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Crystallized Painting
2 cups water
2 cups Epsom salts
Food coloring
In a small pot, combine water and Epsom salts.
Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir the mixture and
then let it cool down. Mix in the food coloring. Paint
it onto paper. The paint will be transparent when
wet and will dry into colored crystals.
Puffy Paint One
1 cup salt
1 cup flour
1 cup water
Food coloring or tempera paint
Mix all ingredients together and put the paint in
squeeze bottles.
Puffy Paint Two
2 tablespoons tempera paint
1/3 cup white glue
2 cups nonmenthol shaving cream
Mix all ingredients together and put the paint in
squeeze bottles. Use this paint soon after making it.
Window Paint
11/2 cups dishwashing detergent
3/4 cup cornstarch
Food coloring
Art and Other Recipes 187
Grass Heads
Old nylon pantyhose
Grass seeds
Sawdust or potting soil
Decorations: googly eyes, yarn, fabric scraps,
permanent marker, and so on
Waterproof glue
Small yogurt cup
Cut the pantyhose into stockings about 8 inches
long, including the toe portion. Stretch the open
end of each stocking over the top of a large cup or
mug; leave the toe dangling inside the cup. With a
plastic spoon, scoop in about 2 teaspoons of grass
seeds. Pack in some sawdust or potting soil to make
a clump about the size of a tennis ball. Tie a knot
in the open end of the stocking to close it. Decorate
the grass head as desired, using googly eyes, yarn,
fabric scraps, or permanent marker to create a face
and hair. (The toe end of the stocking, where the
grass seed is, should be the top of the head.) Dunk
the head into a bowl of water to moisten it. Fill the
yogurt cup halfway with water. Rest the head on
the rim of the cup, with the tied end of the stocking
dangling into the water. Put the grass heads on a
windowsill or any other place that gets a lot of sun-
light. Have the children check every day to make
sure the heads are moist, and let them add a small
portion of water if needed. The grass takes about 5
to 7 days to sprout. A full head of hair takes a few
weeks to grow. The children really enjoy giving their
grass heads haircuts!
Mix the detergent and cornstarch. Divide the mix-
ture into containers according to how many colors
you want. Add several drops of coloring to each
container and stir until completely mixed.
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