Space Mud

2 cups white glue
1 1/2 cups water at room temperature
food coloring or colorations water color

1 cup hot water
2 1/2 level tbsp 20 mule team borax

Combine glue and room temp. water. Add food coloring or colorations.

In larger bowl, combine hot water and borax, stirring until the borax is completely dissolved. Slowly pour glue mixture into the borax mixture. (You must do this exactly - glue mixture into the borax mixture, or it may not work.)

Squeeze space Mud between fingers until most of the water is worked out. (There will be some water left.)

This mixture will not stick to dry surfaces. Kids (and adults) can cut Space mud with a plastic knife, cut with scissors, tear it, watch it slowly melt off the edge of the table. It even bounces! Lasts indefinitely in an air tight container.

Credit goes to Brenda Webb for this recipe and write up.

Space Mud

2 cups white glue
1 1/2 cups water at room temperature
food coloring or colorations water color

1 cup hot water
2 1/2 level tbsp 20 mule team borax

Combine glue and room temp. water. Add food coloring or colorations.

In larger bowl, combine hot water and borax, stirring until the borax is completely dissolved. Slowly pour glue mixture into the borax mixture. (You must do this exactly - glue mixture into the borax mixture, or it may not work.)

Squeeze space Mud between fingers until most of the water is worked out. (There will be some water left.)

This mixture will not stick to dry surfaces. Kids (and adults) can cut Space mud with a plastic knife, cut with scissors, tear it, watch it slowly melt off the edge of the table. It even bounces! Lasts indefinitely in an air tight container.

Credit goes to Brenda Webb for this recipe and write up.

Monarch Buttery

We released this little beauty into the wild today. Fly away little butterfly, all the way to Mexico.

My apologies for not posting pictures of our potato project. When it came down to it, I didn't have enough hands to operate a camera. I cut the potatoes in two, drew shapes with a pencil, made a few shapes with cookie cutters, cut away the excess, and stuck a fork in for a handle. The kids dipped them in paint and used them as stamps, or smirrers (is that a word?) or whatever.

Next up, a recipe for space mud!

Monarch Buttery

We released this little beauty into the wild today. Fly away little butterfly, all the way to Mexico.

My apologies for not posting pictures of our potato project. When it came down to it, I didn't have enough hands to operate a camera. I cut the potatoes in two, drew shapes with a pencil, made a few shapes with cookie cutters, cut away the excess, and stuck a fork in for a handle. The kids dipped them in paint and used them as stamps, or smirrers (is that a word?) or whatever.

Next up, a recipe for space mud!

Our next victims...

Part II of our last project got scrapped.
The plan was to string the rings on dental floss. I had spread the rings out in a container to dry for a couple days. Conveniently, this container had a lid. Inconveniently, I had created a perfect environment for growing mold! We ended up chucking our fuzzy little rings.

Our next victims...

Part II of our last project got scrapped.
The plan was to string the rings on dental floss. I had spread the rings out in a container to dry for a couple days. Conveniently, this container had a lid. Inconveniently, I had created a perfect environment for growing mold! We ended up chucking our fuzzy little rings.

Pasta Rings...Get A Tint!

Add aforementioned paint, to aforementioned pasta.
(or rice. or beans. or really, whatever.)
If you want to participate in the next project, use something with a hole.

shake

poke

admire

They will want to feel it, smell it, probably even taste it.
Ask open ended questions.
"What does this remind you of?"
"Peas! Carrots! Corn"
"Did I not feed you guys today?
"What does it smell like?"
"Bread"
Hmm, maybe I need to get a new recipe?

For some unknown reason, I can only post four pictures per post. If somebody has a remedy for this, enlighten me!

Our next project involves aforementioned tinted pasta and dental floss, or string, or whatever.

Pasta Rings...Get A Tint!

Add aforementioned paint, to aforementioned pasta.
(or rice. or beans. or really, whatever.)
If you want to participate in the next project, use something with a hole.

shake

poke

admire

They will want to feel it, smell it, probably even taste it.
Ask open ended questions.
"What does this remind you of?"
"Peas! Carrots! Corn"
"Did I not feed you guys today?
"What does it smell like?"
"Bread"
Hmm, maybe I need to get a new recipe?

For some unknown reason, I can only post four pictures per post. If somebody has a remedy for this, enlighten me!

Our next project involves aforementioned tinted pasta and dental floss, or string, or whatever.

Tomorrows Victims

Colorations Liquid Watercolors. Again. Get some.
Baggies
Pasta Rings (or whatever is in your cupboard)

Tomorrows Victims

Colorations Liquid Watercolors. Again. Get some.
Baggies
Pasta Rings (or whatever is in your cupboard)

Green is better than yellow!

This "snow" is nothing other than "super snow" from Discount School Supply, tinted with a little liquid water color paint made by Colorations. The snow comes in powder form, and what fun it is to add water, stir, and watch it turn into snow. I then spritzed it with liquid water color out of a spray bottle. The kids have been playing in it with utinsils, but hands and other objects would be great too! The best thing about the Colartions liquid water colors is it doesn't stain like food coloring. I could go on and on, but if I did I'd have to send them a bill!

Synopsis: I prefer projects that I can make out of (cheep) household ingredients. However, this stuff lasts and lasts, and a little bit of powder goes a long ways!

Green is better than yellow!

This "snow" is nothing other than "super snow" from Discount School Supply, tinted with a little liquid water color paint made by Colorations. The snow comes in powder form, and what fun it is to add water, stir, and watch it turn into snow. I then spritzed it with liquid water color out of a spray bottle. The kids have been playing in it with utinsils, but hands and other objects would be great too! The best thing about the Colartions liquid water colors is it doesn't stain like food coloring. I could go on and on, but if I did I'd have to send them a bill!

Synopsis: I prefer projects that I can make out of (cheep) household ingredients. However, this stuff lasts and lasts, and a little bit of powder goes a long ways!