I am making a concerted effort to do more hands-on activities with my kids this year. Since we are studying ancient history, brown clay seems to be used over and over again. For example, in the Ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform activity. I thought I would make a post to describe how I am making this ...
Craft/Play Recipes
Homemade Floam
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This past weekend marked the opening of the ski resort in our little mountain town. That meant that as Dad and the big kids went off to hit the slopes, the littlest one and I had some quality time by ourselves. As the youngest of four, he doesn't normally get the same kind of planned sensory ...
Homemade Gak
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I'll be honest. I wasn't trying to make Gak™. I was trying to make silly putty. After failing miserably using a number of the recipes I found online, I decided to just switch my objective and declare success. What's the difference? In my opinion, silly putty should be moldable. If I want to make ...
Long-Lasting Homemade Play Dough Recipe
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Okay. I know everyone and their mom has a homemade play dough recipe (or five). I decided to post the one our family uses anyway for a couple reasons. 1) I've read that some people's homemade play dough needs to be kept in the refrigerator or it will go "bad". I honestly don't even know what that ...
Homemade Oobleck
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If you've read the Dr. Seuss book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck, and are 5 years old, like my son, you will be happy to know that this homemade oobleck is not as terrifying as the substance originating from Dr. Seuss's imagination. In Bartholomew's story, oobleck is a sticky green goo that falls from ...
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