Recipes for Fun 2
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Stating things in a positive way gets their heads thinking in the right
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Salt Dough beads, sculptures,
ornaments
The materials needed to start dough making
are very inexpensive, the majority of which you
will probably have in your kitchen cupboard. A
wide variety of moulds, cutters, knives are
available from most stores. You can use many
objects that you probably have lying around the
house as templates or texture makers.
SALT DOUGH RECIPE:
2 cups of Plain Flour 1 cup of table salt 1 cup of
water
OPTIONAL
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil (makes it a little
easier to knead)
1 tablespoon of wallpaper paste (gives the
METHOD
Put plain flour, salt and any, or all, of the
optional ingredients into a mixing bowl and
gradually add the water, mixing to soft dough.
This should be neither too sticky, in which case
add more flour, nor too dry, in which case add
more water. When mixed remove from the
bowl, place on a flat surface and knead for 10
minutes to help create a smooth texture. If
possible it is best to let the dough stand for
approximately twenty minutes before beginning
a project. Unused dough can be stored in the
fridge, in an airtight container or cling film, for
up to a week. Children always love making
models, and as long as you don't add wallpaper
paste all of the ingredients are natural. So if
they are tempted to put it in their mouths, all it
will do is taste incredibly salty.
DRYING
The drying of your work can either be done naturally in
the open air; average time for natural drying is 30- 48
hours. It can be baked in an oven, start at S0C and after
30 minutes increase to 100C. The drying time needed for
each piece varies according to size and thickness, but on
average it will take about 3-4 hours. Then paint and
varnish the artworks
Little spray painters
Step 1 Get a spray bottle for each colour you would like
to make. Ones with different sprayer settings can make
the range of effects endless. Spray bottles can be
purchased at most stores really cheap.
Step 2 Fill the water bottle almost full with regular tap
water.
Step 3 Add a few drops of food colouring to each bottle
to make your colours. The more drops of food colouring,
the darker the "paint". Remember with the four basic
food colours, you can make many different colours.
Step 4 Put sprayer top back on tightly and shake a little
bit to fully mix water and food colouring.
Send the "paint" and kids outside to spray big sheets of
paper or fabric hung from your clothesline or pegged to a
fence
Recipe for paint that doesn't clog spray bottle nozzles .
For each colour stir together 1 cup of dry tempera paint
with 1 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 teaspoon of liquid dish
soap (the soap helps keep the nozzle from clogging).
Mix thoroughly, checking that there aren't any lumps.
Pour the paints into the spray bottles.
Tempera Powder is a popular, economical and non-toxic
paint made from finely ground pigments. It easily mixes
with water and blends well to produce brilliant colours
and smooth textures in any consistency. Buy it in art and
craft stores.
Magic Milk
Yoghurt on Black Plastic
This activity is from a David Suzuki book
aimed at teaching kids what happens when
soap gets into our waterways. It is one of
most captivating kid's activities ever, and
very simple to do. Try it and see.
Finger paint that children can eat!
You need:
• Milk
• A flat dish with sides about 2 cm's high - a
pot plant saucer works very well for this.
• Kitchen detergent in a little dish
• Toothpicks , cotton buds or sticks
• Food Colouring - only two colours. ( If you
use three, in no time at all you have brown
mud instead of lovely colours.)
After struggling to stop her little ones from
eating all kinds of paint and play dough
one grandmother came up with this idea.
Buy some Black Builders Plastic from your
hardware store, and cover a table with it.
Then put little piles of plain yoghurt with
drops of food colouring in them, on the
plastic and allow your grandchild to
explore how the yoghurt feels as they
squish and glide it around on the plastic.
Method:
Have a damp flannel nearby to clean them
up-the plastic can be hosed off and used
again with soap snow or as a protective
mat for clay and dough play.
1. Pour milk into dish to a depth of about 2
cm.
Have a damp flannel nearby to clean them
up.
2. Use food colour droppers to put little dots
of two different colours cross the surface of
the milk
Puppet Theatre
Material
3. Lightly dip a toothpick into the soap and
let just one drop of soap fall onto surface of
the milk.
• A large, empty cereal box
4. The milk reacts with the soap and mini
waves rush across the surface carrying toe
colour with them to make amazing patterns
and shapes.
• Colored fabric for the curtains
Finger Paint
2 cups flour
4 cups cold water
dry tempera paint
dash of salt
Mix flour and water. Cook over low heat until
thick. Add dash of salt and tempera.
Store in covered jar in the refrigerator.
Kool Aid finger Paint
2 cups flour
2 packs unsweetened Kool Aid 1/2 cup salt
3 cups boiling water 3 T oil
Food Colouring or powder paint
Mix flour, Kool Aid and salt. Add water and
oil. Begin your master pieces.
• Poster paint (one color) Paint brush
• Newspapers (to protect the table)
• Glue
• Scissors
• A pencil
Help your children to make this little
puppet theater out of a cereal box and
then make all kinds of puppets to go in it.
Cut the bottom out of the box and stage
window in open side, paint, add curtains
and the stage is set!
Finger puppets made using fingers of old
gloves-draw faces and more with textas,
glue on hair and clothes -get the gloves
from op shops. You can also buy them at
markets and toy stores
Popstick Puppets -choose a story book the
kids love, or a story they know, or a
nursery rhyme and help them draw their
version of the characters-give them a mall
sheet of paper so that what they make will
fit onto a popstick.
Puffy Paint
1/2 cup flour 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup water
liquid tempera paint
Mix the ingredients well. Pour into all of
those empty, clean sauce squeeze bottles
you have been wondering why you were
saving. Mark colors on outside.
Edible paint for using on biscuits or icings
2 egg yolks 2 tsp. liquid food coloring (This
is how Tempera paint used to be made).
Beat yolks in small dish; divide into 4 cups.
Stir in food coloring. For blue and green,
stir 1/4 tea- spoon of coloring into each
cup. For all other colors, stir 1/2 teaspoon
coloring into each cup. To make black,
combine 1 whole egg yolk, 1 1/2 teaspoon
green, 1 1/2 teaspoon red, 5 drops blue.
Use small, clean paint brush to paint
designs on cookies before baking.
Children can make special occasion
biscuits this way.
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Department for Education and Child
Development website with lots of ideas and
activities to do with children to make the
most of everyday learning opportunities
www.greatstart.edu.au
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Provides free packs of books for babies and
toddlers – available from libraries and the
Child and Family Health Service. The
website has free Activity Time and Learning
Time sheets to complement books and
e-books to read online
www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au
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Information for dads about reading with
children
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Supports families to share words, rhymes,
songs, books and stories with children
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Child and Family Health Centre: Tel 02 6625
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www.raisingchildren.net.au
For information on raising children,
including information for grandparents
raising grandchildren.
www.families.nsw.gov.au
Various resources to help parents at any
stage in life.