Summer Activities II
We are back with some more summer activities. We had a lot of fun choosing some crafts and making them. Today we made some Glue Suncatchers and Ice Chalk.
---Glue Suncatchers---
All you need for these suncatchers is some glue (we used Elmer's) some food coloring, a lid, a hole punch, a pencil or toothpick, and some string.
Pour the glue into the lid and add some drops of coloring. A little goes a LONG way with this project.
After doing this project, I would suggest using two colors, a lighter color and a darker color. Rus used red and blue and it became a little too dark when it dried.
Tert used green and a light yellow and it worked really well.
Let the suncatchers dry completely (about 24 hours) and then pop them out of the lids, punch a hole in them and hang them
-Ice Chalk-
For the ice chalk, you'll need some ice trays (we used regular ice trays, but you can buy shaped ice trays here.)
The recipe is very simple. Use equal parts of cornstarch and water. Mix immediately, as the cornstarch will harden.
Add a little baking soda and some gel food coloring. Mix together until runny.
What a mess!
Pour the chalk into your molds.
We tried some mixing of the colors and some that were solid colors.
Once the chalk is frozen, bring it outside and color!
The reason we put baking soda in the chalk was so that we could have fun playing with the chemical reaction between it and vinegar. Rus and Tert poured vinegar over some of the chalk...
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