Recipes

You can use party streamers to make a dye to decorate your eggs at Easter. By Lenore Lewis [Lenore is a teacher at Ellesmere-Statton P.S in Toronto] What You Need: …

Apple Cinnamon Clay smells wonderful and kids can make and sculpt the dough into holiday themed shapes. By Kim Swanger and Andrea Mulder-Slater [Kim is an teacher at Lakeview Elementary …

These recipes make a material which is a lot like Silly Putty® RECIPE 1 Ingredients: Elmer’s ® School Glue Liquid Laundry Starch Food Coloring (optional) Directions: Mix equal portions of …

Make your own paint that smells as good as it looks! Here are three different recipes for you to try. JELLO® PAINT Ingredients:  A package of gelatin the same color …

This clay has a consistency of wood when dry. Two recipes to make clay using sawdust. What You Need: sawdust wallpaper paste water What You Do: Mix the dry wallpaper …

Homemade slime – or glurch –  is a gooey modeling material that kids love. Here’s how to make it! By Linda Hanson What You Need: White glue (ie: Elmer’s) Water …

Ooblick is a gooey sensory material that kids love. Learn how to make it here. By Rachel Dole and Shelly D Scheie What You Need: 1 1/2 parts corn starch …

Oatmeal clay is very textured and dries very hard. Learn how to make it here. What You Need: 1 part flour 2 parts oatmeal 1 part water paint (optional) What …

Learn how to make big chalk sticks using a few simple ingredients. What You Need: 1 cup of plaster of Paris 1/2 cup of cold water Candy or Popsicle® Molds …

Use this recipe to make your own homemade stickers. What You Need: 4 envelopes unflavored gelatin 2 cups water 1 teaspoon peppermint extract small saucepan What You Do: Mix the …

3 recipes for making non-toxic finger paint. Idea #1 Add food coloring to any one of these to make your own finger paint: wallpaper paste toothpaste vanilla pudding shaving cream …

Make your own play dough using this recipe. This is our favorite homemade clay recipe of all time! By Andrea Mulder-Slater What You Need: 1 cup flour 1 cup boiling …

You can make clay using a piece of bread! This clay is great for small items like beads and charms. What You Need: a slice of bread (with the crusts …

Two baking clay recipes that kids can use to make sculptures. Recipe #1 Ingredients: 1 cup salt 1 1/2 cups warm water 4 cups all purpose flour Directions: Stir the …

Several of our favorite papier mache recipes. We have ranked the recipes out of five stars. By Andrea Mulder-Slater PAPIER MACHE PASTE RECIPES A simple mixture of flour and water …

Have fun in the kitchen with these edible art supplies. Perfect for little ones who are in the habit of “taste testing” everything. CANDY CLAY RECIPE Submitted by: Kim Swanger …

This is a delicious dairy-free ice cream recipe I used for my daughter before she outgrew her milk allergy. By Andrea Mulder-Slater My daughter’s first experience with ice cream (at …