These recipes are from patrons and staff searches for homemade art and craft concoctions. We would like to point out that we haven’t tried all of the recipes for ourselves. Feel free to fine-tune them to fit your needs.
Enjoy!
Blowing Bubbles
½ cup dish soap
1 ½ cups water
2 teaspoons sugar
Mix all ingredients together. Don’t stir or shake too much! Store in a sealed container.
Source: About.Com Family Crafts with Sherri Osborn
Goop
½ cup cornstarch
½ cup water
food coloring
mini foil pans
Combine all ingredients into the foil pans and stir. When ready, it will look wet. Kids can experiment with this by touch.
Source: Daniel Boone Regional Library staff
Scented Play Dough
2 packages of Kool-Aid
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
4 tablespoons cream of tartar (optional)
Pour boiling water into bowl, add salt and dissolve in cooking oil and Kool-Aid. After Kool-Aid has dissolved, add the flour. Mix together. After a bit, you will want to mix (knead) with your hands. CAUTION: This is hot, so children should not do this part. Once the dough is formed roll into a ball and wrap in plastic wrap or place in reclosable plastic bags. Let cool. NOTE: Add cream of tartar if you plan to save and use for more than a day.
Source: Daniel Boone Regional Library staff
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