Tornado In A Bottle

Needed:

1- 16 oz clear plastic soda bottle with a cap (the rounder the bottom the better the tornado)
2 drops clear liquid dish detergent
1 tsp. glitter

Directions:

Fill the bottle with cold water. Add liquid dish detergent and glitter to the bottle. Screw on the cap tightly. Holding the bottle by the neck, turn it upside down. Quickly rotate your wrist several times in a clockwise motion. When you stop rotating, a min-tornado will form inside the bottle. Using permanent markers, you can draw a picture of a city or landscape around the bottom of the plastic bottle. Add a few drops of blue food coloring to the bottle to create a sky effect.

Amazing Bubbles

Needed:

2.5 quarts water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup liquid dish detergent

Directions:

Mix water and corn syrup together until completely blended. Gently stir in the liquid detergent. These will store for several weeks in an airtight container. You can create bubbles in different sizes using items like a plastic strawberry basket or a wire whisk.

Invisible Ink

Needed:

2 Tbs. pure lemon juice
Cotton swab

Directions:

Pour lemon juice into a small glass or plastic dish. Soak one end of the cotton swab to write a secret message or draw a picture on a sheet of paper. When you are ready to view your secret message have an adult hold the sheet of paper near a light bulb. The heat will slowly turn the lemon juice dark brown and reveal a hidden message.

Sidewalk Paint

Items Needed:

1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
6-8 drops food coloring

Directions:

Mix cornstarch and cold water together in a small bowl. Add food coloring and stir. Repeat the process to create different colors of paint. This paint can easily be washed away with water. You can use it to make hopscotch grids, cakewalks, even make believe roads and highways for toy cars.

Silly Puddy

Items Needed:

1 Tbs. liquid starch
Food coloring
2 Tbs. white glue
Plastic Easter egg or zip bag

Directions:

Mix white glue and food coloring together in a small bowl. Pour liquid starch into a second small bowl. Slowly pour the glue mixture on top of the liquid starch. Allow the concoction to stand for 5 minutes or until the glue absorbs the liquid starch. Remove putty from bowl and knead. At first this mixture may look as if it’s a mistake, but it isn’t. The more you knead the putty, the better the consistency will be. Store in a plastic Easter egg or zip bag. You can roil this on newspaper comics or pictures printed with an ink jet printer. Slowly pull the putty off of the paper. The picture will transfer magically.

Scratch And Sniff Watercolors

Needed:

1 Tbs. unsweetened powdered drink mix
1 Tbs. warm water
Several small containers (muffin tins work really well!)

Directions:

Mix water and unsweetened drink mix together in a small bowl. Repeat this step several times, using various flavors of drink mix to create different colors of paint. Allow finished works to dry overnight before scratching and sniffing.

Strange Corn

Ingredients:

a large bag of plain popped corn (about 3 quarts), 1/2 cup butter or margerine, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1 cup of whole pecans or mixed nuts.

Directions:

Let the butter come to room temperature, then wisk the brown sugar into it. In a separate bowl, combine the popcorn and pecans. Mix it with the butter and sugar. Spread it in a baking pan.

Get an adult to bake the mixture in a 350 degree oven for about eigth minutes. Cool and eat.

Breakfast Pizza

Ingredients:

2 slices of cheddar cheese, 2 slices of mozzarella cheese, 2 tablespoons of grated parmesan cheese, 1 Boboli or pita bread, 2 eggs.

Directions:

Preheat over to 300 degree's. Place the cheese on bread and in oven until the cheese completely melts. Cook the eggs in your desired way and place the eggs on top of the melted cheese. Each pizza can serve one to two kids.

Sparkling Punch

Ingredients:

Pineapple juice, cranberry juice, ginger ale, club soda, fruit slices

Directions:

Mix them together to taste and add fruit slices

Create a Face With Food

Items Needed:

White paper plate for face, apples or orange slice for mouth, mini carrot for nose, small

pretzels for ears, peanut butter to stick food to plate, shredded cheese for hair, raisins for eyes.      

Directions:

Let your kids use their imagination creating a silly face.

Apple Pudding

1 cup cooked rice, 1 cup lowfat vanilla yogurt, 1 cup apple sauce 1 tsp. cinnimon

let children mix well and spoon into dishes

Paper Chain

MATERIAL: CONSTRUCTION PAPER

DIRECTIONS: CUT PAPER INTO EQUAL STRIPS, BRING ENDS TOGETHER AND TAPE, SLIP ANOTHER INTO CHAIN AND TAPE, MAKE AS LONG AS YOU WANT AND AS MANY COLORS AS YOU WANT

Telephone Pad/Book

MATERIALS: CONSTRUCTION PAPER, RIBBON, YARN

DIRECTIONS: FOLD 4 PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION PAPER, PUNCH HOLES, ADD RIBBON OR YARN TO TIE

BACK TOGETHER, DECORATE FRONT AND LEAVE INSIDE BLANK FOR NOTES

Felt Eye Glass Case

MATERIALS: 1 BORROWED EYE GLASS CASE TO COPY 2 PIECES OF FELT 7 BY 3 " LACE AND GLUE

DIRECTIONS:TRACE EYE GLASS CASE ON FELT WITH PENCILCUT OUT. GLUE AROUND EDGES , PUT

TOGETHER AND LET GLUE DRY EMBELLISH WITH LACE, FELT PIECES ECT.

Pin Cusion Gift

MATERIALS: SMALL STYROFOAM BALL, PRETTY FABRIC THAT WILL FIT OVER BALL, 12" RIBBON AND

SCISSORS

DIRECTIONS: PLACE BALL IN CENTER OF FABRIC, BRING FABRIC OVER BALL, AND GATHER ENDS,

TIE FABRIC WITH RIBBON