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5-6 drops food colouring 1/2 cup household salt Add 5-6 drops food colouring to 1/2
cup household salt. Stir well. Cook in microwave for 1-2 minutes or spread on
waxed paper and let air dry. Store in an airtight container. Use as you would
glitter. 1 box Epsom's salts food colouring perfume or fragrance Pour the salts in a large bowl, use food colouring to reach the desired colour. Add fragrance if desired. You can get the children to mix this with their hands. Purchase and decorate cheap bottles to put the salts in, then they can make great gifts.
1 tsp. cornflour 1/2 tsp. water 1/2 tsp. cold cream Food colouring Mix cornflour and cold cream together until smooth. Mix in water and food colouring. Use a small brush to paint designs on the children's faces. To keep the face paint for a while, store in an airtight container.
warm water (warm enough to melt soap) 1 bar soap 1 roll white toilet paper Have the children tear up the toilet paper into little bits (the smaller the better). Using a cheese grater, grate the bar of soap into a big bowl. Add the torn up toilet paper to the bowl. Add the warm water a little bit at a time while mixing the toilet paper and the soap together. Do not make the mixture soupy. The more you play with it the fluffier it becomes.
6 slices white bread, crusts removed 6 Tbsp. white glue 1/2 tsp. detergent or 2 tsp. glycerine Food colouring Equal parts white glue and water Acrylic paint or spray or clear nail polish
Knead bread with glue and detergent or glycerine until the mixture is no longer sticky. Separate into portions and tint with food colouring. Let your child shape the clay. Brush the sculpture with equal parts glue and water for a smooth appearance. Let dry overnight. Use acrylic paints or spray or clear nail polish to seal and preserve.
Flour Salt Water Tempera Paint Mix equal amounts of flour, salt and water. Then add liquid tempera paint for colour. Pour the mixture into squeeze bottles and 'paint'. The mixture will harden in a sort of puffy shape.
If you have very young children, and they still eat everything, then try this great edible paint idea. Mix up a packet of instant pudding and place approximately one-quarter cup on a small plastic plate or in a bowl for each child. Provide a piece of drawing paper and let them have fun drawing and licking as they go! If you are concerned about the mess, add a smock to the child and a plastic sheet under the highchair or table. Outside on the bbq setting might be the go!
1 Cup of plaster of paris 1 Cup of water Powdered tempera paint Mix the plaster of paris and the water together. For coloured chalk, add powdered tempera paint in desired colour. Let mixture stand for a few minutes and then pour into mould (toilet paper rolls work well). Dry completely (at least 24 hours) Ingredients 1/2 cup white glue 6 Tbsp. water food colouring 1-4 tsp. Borax 1-4 Tbsp. water Method Mix the glue, 6 tablespoons water and food colouring until it is dissolved. In a separate bowl, dissolve 1 teaspoon borax into 1 tablespoon water. Add to the glue solution. You will get a very thick clump of slime when the two mix. Pull the clump of slime out of the glue mixture and put it in a separate bowl. Mix another batch of the borax solution and add to the remaining glue mixture. Repeat until all the glue mixture is used (about 3-4 times). With clean hands, knead the slime to mix. This will take about 10 minutes and is not very difficult as the slime easily separates between your fingers. If a looser, more slimy texture, is desired knead in a bit more water. The more water you add, the slimier it gets. The slime doesn't leave a residue and doesn't get stuck on anything.
Ingredients Paper Napkins, Tissues or toilet tissue Thin Paste or White glue Method Crumple napkins or tissue and cover with the paste. It is great to blow up a balloon and then cover with layers of papier-mache. You can mould details such as eyes, and noses etc. Once it is dry, pop the balloon and paint the papier-mache Ingredients 2 cups of flour 4 tbsps cream of tartar 1 cup salt 2 tbsps of cooking oil food colouring 2 cups of water Method Mix all the ingredients together in a large saucepan and stir over a medium heat for 3-5 minutes, until the mixture congeals. You can split the playdough up into smaller quantities after it is cooked and add different colours for even more fun.
Ingredients 1 cup of salt 2 cups of flour 2 cups water 3 tbsps cream of tartar 2 tbsps oil food colouring Method Mix all of the dry ingredients in a container, then add oil, water and the food colouring, stir until the mixture is smooth. Cook on high for 3 minutes. Kneed the dough for about a minute then return to the microwave and cook for a further 2 minutes. Knead the dough for about a minute. Ingredients 2 cups salt 2/3 cup water 1 cup corn flour 1/2 cup water Method Stir salt and 2/3 cup water in a saucepan over low to medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat. Mix corn flour with 1/2 cup water and add to the mix in saucepan. Stir until smooth. Return mixture to low heat and continue to stir until goop has thickened, this will happen quickly.
Ingredients 1/2 cup of plain flour cold water 600ml water Method Mix the flour with a little cold water to make a smooth paste, then gradually stir in 600ml water. Bring this to the boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook this for a further 5 minutes. This is used for finger painting Ingredients 2 tbsp cornflour cold water 600mls boiling water food colouring Method Mix cornflour into a paste with cold water. Stir in food colour. Pour boiling water while stirring quite briskly. Store in the refrigerator.
Ingredients 1 part glycerin 10 parts water 3 parts detergent Method Mix all together.
Ingredients 1 cup of soap flakes 2 tbsps water 1 tbsps cooking oil food colouring (strong colours) Method Mix all the ingredients together making sure there is lots of colour, until it is a thick paste with no lumps. Roll into thick crayon like sticks. Leave for a few days to dry. |
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