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Peanut Butter Play dough (Recipe One)

1 cup peanut butter
1 cup corn syrup or rice syrup (honey may be substituted if necessary)
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups dry milk or unsweetened soy milk powder  OR 1 1/2 cups dry milk or unsweetened 

soy milk powder plus 1 1/2 cups flour Mix thoroughly peanut butter, syrup, and sugar.

Add milk or milk/flour until mixture  is smooth. (More than three cups  total  may be   used

if necessary.) Note:  Suggested materials include crushed cookies, miniature or crushed

M & M's, nuts, coconut, oatmeal, red bean powder, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds,

currants, and/or raisins. With items such as these, you may also direct students to "Roll

the ball in powder sugar white,"

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Peanut Butter Playdough Edible (2)

1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
1 cup powdered milk
Wash your hands
Knead until smooth. Make into shapes and eat

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Play Dough
Supplies:

• 3 c flour

• 1 1/2 c salt

• 3 tbsp oil

• 2 tbsp cream of tartar

• 3 c water

• Food Coloring

Mix and cook over very low heat until not sticky to touch. You can add food coloring if

you want. Just a few drops or if using paste food coloring use a tooth pick and as just a

drop or two at a time.

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Basic Modeling Clay 
supplies
1/2 cup potato starch or corn starch
1 cup salt
1 cup boiling water

Boil the mixture until it is similar to a soft-ball, then knead on waxed paper. Wrap the clay

in a wet cloth, and place in air-tight container to keep it moist. Allow molded products to

air-dry. Pieces may be painted after drying is complete

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Play Slime

Corn starch
Water
Food coloring (optional)

Put cornstarch in bowl. Add enough water to make a paste. If desired, you may also add

food coloring. This makes a messy slime that goes from liquid to solid, and is great fun to

 play with.

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Goop
Supplies:

• 2 c salt

• 1 c water

• 1 c corn starch

Cook salt and 1/2 c water for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add corn starch and 1/2 c

 water. Return to heat. Stir until mixture thickens. Store in Zip loc plastic bag. You can

add food coloring if you want.

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Paste
Supplies:

• 1 c flour

• 1/2 c water

Combine and mix until creamy. For a more durable paste and 1/2 cup of flour to 1 cup

boiling water, stir over low heat until thick and shiny. 

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Mix 1 cup sifted flour, 1/2 cup salt, 3 tablespoons oil and 1 small package of Kool-Aid

or other unsweetened powdered drink. Add 1 cup boiling water. Stir the ingredients

together, knead mixture until it forms a soft dough . 

non-edible (harmless, but tastes awful)  it smells great.

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Kool-Aid  Playdough (2)

Supplies

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups boiling water
3 - 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Kool Aid

Add one package of Kool Aid mix, oil and food coloring to boiling water. Combine

remaining ingredients, and mix well. As you knead it, the dough will get smoother. Store

in airtight container. Delightfully scented, very pliable and easy to roll or sculpt. This

 beautifully-colored, scented, (non edible),  Try a variety of Kool Aid flavors and

colors (grape & orange are our favorites) Also,  adding little alum to the dry ingredients

to preserve the play dough for a longer time.

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Basic Play Dough (2)

Supplies:
3 cups flour
1/4 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
liquid food coloring

Mix flour with salt. Add water, food coloring, and oil slowly. If mixture is too stiff add more water. If it is too sticky, add more flour. Store dough in air tight container or zip-lock bag. If you have access to cream of tarter and a microwave, use the microwave recipe.

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Clay
Supplies:

• 4 cup flour

• 1 cup salt

• 1 1/2 cup water

Mix ingredients well. You can add food coloring if you want.  Shape and let dry.

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Play Dough (2)

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup salt
1 1/2 - 2 cups boiling water
3 - 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Food coloring

Add oil and food coloring to boiling water. Combine remaining ingredients, and mix well.

As you knead it, the dough will get smoother. Store in airtight container. Very pliable

and easy to roll or sculpt.

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Face Paint (Washable)

1/4 cup baby lotion
1/2 tsp. dry tempera paint
1 1/2 tsp. Baby no more tears (dish detergent, the milder, the better)

Mix all ingredients. Store in air-tight container. (Baby food jars are excellent

for storage containers) May be applied with paintbrush and removed easily with

soap and water.

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Hand lotion

4 table spoon of melted bees wax

4 tablespoon coco butter

4 tablespoons almond oil

Stir until creamy put into small covered container. This is nice to make you can

change the oil sent and have your favorite sent. You can use recycled ten can

candy containers for storage. and use polymer clay to decorate your own

 container. Make small batches as there are no perspectives in this recipe.

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Hand Lotion 2

1/4 cup rose water

1/4 cup glycerin

2 table spoons which hazel

1 table spoon almond oil

Stir and store into covered container with glycerin bee wax and  natural

fragrance oil you can make your own lotions With your favorite fragrance.

Combine drops of different oils and make create you own sent. I like to use

recycled small tens to put my lotion in. Then decorate them .

