Play Dough. Blog » Blog Archive » A Well Done Scientific Hoax Called Water Marbles. A Well Done Scientific Hoax Called Water Marbles Posted by: Antony Williams in Uncategorized Copyright©2010 Antony Williams Please note the headline, and don’t waste your time trying this at home A couple of days ago I came across a video on YouTube about “Water Marbles”. I’ve inserted it below…I recommend watching it…it’s excellent! It’s excellent because by time I had finished watching this I was both excited and confused. Confused because how could I not of heard of this experiment. At ScienceOnline2010 I was involved in a number of discussions, as usual, regarding data quality, curation and assertions….this being based on my experience with curating the ChemSpider database. Post ScienceOnline2010 I got home this afternoon to find my kids desperately wanting to do kitchen chemistry so, with pessimism I started to work through the experiment with them. The polymer beads can be bought here.
Stumble it! Juggling With Kids: Cloud Dough. Ever hear of Cloud Dough? It's a wonderful sensory activity for preschool children. It feels like flour as you run your fingers through it, but the cool thing about it is that it is moldable too. My kids spent a good half hour playing with cloud dough. They loved it! Supplies: -8 cups of Flour -1 cup of baby oil Directions: Mix the flour and baby oil together with your hands in a large container until the dough holds together when squeezed. We found this activity on a blog called Pre-School Play. On Pinterest? How to Make Your Own Jellyfish | I Scrap, U Scrap. June 15, 2011 at 2:29 pm , by Michelle Rubin SOURCES Bowls: Target. Cardstock: WorldWin Papers. Ribbon: Heidi Grace Designs (sheer, small rickrack, medium rickrack), Making Memories (large rickrack), Offray (wired, yellow). Watercolors: Crayola. Did you see these super cute jellyfish on page 122 in our August issue? Lisa Storms and her son Owen made them from paper plates.
They are really easy to make! Paint the bottom of a paper bowl with watercolors.Trim eyes from cardstock using kid-friendly scissors. Make Your Own Kid Sized Play Pup Tent {Indoor / Outdoor for Less than $9} To set the stage for my little guys Outdoor Adventure Party, a mini campsite complete with kid sized tents was simply a *must*. I have always been fond of the fabric teepee tents seen in catalogs but thought a ‘pup’ tent would be a little more fitting for our ‘camping’ theme. Coming in at just under $9 per tent, these little pretend play structures are sure to provide hours of make believe fun! Begin with five 1 X 2 X 8ft furring strips. These can be found in the lumber section of your local hardware store – they are really inexpensive and run about $1.12 a piece. You will need to make five cuts to the following dimensions:Four 48 inch Pieces{simply cut two of the 8ft strips in half}and Three 66 inch Pieces{from the other three strips} From the four 48 inch pieces, make a 22.5 degree angle cut using a miter saw.
{this only needs to be done to one end of each piece} Sand the rough edges of each cut piece – I used the Norton Sanding Bug from Rockler. How To Make A Catapult. Did you miss the previous post on How To Work With Cardboard? I've been having some trouble getting my feeds out recently. New posts are published on the blog itself but aren't being picked up by the aggregators. Often, I find that I need to send out a new post before the old one gets picked up in tandem. Anyone having a similar problem? Anyway, today we're going to build a cardboard catapult.
This is one of those weapons commonly seen in, say, medieval times, whenever there was a siege on a fortress or castle. The original design was from an out-of-print book on papercraft I have at home. What you need: Sturdy box (does not need to have a lid)Thick, strong rubberbandPencil or short dowelMatchbox, or small shallow boxToothpicksin addition to the usual tools and things for working with cardboard: masking tape, scissors, craft knife.Step 1Make the basket.
Step 2 Tape the basket onto one end of the pencil. Step 3 If the box has a lid, remove it. Stand it up tall as shown. Step 4 Step 5 Step 6. Marble Maze | Crafts with Food. This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Total Time 1 hour Ages all-ages Make one of these cardboard towers (just follow the steps below), and your kids will be set for a rolling good time. The object is to see whose marble rolls the farthest once it exits the maze. What you'll need 7 long wrapping paper or mailing tube 2 empty plastic margarine tubs Box of uncooked rice Pencil Ruler Scissors Extra-large rubber bands How to make it Construct Tower Posts: Start with the left one. Little Houses for You and Me. I've been having too much fun making this colorful little neighborhood the past couple of days. So much fun in fact, that I put together a little How-To so that we could all play. They're really easy. You'll need: -cardboard -Tacky glue -hot glue -fabric -Xacto knife Using this simple template. . . . . .I cut my house pieces out of a recycled box.
