Crafts and Recipes

Bubbles Recipe
1 c Joy or Dawn
2 c WARM water
3 tb Glycerin
1/2 ts Sugar

Mix together and store in an air tight container. Item to use to "blow" bubbles: plastic strawberry basket, colander, plastic six pack holder, funnel, plastic straw cut on a slant, tape several straws together, paper cup with a hole punched in the bottom will make giant bubbles.

Peanut Butter Playdough (Edible)
12 oz Peanut butter
6 tb Honey 1/2 c (to 1 1/2 cups)
nonfat dry -milk powder

Combine all ingredients, add more dry milk if needed to keep it from being sticky.

Face Paint
1 tsp corn starch
1/2 tsp water
1/2 tsp cold cream
2 drops food coloring

Mix ingredients well

Finger Paints
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
4 cup Water (as 1 cup then 3 cups)
Food Coloring

Combine flour and 1 cup water into a large saucepan. Stir in water until smooth. Add the remaining 3 cups water and place over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a sustained boil (cannot be stirred down) for 1 minute then remove from heat. Let cool. Pour into 3 or 4 separate cups (paper cups, plastic bowls, etc.) and add food coloring. STORE the paint in a air-tight plastic bowl, cup, or large baggie. ***************

Homemade Playdough
1 c Flour
1 c Water
1/2 c Salt
2 tb Cream of tartar
1 tb Oil Cook

Mix until dough forms a mass in a pan. Turn it out on a plate, pick an old one, and cover it with a damp cloth, also an old one. Food coloring may be added. Store playdough in the refrigerator.

Salt Dough
Take about 1 cup salt and dissolve it in about 1 1/4 cup water (or a little more). Then stir in about 3 cups flour (one cup at a time), until it's a nice soft dough. You can shape it or cut it out with cookie cutters. Let it harden or bake it at 200 degree F until hard. Than paint with regular acrylics. These make great magnets.

Rock Candy
1 Glass jar
1 Piece of string (cotton)
1 Pencil or stick
1 Paper clip 2 c Sugar + Additional sugar
1 c Water
optional: 1 Food coloring

Heat the water to boiling, and when the water stops boiling dissolve the 3 cups of sugar into it. Let cool some and reheat (Do Not Reboil) and add as much sugar that will dissolve in it. Add a few drops of food coloring to the solution if desired. Let cool for two minutes and pour the solution into glass or jar. Tie a short piece of cotton string to the middle of the pencil or stick. Attach a paper clip to the end of the string for a weight. Moisten the string very lightly, and roll in a bit of sugar Place the pencil or stick over the top of the glass or jar with the string hanging down inside. Leave undisturbed for a couple of days. Depending on how much sugar you were able to dissolve into the water, you should start to see crystals growing in a few hours to a few days.

Gorp Balls
1/3 cup each raisins, apples, apricots, dates and coconut
1/2 cup sesame seeds
1/3 cup walnuts
2 cups peanuts For the glue
1 cup chocolate chips,
1/3 cup honey
1/2 cup peanut butter.

Shape into balls; nice snack for hiking trips.

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