Homemade Craft Recipes

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If you thought you were getting lots of good craft ideas from Ms. Shannon at Teaching Tinytots before, you are in for a bonus round today! We got LOTS of recipes from her to share with you...

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What is mommy school with out homemade craft recipes?

Flour-Based Poster Paint

NEED:

1. 1/4 cup flour
2. 1 cup water
3. Small jars or plastic containers
4. 3 or 4 drops of food coloring or paste (for smelly use kool aid)
5. 2 tablespoons water per container
6. 2- 4 drops of dish soap ( to make it washable)
7. for shiny finish a few drops of corn sryup

TO DO:

1. Measure flour into saucepan.
2. Slowly add 1 cup water while stirring to make a smooth paste.
3. Heat, stirring constantly, until paste begins to thicken.
4. Cool.
5. Measure 1/4 cup paste into each small container.
6. Add food coloring/kool aid
7. Stir well.

*If you want to make a big batch, don't divide into containers!

Store covered.

Stamp Pad

1. Lay some paper towels or napkins onto a paper plate.
2. Pour enough paint to make it stampable but not too much! You might need to spread it around with a paint brush.
3. Now you can stamp anything you want!

Homemade Glue

NEED:

1. 3/4 cup water
2. 2 tablespoons corn syrup
3. 1 teaspoon white vinegar
4. 1/2 cup cornstarch
5. 3/4 cup cold water

TO DO:

1. Mix water, corn syrup and vinegar in a saucepan.
2. Bring to a rolling boil.
3. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water.
4. Add this mixture slowly to first mixture, stirring constantly.
5. Let stand overnight before using.

Kool-Aid Play Dough

NEED:

1. 1/2 cup salt
2. 2 cups water
3. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
4. 2 cups flour
5. 2 tablespoons alum
6. 1 envelope unsweetened Kool-Aid,any color/flavor desired

TO DO:

1. Boil salt in water until salt is dissolved.
2. Add Kool-Aid, vegetable oil, flour and alum.
3. Knead or process until smooth.

Keeps for two months or longer.

Imitation Sand

Here is a great recipe for colored sand that will keep forever! Great for crafts or sensory tables

NEED:

1. 1/2 c salt
2. 1/2 c cornmeal
3. 1 1/2 tbsp liquid paint
4. ziploc baggie
5. paper towels/wax paper

TO MAKE:

1. Pour all items in a baggie and seal shut.
2. Give to LO to shake up and lay on paper towels or wax paper to dry!

Imitation Glitter

This is great and wonderful to use w/ real LO's that might put glitter in their mouth! Great for crafts or sensory table too.

NEED:

1. salt
2. food coloring
3. baking sheet

TO MAKE:

1. Mix up the amount of salt you want to make and food coloring
2. Mix well
3. Lay out on a baking sheet and bake in oven at 350 for 10 minslet cool and store!

Glossy Paint

NEED:

1. 1 can sweet condensed milk
2. Pink, Blue and green food coloring
3. 3 bowls

TO MAKE:

1. Add enough food coloring paste to get the desired color depth you want and add just a tad of water to make it more spreadable.