Feeling Artsy-fartsy

          So, we have another snow "event" heading our way.  I am not calling it a storm until it really is one.  Feisty Pants is convinced we are going to have another snow day.  Partially,  because she recently watched the movie Snow Day recently and now she wants one. Partially, because like any other kid, things are always much more exciting in the abstract than the reality.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the snow.  I could shack up with Santa, but a snow day means a bored Feisty Pants.  So I am  going try to be smart and organized (for once) and post a few ideas on how to not your kill your feisty one with boredom BEFORE the snow hits, or misses, as it were.  This time I think we'll go artsy fartsy instead of sciencey.  So three arts and crafts ideas for whiling away a snowy day.

               

1) Homemade air dry clay:

     1 part white flour

     1 part cornstarch

     1 part white glue (like Elmer's glue)

     Food coloring, if desired and rub well.  This will

     Baby oil

 

    Mix all ingredients in a bowl (except the baby oil) until the clay is formed.   It will be really STICKY at first but stick with it (pun intended).  Add food coloring until you like the results (optional).  Apply baby oil to the hands and rub well.  This keep the clay off your hands and help to soften it.   This dough would be great for hand imprint ornaments, too.

 

2) Homemade Face Paint:

     Lotion (any kind)

     Food coloring (or washable watercolors)

     Cornstarch

 

    Put desired amount of lotion in small containers (one for each color)  Add food coloring (or watercolor) until you get the color you want.  Slowly add cornstarch until you get the consistancy you want. You  can use brushes or q-tips for applying this.

 

  3)Homemade Lava Lamp:

      1 tall thin empty plastic bottle (with lid) like a thin water bottle.

      cheap vegetable oil

      food coloring

      alka selzter tablets

 

     Fill bottle 3/4 of the way with vegetable oil.   Add water until almost full (about an inch from the top.)Add 10 drops food coloring. Let settle to the bottom.  Break tablets into four pieces and add one at a time to bottle.  Sit back and watch kids be impressed.

 

So, there ya go.  Hope it keeps the evil spirits of boring away from your door.