and water together until you have the a good
consistence for finger paint.
Then just do it.
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.
any kind of flavored jello
enough boiling water to make it a goo consistency for
fingerpaint. Use
your normal fingerpainting material or glossy paper. Kids
love the smell and
the feel of it.
1 C. Flour
2. C. Oatmeal
1 C. Water
Gradually add water to flour and oatmeal in
bowl. Kneed until mixed (this dough is
sticky, but unique in texture. Model as
with clay.
VARIATIONS: Add cornmeal in small quantity
for texture, Add coffee grounds in small
quantity for texture.
1 Can Frosting Mix
1 1/2 C. Powdered Sugar
1 C. Peanut Butter
Spoon & Bowl
knead into workable dough. Model as with
any dough.
Flour
Salt
Water
Tempera Paint
Add liquid tempera paint for color. Pour
mixture into squeeze bottles and paint.
Mixture will harden in a puffy shape.
1 C. Laundry Soap Flakes
1/2 C. Cold Water
Food Coloring
fluffy. Finger paint.
1 C. Laundry Soap Flakes
1/4 C. Water
1/3 C. Liquid Starch
minutes . Finger Paint
1/8 C. liquid Starch
1/8 C. Water
1 Tbl Tempera Paint
brush. Keep stirring mixture. Paint will
crystallize as it dries.
Tempera Paint (powder)
Sand
spread glue on picture and sprinkle on sand.
Instant Vanilla Pudding
Food Coloring
food coloring for desired color. Finger
paint on paper plates. Edible
Food Coloring
Water
bottle. Let children spray colors on the
snow to make designs
Bucket
Water
Sponges
Brushes
sponges or other materials to paint water on
sidewalk. "Paint" will disappear as it
dries. (this has been known to also create
wet children.)
1 C. Peanut butter
1 C. Powdered Milk
1 C. Honey
1 C. Oatmeal
2 1/2 C. Flour
1 Tbl Alum
1/2 C. Salt
3 Tbl Vegetable oil
2 C. Boiling Water
1 Pkg Unsweetened Kool-aid
Water. Stir or kneed to mix. Add food
coloring or before liquids, add a package of
unsweetened Kool-aid for color and scent.
2 C. Plaster of Paris
2 Tbl Tempera Paint (Wet or Dry)
Toilet Paper Tubes with duct tape over
one end
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)
1 C. Warm Water
1/4 C. Blue Dishwashing Liquid
1 Tsp. Salt
salt dissolves.
:
1/2 C. Water
1/2 C. Liquid Detergent
1 Tbl. Cooking Oil
1 3/4 c Ivory Snow; (powder)
50 drops food coloring
1/4 c water
an ice cube tray. Allow to harden. Break or cut into pieces.
Fun to
write with on the tub when bathing & face &
hands!!!
1 lb jar sweetened applesauce 8 oz cinnamon
how much water seeps out!!) Add 8 ounces of cinnamon to this
and mix
together well. Pat into a ball, press hard to solidify and
mix. Then
pat out in 1 cup units onto wax paper, push to 1/4"
thickness
(although many of my girls did 1/2 " or so) and cut with
cookie
cutters. I had purchased plastic heart shapes 3 for
$1....
Dry on wax paper. Oh - poke a hole in the top with
toothpick
(I used a chopstick!). Turn over and dry in a warm place
for
several days. Then hang a ribbon through the hole, use as
a
decoration or a kind of sachet. I used about 5# applesauce
-
and 40 ounces of cinnamon - way too much for 14 girls and
they
each made about 3 - probably had 1/2 left over. They had a
wonderful
time kneading and mixing it - really gushing it with their
hands!!!!
Some of the girls told of decorating them with puffy paints.
They are
definitely NOT edible.