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 Home made Soap   Microwave

 solid glycerin soap

 natural die coloring

 natural fragrance

Melt until liquid  in a microwave glass dish use a small rubber spatula for stirring

and scraping out contents watch to see it doesn't boil use microwave able bowl

 stir ingredients  pour soap mold or candy mold let set until solid again, best

thing it's all natural and your get you favorite fragrance. Plus you get the fun

of making it.  So easy you'll wonder why you ever buy the soap you can also

make liquid soap just use liquid Glycerin soap.

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Homemade Bath Salts

Supplies

1 box Epsom's salts (2 qt)

food coloring  (Natural coloring sold in crafts stores)

perfume or fragrance  (sold in most craft stores)

Instructions

1.  Pour the salts in a large bowl       add food coloring or natural powered coloring found

 in craft stores to reach the color you want.2.  Add fragrance if desired. A drop or two

of a pure oil  until you reach the desired smell strength

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Paper Mache Dryer Lint

Supplies

3 cups dryer lint
2 cups water
2/3 cup flour (NOT self-rising)
1/8 tsp. oil of cloves

In large saucepan, mix water and lint until lint is thoroughly moistened. Add flour,  stirring

until no lumps remain. Add oil of cloves. Cook over low heat , stirring constantly, until

mixture is cohesive and peaks form. Pour cooked mixture on to old towels or newspapers;

allow to cool until compound may be handled safely. Mixture may also be stored in an

air-tight container for up to five days. Use lint compound as you would paper mache.

Once applied to a surface, compound takes 70-100 hours to dry completely, depending

on thickness. 

Suggestions:

• Spread over an inflated round balloon. Allow to dry four to five days. Paint creation

• like a globe. Spread over a shaped balloon, leaving a 3-4" portion of the top of the

• balloon uncovered. Allow to dry four to five days. Paint like a piñata. Let paint dry

• thoroughly. Pop balloon. Use hole to fill piñata with candy.

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    Paste (2)

   

    Supplies

  1/2 cup flour (NOT self-rising)
  2 cups cold water
  2 cups boiling water
  3 tbsp. sugar
  
  Boil water in a large saucepan. While water boils, mix flour and cold water together in a

  bowl. Add this mixture to boiling water. Let mixture return to boil. Remove from heat and

  add sugar. Mixture will thicken as it cools. May be stored for a short time in an air-tight

  container. (less than two weeks)
  
  Suggestions: Tear (do not cut!) newspaper into thin strips. Dip each piece into paste

  and coat thoroughly before applying to object being covered. Paper-mache projects

  should be covered with several layers of paper mache. Each layer needs to dry

  thoroughly before the next   layer is added Spread over a shaped balloon,

  leaving a 3-4" portion of the top of the   balloon uncovered.  Allow to dry four to five

  days. Paint like a  piñata . Let paint dry thoroughly. After all layers are added, completed

  project   may be painted, then varnished.  Pop balloon. Use hole to fill piñata with candy.

  Hang up and  blind fold each kid in turn and use stick to swing at piñata to break open.

   

   

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•   Pinecone Bird Feeders  

   

    Supplies:

  Large pinecones
  Peanut butter (Birds prefer chunky over smooth!)

  Shortening
  Cornmeal

  Birdseed (optional)
  Fishing line, string or yarn

   

  Wrap and tie string to top of pinecone. Mix peanut butter, shortening, (such as bacon

  fat or melted suet), and cornmeal. Then, spread the mixture onto a large pinecone. Hang

  your bird feeder in a spot where you can watch the birds eat. Note: Mix Bird seed to

  the smooth peanut butter. Experts  recommend the addition cornmeal and bird seed

   when preparing homemade birdfeeders of this type.  Birds can have trouble digesting

  peanut butter  alone, so the peanut butter doesn't get stuck in their beaks!

   

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1 roll of masking tape 

Pre drill double holes so the kids can put the  floral pins in a spiral around the tube to put the floral pins in to. I did two spirals one on each side because the tube was larger around.  then cover pins with masking tape on on the pins and one on each side of that tape to help smooth out the  surface. 

Fill with beans rice or split peas test sound effect before sealing over the lids at the ends. add more if you like the sound or less I put a small piece of plastic shopping bag at each end because of the sound made when the rice hit the plastic bottom it muffled that plastic sound.

Tape the ends of the tube in a crisscross  until the entire end piece is covered then put piece  of tape around the circumfuse of the tube ends. This helps to make a secure ends while making a good surface for the next step of the modge poge.

Take large piece of wrapping paper tear not cut it of and crumple it into a ball un do and re crumple the paper do this several times to make it very wrinkly and soft.  

Then shred the paper in to small pieces different sizes and different shapes 

Take mod podge and brush and slap the pieces on the tube wetting tube first then putting small crumpled paper on after. When completely cover go around with fingers and make sure paper isn't sticking up any where to for a tight seal . 

Then let it dry  and decorate.

Decide if you want to use acrylic paint to decorate or permanent magic markers . Older Children may prefer paint younger kids will do better with markers.  You can add beads buttons raffia hemp cord ( different size ) jewelry wire or many other things to decorate the out side or decorate with different pictographs designs, from the rain forest Peru   Navaho Indians or Aboriginals symbols of Australia  and such learning about the rain stick. Rain sticks are found in many different cultures and used not only for making rain but also music.   Tuesdi

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