Edible Glass ½ cup water               1 ¾ cups white sugar 1 T lt. corn syrup Boil water and stir in sugar and syrup.  Let it reach a hard boil.  Boil 6 minutes.  This will be extremely hot – over 300 degrees.  Carefully pour it onto a clean plate.  Let cool for an hour and it will pop out of the plate.  This is break-away glass.  It is also hard candy. Bubble Stuff 1/3 cup clear dishwashing liquid           1 T. glycerin (from a drugstore) ½ gallon water Mix all in a container, but don’t shake (that would make suds).  Unfortunately, the more expensive name brands of soap seem to work better for bubbles, like Dawn or Joy.  This is for the fun of creating the mixture as well as the bubbles!  Bent wire coat hangers make great bubble wands. Glue 2 cups skim milk          4-tsp. vinegar 4 tsp. baking soda         wire sieve Frying pan                    warm water Heat the milk and vinegar in the pan.  Stir constantly until the milk turns into lumps.  Strain out the liquid and save the lumps in a bowl.  Add 2 T of warm water and smash in the baking soda with a fork.  Watch it fizz.  Force the glue through the sieve into a jar.  Let it sit covered for a whole day.  Stir and use!! Fake Snot ½ cup water                3 envelopes of Knox unflavored gelatin Light corn syrup Heat water just until it boils.  Remove from heat.  Sprinkle in gelatin.  Let it soften for a few minutes and stir with a fork.  Add enough corn syrup to make 1 cup of thick glop.  Stir with a fork. Goo 8 ounces white glue            1 cup water 20 Mule Team Borax          Food coloring (optional) Combine glue, food coloring and ¾ cup water in a bowl.  In a separate bowl, combine 1 T Borax and ¼ cup water.  Add the Borax mixture to the glue mixture, stirring until a blob forms.  Remove the blob.  Add more of the Borax mixture to the glue mixture until another blob forms.  Repeat the process until the glue mixture is gone.  Knead the blobs together and store in an airtight container. Trimarian Snowmen 2 cups Ivory Snow                  ½ cup water Twigs, cloves, buttons, felt, seed beads, cardboard egg containers, pipe cleaners, etc Toothpicks Pour the Ivory Snow into a bowl with the water and whip with an electric beater until the mixture is doughy.  Shape the damp soap into three balls, graduated sizes.  Stack them by gently pushing a toothpick halfway into the center of the bottom ball.  Then push the middle ball down on the toothpick until the two balls touch.  Do the same for the snowman’s head. Now, add twig arms, clove eyes, shirt buttons and a felt scarf.  To make a smiling mouth, press on a row of seed beads.  For a hat, use a cup from the bottom of a cardboard egg carton or craft earmuffs out of pipe cleaners. As the soap dries in a few hours, the snowmen will turn bright white. Pseudo Scrimshaw White bar soap          Nail Paintbrush                 Black ink Eskimo hunters carve tools and charms out of walrus ivory and engrave them with animal images.  This is thought to bring good luck.  This is a fun mimic of the art. Draw a practice image.  Then scratch the design onto the surface of the bar of soap.  With a small paintbrush, apply liquid black ink into the grooves.  Gently pat away the excess with a clean rag.

Recipes for Fun!

Here are some fun recipes that don't require expensive ingredients that can be a lot of fun for the kids.