1/2 c Salt
1 1/2 t Powdered alum
1 1/2 t Vegetable Oil
1/2 c Boiling Water Food Coloring
2. Add vegetable oil and boiling water. Stir vigorously with
a spoon
until well blended. Dough should not stick to the sides of
the bowl
and should be cool enough to handle.
3. Add food coloring and knead into dough until color is
well blended
and the dough is the desired tint.
QUANTITY: Makes about 1 cup. Double the recipe for large
projects. For
groups, mix several double recipes rather than one large
amount.
USES: The is an excellent play dough. It has a smooth
texture, takes
about 15 minutes to make, and dries to a hard finish
overnight. You
can you can make lovely dough flowers as well as animals and
other
figures with it.
STORAGE: Store in a jar with a tight lid. Dough will keep
several months without refrigeration.
1 c. cornstarch
4 c. cold water
baggies. Let the kids play with it while it is in the bags
for a neat sensory
experience or use it to mix colors.
Paper Napkins, Cleansing Tissues or Toilet Tissue
Thin Paste or white glue
2. Model to desired shape.
Use to add details such as noses, ears, eyebrows, and so
forth
to larger pieces.
NOTE: This mixture does NOT keep and must be used
immediately.
3 c Lint (from laundry dryers)
2 c Cold or warm water
2/3 c Non-self-rising wheat flour
3 drops oil of wintergreen
Old newspaper
Add flour and stir thoroughly to prevent lumps. Add oil of
wintergreen.
Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture holds
together and forms peaks. Pour out onto several thicknesses
of newspaper to cool.
Use as you would papier-mâché pulp or shaped
over armatures (boxes,
bottles, balloons, and so forth) or press into a mold. This
material will dry
in 3 to 5 days to a very hard, durable surface. When wet it
has a
feltlike consistency. It dries to smooth or rough, depending
on how it is used. When pressed into a mold, a hard, smooth
finish is obtained.
Stored in an airtight container, it will keep for several
days.
1/2 c Powdered nonfat milk
1/2 c Water
Powdered Paint Pigments
2. Combine only as much solution with powdered pigments as
you intend
to use in one sitting.
Makes about 3/4 cup. For a large group, combine any amount
of
powdered milk with an equal amount of water. This paint
dries quickly to a glossy, opaque finish. It does not dust,
chip, or come off on your hands the way poster paint
does.
Mix a small amount of the solution with powdered pigment in
a
palette pan. Work smooth with a brush. Use water to thin
paint and to
clean your brushes.
Store this medium in a tightly capped jar in the
refrigerator.
1/4 c Instant coffee 1 1/2 c Warm water
2. In another bowl, mix the flour and the salt.
3. Make a hole in this and add 1 cup of the coffee water
into it.
4. Mix with a fork or hands until smooth.
5. Add more coffee water if needed: dough should be smooth
and
satiny, not sticky or crumbly.
Store in a plastic bag to prevent drying of the dough.
Bake finished designs in a 300 degree oven for 1 hour or
more (until hard). Add 2 coats of shellac to
preserve.
1 pt Powdered Borax
2 pt Cornmeal
Covered cardboard box (shoe or stationery box) Fresh
flowers
2. Cover the bottom of the box with 3/4 of an inch of this
mixture.
3. Cut flower stems about 1 inch long. Lay the flowers face
down in
this mixture. Spread the petals and leaves so that they lie
as flat
as possible. Do not place flowers too close together.
4. Cover the flowers with 3/4 of an inch of the mixture.
5. Place the lid on the box and keep at room temperature for
3 to 4 weeks.
This is an excellent way to preserve corsages or flowers
from
someone special.
Try daisies, pansies, apple blossoms, asters, violets,
and
other flowers with this method. They will stay summer fresh
indefinitely.
1 c Fine sawdust
Food coloring
Old newspaper Shellac or Varnish
1 c Thin Paste or Paper Paste
2. Mix sawdust and paste to a thick doughlike consistency.
Knead
until thoroughly mixed. The amounts of paste may vary
according
to the kind of sawdust used. If the sawdust is coarse, more
paste
may be needed to obtain the proper consistency.
