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Home-Made Play-Time Recipes

Image: Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel | for painting, coloring, lettering and more | Includes a dry-erase board, a chalkboard, a locking paper-roll holder, a child-safe paper cutter, four easy-clip grips, and two large plastic trays that can be removed for easy cleaning

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Melissa and Doug Deluxe Standing Easel

When my boys were little and money was tight, I often made their craft supplies. Usually I made the recipes below and gave the craft supplies to the boys as Christmas gifts! It was so inexpensive, and the boys could have all sorts of colours without breaking the bank.

Easel Paint

• 1 spoonful powdered tempera paint
• 1 spoonful wall paper paste

Add warm water. Mix well. Consistency of paint should just be thick enough to drop from a brush.

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Salt Ceramic Dough

• 1 cup salt
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 1/2 cup corn starch

Mix salt and cornstarch. Add cold water and stir until smooth. Boil until thick, stirring to prevent lumping. Make certain the starch is cooked. Cool. Knead until smooth. Store dough in a plastic bag or container.

Cornstarch Modeling Mixture

• 1 cup salt
• 1/2 cup cornstarch
• 1/2 cup boiling water

Mix salt, cornstarch and water in saucepan. Heat over low heat, stirring constantly until mixture is too stir to stir. When cool, knead until smooth. Paint masterpieces when dry.
Can make necklaces, punch small holes in rounded pieces, let dry and paint. Also Christmas decorations, animals, etc.

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Vegetable Printing

Spoon powdered paint onto cotton balls in a saucer. Wet slightly. Cut potatoes, carrots, onions, green pepper or ??? in 1/2 inch sizes, or cut into designs! OR use odds and ends from the junk drawer - combs, corks, paper clips, spools, bottle lids, steel wool, felt pieces, old earrings, etc.

Extender Base For Powdered Tempera Paint

• 1/3 box cornstarch
• water

Add a small amount of cold water to cornstarch. Four boiling water in slowly, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Add a few drops of dish soap for easier washing. This is ready for finger painting. Just sprinkle on tempera paint powder. With the left-over mixture, add colour and store in a jar for brush painting.

Soap Crayons

• 1 3/4 cups Ivory Snow (powder or flakes)
• 50 drops food coloring
• 1/4 cup water

Mix water and soap flakes together. Add food coloring and put mixture into an ice cube tray. (I am wondering if we could use cookie cutters or somehow get them into better shapes than just the ice cube tray, but haven't tried yet). Allow to harden. Break or cut into pieces. Fun to write with on the tub when bathing and face and hands!!!

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