Kids Crafts

Kool Aid Playdough

Add 1 cup water to the bottom of  The Bag Holder and then add:
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid®
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream of tartar
1 cup water

Place a bag on The Bag Holder and add all ingredients, microwave for 2-3 minutes checking often. Once hot remove from The Bag Holder and knead until well blended.  When mixture forms a ball it is done. Seal and store then refrigerate.

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Green Goo

2 Bag Holder’s-or at least two bags to swap off
8 ounces of Elmer’s glue (must be Elmer’s)
Green and yellow food coloring
1 tablespoon Borax (you can find this in the laundry detergent aisle)

Place a bag on each of The Bag Holders. Mix one cup cold water with 8 ounces of Elmer’s Glue in one Bag Holder. In second Bag Holder or bag heat water until very hot and add 1 tablespoon Borax. Shake bag until the Borax is dissolved. Add about 10 drops of each food coloring to the Borax-water mixture. Slowly add the hot Borax-water mixture to the glue-water mixture. Seal the bag and knead and in less than a minute you’ll have a gooey, nonsticky, stretchy material. Store the goop in a resealable plastic bag or covered plastic container. You can keep the goop for several weeks as long as you refrigerate it when you’re not playing with it.

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Christmas Ornaments

2 c. flour
2 c. salt
Water

Place a bag on The Bag Holder and add flour and salt together and mix. Add water, enough to become like pie dough and together. To make. roll out and cut with cookie cutters or in the shape you want. Bake in oven at 350 degrees until light brown.

If you want them to hang on the tree you have to put a hole with a sturdy toothpick in it before you bake it. paint or varnish them when cool. To store them, wrap and place back in a bag on the Bag Holder until the next year.

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