Snow Dough

You will need:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 TBS. cream of tartar
2 TBS. oil
2 cups water
opaque glitter


Mix all ingredients in medium saucepan until mixture starts pulling away from the sides.  Let cool.  Create!

Recipe from http://www.easiepeasie.blogspot.com

Dirt Pudding

Dirt Pudding

You will need:

Clay Flowerpot (clean)

Chocolate Pudding

Graham Cracker Crumbs

Gummy Worms

Fill the pot with pudding.  Have the kids crush their own graham crackers and sprinkle on top.  Pick two gummy worms and poke in the top.

Dog Biscuit Recipe

Dog Biscuits

Recipe for Dog Biscuits

You will need:

2 c. whole wheat flour

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1 c. peanut butter

1 c. milk

Mix ingredients.  Refridgerate dough for an hour.  Roll out and cut shapes.  Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes.

The kids had fun making these for their dogs!

Dinosaur Eggs

Recipe for Dinosaur Eggs

You will need:

1 1/2 c. flour

1 c. dried coffee grounds

1/2 c. salt

1 1/2 c. water

1/4 cup sand

Mix ingredients in a bowl.  I got this recipe from the book Alphabet Fun For Little Ones.  It's really not a good recipe.  When you mix the ingredients together it's really sticky not doughy.  So I slowly added more equal amounts of dry ingredients until it was a playdough consistency.  Then the kids made the egg shape and hid their dinosaur inside.  It takes days for these to dry.  YES, days!  When they dry, the kids should be able to "dig" the dinosaurs out using little tools of some sort.  I thought putting them in the oven on a low temp. for awhile would help dry them out faster, but it baked them, so the kids couldn't dig the dinosaurs out because they were baked in.  BUMMER!  But I just thought I would let everyone else know!  Cute project,when it's done right! 

Slime

 

This stuff is so cool!  It melts in your hands, but it also feels hard to the touch!  GREAT for sensory!

Recipe for Slime:

1 16oz. box of cornstarch
1 1/2 cups water
food coloring

In a large bowl put in cornstarch.  I add the coloring to the water and then dump it in.  You have to knead it to get it to mix together.  It has such a weird texture, but the kids love it!

Green Gak!

Recipe for Gak:

1 cup glue
1 cup liquid starch
food coloring

Mix together in a bowl.  There will look like there is a lot of extra liquid.  Knead the mixture with your hand and the liquid will eventally soak in.

Christmas Cookie Cutter Art

Cinnamon Ornaments

Recipe for Cinnamon Ornaments

You will need:

applesauce

cinnamon

Mix 1 cup cinnamon to 1/2 cup applesauce in a large bowl.  Gradually add cinnamon until it is a dough.  Spread cinnamon on the surface where you will be rolling the ornaments.  Cut shapes out and use a straw to put a hole in the top.  Heat oven to 250 degrees and put them in the oven for 60 minutes, 30 minutes on each side.  Your house will smell wonderful!  Put a ribbon on the top and hang on your tree!

Sand Dough Recipe

Sand Dough

You will need:
1 cup sand
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 tsp. alum
3/4 cups of water


Stir together sand, cornstarch, and alum in saucepan.  Add the water and stir until it is smooth and cornstarch has dissolved.  Cook dough over medium-low heat stirring occasionally.  The dough will start to thicken within a minute or two.  Scrape mixture from sides of pan while stirring.  After 3 minutes the dough will be the consistency of playdough.  Remove from pan and let cool.  The sculpt away!  The clay will take about a week to completely dry.

Rocks, Dirt, and Mud Snack

You will need:

Chocolate pudding (mud), graham cracker crumbs (dirt), mini marshmallows (rocks)

I let the kids crush up their own graham crackers and sprinkle it on top of the pudding. Then they added their rocks and stirred it all up! Yum!

Today we read, "Curious George and the Puppies". We made Puppy Chow!

Recipe for Puppy Chow

You will need:

1/2 cup butter

1 cup peanut butter

2 cups powdered sugar

12 oz. bag of chocolate chips

12 oz. box of Crispix cereal

In a large pan, melt the butter, chocolate chips, and peanut butter until smooth. Pour in the cereal and stir well to coat all the cereal. Spread the mixture onto wax paper and sift powdered sugar over all puppy chow until coated well! Very yummy!