Is
the weather keeping you and your kiddos trapped indoors? These simple recipes
are bound to be a hit with the kids for all day fun!
Sand Foam
Ingredients:
Sand – approximately 3 cups
Shaving Foam – x 1 can 250g (approximately)
Directions:
1. Simply
pour your sand into a bin
or tub that you can use to store the sand (tub, plastic storage bin, etc.)
2. Pour in your shaving foam. Mix as you go,
the kids will love to mix these textures.
3. Keep mixing and adding the shaving foam
until you are happy with the texture.
Homemade Flubber
Ingredient:
3/4 cup cold water
1
cup Elmer’s
glue
liquid food coloring
1/2 cup hot water
1
teaspoon borax (you can find this in a box in the laundry aisle)
Directions:
1. In one bowl, mix together the cold water, glue, and food coloring then set aside.
2. In
a different bowl, mix together the hot water and borax until the borax is
completely dissolved.
3.
Slowly add glue mixture to borax mixture. Mix well then pour off excess water.
Homemade Bouncy Balls
Ingredients:
1
Tbsp borax (found in the laundry section in most stores)
½ cup warm water
½ Tbsp
cornstarch
1
Tbsp white school glue
Few
drops of food coloring
Directions:
1. Dissolve
the borax in ½ cup of warm water.
2.
Stir together the glue and cornstarch until thoroughly combined.
3.
Add a few drops of food coloring(if desired) to the glue and cornstarch
mixture. Stir it in well.
4.
Pour glue mixture into water.
5.
After about 30 seconds, it will start to harden.
6.
Pull it out of the water, squish it up, and begin rolling it between your hands
to form a ball. It will set as you work with it.
7.
If your mixture is too sticky, plop it back in the water for a few seconds, and
then start rolling again.
8.
These balls really bounce well! As they sit they can flatten—just roll them up
again to get them back in a ball!
Homemade Playdough
Ingredients:
1 Cup Flour
1/2
Cup Salt
1
Cup Water
1
Tablespoon Vegetable Oil
1 Tablespoon
Cream of Tartar (only if you have it)
Food Coloring, Sprinkles, Glitter (anything you want to add
to give it character)
Saucepan
Directions:
1.
Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and salt in a saucepan, Then add water.
2.
Place saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly for 3-5 minutes. Dough
begins to clump together, becoming harder to stir and forms a large “clump”.
3.
Remove from heat.
4.
Knead until smooth.
5.
To keep play dough for a long time, store in an airtight container.
By Kelly Dugan
Labels: Parents