USES: Model as with clay. Articles molded with this compound
have a
lovely woodgrain appearance.
TO USE: Pieces of dough may be added to the basic piece by
moistening
and sticking them down. Within two to three days, the
finished
article will harden. To speed up drying bake in a
200-degree-F.
oven for 1 to 2 hours, depending on the size of the article.
To
give the article a permanent finish, spray with shellac or
varnish.
They can also be sanded to give a smoother
finish.
2 Part Elmer's Glue
Food Coloring (opt.)
Mix and enjoy. It's supposed to be like slime.
Solution A:
1 1/2 C. Warm Water
2 c. Elmers Glue
Food Coloring
Solution B:
4 tsp. Borax1
1/3 C. Warm water
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.
1 c Water
2 tb Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin
4 tb Dishwashing liquid
Mix together and have fun!
1/4 cup sugar; 1/4 cup non-self-rising flour;
1/2 teaspoon powdered alum 1-3/4 cups water; 1/4 teaspoon
oil
of cinnamon
2. Gradually add 1 cup water, stirring vigorously to break
up lumps.
3. Boil until clear and smooth stirring constantly.
4. Add remaining water and oil of cinnamon. Stir until
thoroughly mixed.
depressor. Thin Paste is an excellent adhesive for
scrapbooks,
collages, and Strip Papier-mâché'. This paste
can be stored in a
jar for several months without refrigeration.
1/3 cup non-self-rising wheat flour;
2 TBLS sugar;
1 cup water;
1/4 tsp oil of cinnamon
1. Mix flour and sugar in a saucepan. Gradually add water,
stirring
vigorously to break up lumps.
2. Cook over low heat until clear, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from stove and add oil of cinnamon. Stir until
well blended.
Makes about 1 cup.
and white, Paper Paste has a good spreading consistency and
is
especially appropriate for use with small children or for
any
paste-up work. This paste can be stored in a covered jar
for
several weeks without refrigeration.
1/2 Cup Starch -- liquid
Food coloring
4-5 eggshells
1 teaspoon flour
1 teaspoon very hot tap water
food coloring (optional)
in another bowl and add 1 tablespoon eggshell powder &
mix until a paste forms. Add food coloring if desired. Shape
& press mixture firmly into the shape of a chalk stick,
and roll up tightly in a strip of paper towel. Allow to dry
approximately 3 days until hard. Remove paper towel &
you've got chalk! Eggshell chalk is for sidewalks
only.
1/8 C. Baby Lotion
1/4 Teasp Powdered Tempera paint
1 Squirt liquid Dishwashing Soap
Easily removed by soap and water
Mix well
2 parts White Glue (Elmer's)
1 part Sta-Flo Liquid Starch
If you use Elmer's School Gule instead of regular white it
doesn't
bounce or pick up pictures.
Equal parts cornstarch and Elmer's Glue
1 Part Cornstarch
1 Part Water
Mix and color with food color or Tempera Paint
1 box Ivory Soapflakes
1 Gallon Water, food color
Beat with mixer - Makes 5 gallon bucket
Recipe One
Materials: 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup liquid honey, 1 cup
powdered
milk, 1 cup rolled oats. Mix together and use.
Materials: 1 cup peanut butter, 1 cup white corn syrup, 1
cup
powdered sugar, 3 cups powdered milk
In a large bowl, mix peanut butter, corn syrup, and powdered
sugar
together. Add powdered milk and knead until smooth. (Add
more
powdered milk if you need to.) The children can mold dough
into any
shape they wish.
(raisins, chocolate chips, raspberry chips, butterscotch
chips,
shredded coconut, dried fruit, pretzels, smarties
etc.)
dough and only tough the dough on their plates.
but I like it better because I don't care for the taste of
powdered
milk.)