Then, using a thin layer of glue, I stuck the pieces to fabric. Then I cut my pieces out like so. I snipped off any corners, and made little snips all along the top curve of the door. Next, I glued the fabric edges down with Tacky glue Then I cut little X's in the windows to make foldy-over flaps. You'll have to snip a bit extra off the flap closest to the edge, like so-- All glued and pretty and ready for the next step-- Then I glued scraps of fabric over the inside of the windows. Next, I hot glued the sides to the back. . . . . .and then the front. Finally, I glued on the roof, the little door, and a button for a doorknob.Tah-dah! Little Housey Goodness! Paper Bowl Jellyfish Craft | Kids' Crafts. Eine Krake aus Wolle. New Mobiles from Dwell Studio. DwellStudio is at it again, serving up fresh, colorful, and modern design.
New to their collection is a line of stock paper mobiles and garlands designed especially for them by Oregon-based company frazier & wing. Each sturdy piece is die-cut with special attention to detail and made in the U.S.A. Don’t let the complicated layering intimidate you, the new mobiles and garlands are packed flat and ready to hang! Exclusively sold at DwellStudio. Bird Mobile. Homemade Chalk - Kids Activities | Wondertime. Winter Holiday Birch House Tutorial. Last year, the month before Christmas, I went slightly craft crazy and made a little birch village full of houses, barns and glittered animals.
It was really fun to do – even if there was glitter for months to come all over the house. The best thing was it was an incredibly inexpensive project. I only had to buy crystal clear glitter and had everything else hanging around the house. The people I gave them to loved them with a capital "L. " My family and I have a Thanksgiving tradition. This year I suggested my little birch houses. So here you go – get busy and make up your own little winter wonderland holiday village. Here’s what you will need: 1. Step 1:Fold the boxes flat and cut to the desire size you want your house to be. Remember that a big house will take longer and use up more supplies. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Then cover the roof with the grey outer layers of bark. 6. 7. 8. Use craft glue and a paintbrush. 8. 9. Here's what the roof will look like. Glitter the roof trim. A little FYI. Cardboard-Box Oven Craft - Martha Stewart Kids' Crafts. Who Wants to Make a Mess? I remember last summer running across a blog post about making your own sidewalk paint for kids. I think it might have been Amanda Probst. Good idea! Never got around to it until this week. I judge whether or not toddler activity is a good one based on how long it can keep the kid occupied without crying, whining, or needing a parental unit to interfere... and by that I mean getting out of the lawn chair.
Giving directions, encouragement, and the occasional "don't eat that dried worm! " So, super simple. Then just out the door with grubbies on. For all you stampers out there, have you stamped with your kids? Dimes Store Games: Picture Puzzle. Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk. By Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories. My daughters and I were talking one day as we played hopscotch about how to make chalk and I thought to myself, let’s try it!
It ended up being quite a lot of fun. What you will need: • Toilet paper or paper towel tubes • Scissors • Duct tape • Wax paper • Small bucket or disposable container to make the recipe • ¾ cup of warm water • 1 ½ cups Plaster of Paris • 2-3 tablespoons of tempera paint • Paper bag or a “mess mat” ** we made six tubes of chalk – we simply doubled the above recipe Step 1: If you are using paper towel tubes, cut each tube in half, so it is roughly the length of a toilet paper roll tube. Step 2: Cover one end of each tube with duct table to hold the contents within. Step 3: Cut as many pieces of wax paper as you have tubes.
Fresh Ideas for Outdoor Play. By Handmade Charlotte | Now that summer has arrived, the backyard is the central spot for family activities. Here’s a roundup of unique spaces for outdoor play that break the traditional mold to bring the fun to a whole new level! Nggallery id=’121260′ Kiddie Car Wash How about a backyard car wash for keeping cool during the hot days of summer? Nest Treehouse Why constrain your ideas to the traditional concept of a playhouse? Backyard Skate Ramp Give your kids a safe place to skate with a backyard half-pipe! Build your own sunken trampoline with DIY instructions that can be found here! Check out other articles by Rachel here! For more from Rachel, check out her beautifully curated blog: Handmade Charlotte. Other posts you might enjoy: • Fresh Ideas for Outdoor Play • Tiny Summer Cottages • Inspired Kids Rooms: Hidden Nooks • Beyond the squirt gun!
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