Home Made Fun For the Kids
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- Posted:
3/31/2009
With the rising costs of groceries and gas, there just never seems to be any extra money for the fun stuff. Have you ever thought of making it yourself? Stretch your dollars by making these fun sensory items for your kids.
Play Dough 1 Cup flour
1 Cup warm water
2 tsps cream of tarter
1 tsp oil
¼ cup salt
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients. I add my food coloring to my water. Stir over medium heat until smooth. Remove from pan, let cool slightly and knead until blended and smooth. Store in a plastic airtight container when cooled.
There are several other versions of play dough out there, but this one that has to be cooked will last longer than the ones that do not require cooking.
Baker’s Clay
4 Cups flour
1 Cup Salt
1 ¼ -1 ½ cups Water
Mix and knead until smooth. Add food coloring if desired (to your water prior to mixing) Form into desired shapes (snowmen, stars, etc..) and bake at 300 degrees until set and golden. Paint when cooled.
These can also be made into x-mas tree ornaments. Poke a hole in the top of the shape, and hang with paper clips. What a great way to start a family x-mas tradition.
Silly Puddy
1 Cup Elmer’s Glue
2 ½ Cups Liquid Starch
Food Coloring
In a medium bowl, mix glue and one cup of starch. I add my food coloring to the glue and mix. Cover bowl and let it stand overnight
The next day, slowly stir in with a spoon 1 to 1 ½ cups starch until a big glob forms. Pour off the extra starch. Store in a covered air tight container.
Colored Rice
Rubbing alcohol
Food coloring
Rice
Small butter dishes or glass bowls
Pour ½ cup rubbing alcohol in each bowl or butter dish. Stir in desired food coloring. Pour ½ cup rice (not cooked) into each bowl with rubbing alcohol. Let set overnight. Drain alcohol from rice, and then let rice dry out on a cloth towel. Kids enjoy playing, sifting, sorting and measuring colored rice.
These are all fun activities that you could do at a preschoolers birthday party or simply make the play doh and send home with the kids in a gift bag. And it’s definitely cheaper than buying these products in the store. Have your kids help make these items for some fun family time together.
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