Crafts

Cinnamon Ornaments
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup glue
2 cups cinnamon

Mix all ingredients and roll out like a bread dough, about 1/4-inch thick.

Cut out designs with cookie cutters. If making hang-up ornaments, be

sure to make your holes while dough is wet. Let air dry on rack. If you

find that the dough isn't the right consistency for rolling out, add more

applesauce or glue to get the consistency correct. These make nice

decorations for packages, wreaths or just to hang on the Christmas tree.

You can also make a garland using them with several dried apple slices

in between the cutouts.

This is a fun clay that you and your child can make together.

Play Doh-Thanks Wendy!
You'll need:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup water
waxed paper
food coloring

Mix together in a big bowl the flour, salt, oil and water until it's dough-like.

Place a sheet of wax paper on your work surface and sprinkle it with some

of the flour. Knead the clay dough into a ball on the wax paper. Divide the

ball into equal sections and add some food coloring to each separate section.

Knead each section so the food coloring is distributed throughout. Add more

food coloring if you want your clay dough color darker. Let your child sculpt figures,

shapes, designs, etc. from the clay dough. When finished, you can let the clay dough

creations air dry or, if you want to save the clay dough to play with at another time, store

the clay in separate plastic bags or airtight containers and refrigerate.

Tip: Add a package of Kool-Aide to the play dough recipe for the kids and it will smell nice too. I learned this from a friend about a year ago. no need to add food coloring with the Kool-aide. Pat G. from Oregon

Thank you Pat!

Silly Putty (Goop)
Liquid starch
Liquid white glue

Mix equal parts of glue and starch together. Mix by hand for ten minutes.

Let stand and pour of any excess starch. Store the container in the refrigerator.

If your kids are looking for something to do get them started in some crafts. This is a really great and inexpensive recipe to get things started.

Soap Flake Finger Paint

1 cup Ivory soap flakes

Enough water to make whipped cream consistency

Assorted food coloring

Combine the water and soap flakes into a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric

mixer until creamy. I place a little bit of mixture into paper cups and stir in food

coloring to make different colors. Sit back, relax and watch your kids have fun!