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Sidewalk Chalk

Best Bubble Solution

Bubble Mix 2

Chex Mix (Traditational)

Marshmallow Apple Dip
Ingredients:
1 jar (13 ounce size) Marshmallow Creme
8 ounces cream cheese
4 large apples, sliced
Directions:
Cream Marshmallow Creme and cream cheese together.
Core and slice apples. Dip apple slices and enjoy.

Creamy Orange Punch
Ingredients:
1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream
1/2 gallon rainbow sherbet
1 large can pineapple juice
2 liters Sprite or 7-UP
Directions:
Mash ice cream and sherbet together in punch bowl. Add pineapple juice and soda.

Sparkling Citrus Punch Recipe

Ingredients:
2 cups cold water
6 ounces can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
6 ounces can frozen grapefruit juice concentrate, thawed
1 liter sparkling water, chilled
Directions:
Mix all ingredients in pitcher. Serve over ice.
This recipe for Sparkling Citrus Punch serves/makes 12

Silly Putty

Mix in one bowl:

3/4 cup of water
1 cup glue (such as Elmer's)

Dissolve in separate bowl:

1 cup water
1 tsp. borax

Add both mixtures together and add any coloring you might want if any. You  get a great shiny plastic like silly putty that is really fun! Should be stored the same as play doh. Hope you enjoy it.

Kool-Aid® Play Dough

• 1 cup flour

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid

• 1/4 cup salt

• 2 tablespoons cream of tartar

• 1 cup water

Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool-Aid® in a medium pot. Add water and oil. Stir over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes. When mixture forms a ball in pot, remove. Knead until smooth. Put in a plastic bag and refrigerate.

Traditional Play Dough

• 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. Stir over medium heat until smooth. Remove from pan and knead until blended smooth. Place in plastic bag or airtight container when cooled. Will last for a long time.

Mister Rogers' Easy Play Dough

• 2 cups flour

• 1 cup water

Mix together well. You can put dry Kool-Aid or Jell-O in the mix if you want colored dough.

Earth Friendly Play Dough

• 1 cup flour (not self-rising)
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1-1/2 teaspoons cream of tartar

Mix in saucepan over low heat. (It does not have to heat long.) Dough is ready when it rolls into a ball. Keep dough fresh in an airtight container. If you need to make different colors, add food coloring while mixing over heat.

Cornstarch Clay

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups salt
• 1 1/3 cups cold water

Put salt and 2/3 cup water in pan and bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch with 2/3 cup water and mix well. Blend 2 mixtures together and knead into clay. The dough has to be heated as it is combined to set. Makes about 3 cups. This clay can be air dried and then painted. Store unused clay in airtight container in the fridge.

• 3 cups flour
• 3 cups salt
• 3 tablespoons alum

Combine ingredients and slowly add water, a little at a time. Mix well with spoon. As mixture thickens, continue mixing with your hands until it has the feel of clay. If it feels too dry, add more water. If it is too sticky, add equal parts of flour and salt.

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup salt
• 3 or 4 pounds flour
• food coloring

Stir slowly and be patient with this recipe. Blend the flour and cornstarch with cold water. Add salt to the water and boil. Pour the boiling salt and water solution into the flour and cornstarch paste and cook over hot water until clear. Add the flour and coloring to the cooked solution and knead. After the clay has been in use, if too moist, add flour; if dry, add water. Keep in covered container. Wrap dough with damp cloth or towel. This dough has a very nice texture and is very popular with all age groups. May be kept 2 or 3 weeks.

• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 cup instant nonfat dry milk*

Mix together until smooth. *For milk allergies, you may substitute flour for the instant nonfat dry milk. Note that some students may have peanut allergies.  

Kool-Aid Finger Paint

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.

Ice Cream in a Coffee Can!
Coffee can ice cream

Vanilla ice cream:
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup light cream
1 beaten egg (or use equivalent reconstituted dried)
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Chocolate Ice Cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup light cream
1/2 cup sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/8 tsp. salt

Coffee Ice cream
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup light cream
2 tablespoons instant coffee granules
1/2 cup sugar
1/8 tsp. salt

For all varieties:
In 1 lb. coffee can mix all ingredients. Seal can lid well with duct tape. Put small, sealed can inside larger 3 lb. can. Pack ice and 1 cup salt around small can. Put lid on large can and duct tape closed. Roll back & forth on a large towel (optional) for 15 minutes. Open large can and dump ice and water. Wipe small can dry and open. Stir mix, scraping sides of can. Additional ingredients, eg. cookie crumbs, chopped nuts, can be added now. Reseal small can and place back in larger can. Repack with salt and ice. Continue rolling for 10 minutes more. Open large can and dump ice and water. Wipe small can dry and open. Enjoy!

ICE CREAM IN A BAGGIE
Put in a sandwich-size Zip-Loc bag and "zip" closed: 1 tablespoon sugar 1/2 cup milk or half & half 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Put in a gallon-size Zip-Loc bag and zip closed: 2 T. rock salt (baking aisle in grocery) the filled and zipped sandwich bag from above ice cubes to fill bag about 3/4 full Shake and roll filled bag over and over until frozen (about 15-20 min.) YUMMY!!

As the ice melts it does leak a little so do outside

Clown Paint

How to Make a Kite!
Material list:

• 20 sheets of brightly colored 8 1/2" x 11" typing paper.
• 20 8" bamboo bar-b-que shishkabab sticks.
• 1 roll of florescent surveyor's flagging plastic tape. Available at any hardware store. A plastic bag cut in a 1" wide spiral all around will also make a great tail.
• 1 roll 1/2"wide masking tape or any type of plastic tape..
• 1 roll of string. (At least 200', 6 to 10 feet for each child.)
• 20 pieces of 1"x 3" cardboard on which to wind the string.
• Scissors.
• Hole punch. (optional)

Directions:

1. Fold a sheet of 8 1/2" x 11" paper in half to 8 1/2" x 5 1/2".
2. Fold again along the diagonal line A in Fig.2.
3. Fold back one side forming kite shape in Fig.3 and place tape firmly along fold line AB.(No stick is needed here because the fold stiffins the paper and acts like a spine.)
4. Place bar-b-que stick from point C to D and tape it down firmly.
5. Cut off 6 to 10 feet of plastic ribbon and tape it to the bottom of the kite at B.
6. Flip kite over onto its back and fold the front flap back and forth until it stands straight up.(Otherwise it acts like a rudder and the kite spins around in circles.)
7. Punch a hole in the flap at E, about 1/3 down from the top point A.
8. Tie one end of the string to the hole and wind the other end onto the cardboard string winder.

Basic Sled Kite

How to make the Template

Note:

• Dimension A = 105mm
• Dimension B = 297mm

If you are not using A3 paper, then note that A = 0.354 x B

Basic Sled Kite

How to make the Line Card

Dimensions are not really important here, I made mine about 10cm x 6cm.
Either tie one end of the flying line around the cut-out part, or use reinforced tape to stick one end of the line to the car (quicker but not as safe!)