Arts and Crafts Recipes
| Favorite Recipes... Playdough Place ingredients in a pot and cook on stove low to medium heat. Stir frequently until it forms one lump with no stickiness. Remove from heat, let cool a bit and then knead well. Place in a microwaveable bowl the following ingredients and mix well: Add: Cook on high in microwave until thick stirring once or twice. Cooking takes @ 3 minutes depending on the microwave. Finger paint should be very smooth! When cooled spoon out on finger paint paper and add a drop of paint. Let the children mix it themselves. Variation: Mix dried flavoured gelatin or jello into finger paint and crate paint and sniff artwork. Place in freezer bag for squishing. Cook over low heat on stove until mixture thickens. Split into 2 different bags and add primary food colouring. Seal bags with tape. Clear hockey sock or duct tape works best. Flour Sculptures Knead until smooth and rubbery. Let the children form sculptures and bake at 275 degrees F on foil lined cookie sheet for 1 hour. When cooled paint with acrylic paint. Mix: Add slowly to above mixture until you reach desired consistency: Place in squirt bottles. Small plastic honey bottles or bottles from the Body Shop work well. Mix: Mix to a cake batter consistency and split into small amounts. Add food colouring and place in small bottles. · 2 1./2 cups flour Mix dry ingredients, add oil and stir in. Add water a little at a time and stir until it holds together. Knead for 5 to 10 minutes. Divide dough into several pieces; add colour a little at a time. Knead until each colour is evenly worked in. Mix: Bring to a boil over medium heat in a non-stick pan stirring constantly. Thicken to the consistency of mashed potatoes. Store n fridge until ready to use. • 1/2 cup rice flour Combine all ingredients, except food colouring in a medium saucepan. Over low heat cook for three minutes stirring constantly or until mixture forms a ball. Allow the mixture to cool and add in desired food colouring. · 3 tblsp. sugar Mix then add water. Cook over low heat stirring until it is well blended. Divide into 4 or 5 containers; add a pinch of dishsoap and food colouring. Sand and Starch Molding Mixture · 1 cup sand Mix well and cool enough until it can be handled. When structure is completed bake in over for 1 hour at 200 degrees F or bake in sunshine for several days. Mix 3 - 4 tblsp. rubbing alcohol with a dab couple of drops of food colouring. Pour over pasta, let sit for a "short" time and place pasta on a cookie sheet to dry. Cook up desired amount of spaghetti. Let cool. Mix 3 - 4 tblsp. rubbing alcohol with a couple drops of food colouring. Place the spaghetti in the mixture and let it sit for a while till desired colour. Remove and dry. Methods: Dip string into tempera paint powder and rub between fingers. Place a little bit of tempera powder paint in a bag and drop in some cotton balls. Shake the cotton balls to mix with paint. Dip corners into thinned tempera paint and let dry. • ½ cup water Mix in small containers, using several different colours. Using spoon, dip eggs into colour. The longer you leave them, the stronger the colour will be. Lay on paper towels to dry. Recipie #1: Mix the water and corn syrup together until completely blended. Gently stir in the liquid dish detergent. This great bubble mixture will store for several weeks in an airtight container. I few drops of food colouring may be added for really colourful bubbles. Recipie #2: Stir all the ingredients together in a clean bucket. Try to avoid making a froth. If one forms, skim it off with your hand. Mix a few drops of food colouring with 3 tblsp of rubbing alcohol. Place egg shells in liquid and let sit for a while. Lay egg shells out on a paper towel to dry. Using a cheese grater grate 6 bars of ivory soap into a large plastic pan. Add 2 gallons of warm water and 6 rolls of toilet paper shredded. Mixture #1: Mixture #2: Combine by drizzling mixture #2 into mixture #1. Ensure you stir the whole time it is mixed. Store tight in a container. Mix: Pour into small paper cups and dry for one hour or until hard. Peel off cup and it is ready to use. If you do not have paper cups you can also tape the end of a toilet paper roll. Pour mixture into the top and stand straight up until it becomes hard. Mix: • 2 1/2 cup flour Mix and knead well. • 1 cup water • 1 cup flour Add together and mix well. |