Salt Dough

The girls and I made classic salt dough clay. In keeping with our Sonoran Desert theme of study, they created their own rattle artistic snakes. With the extra they made pinch pots.

Any guesses to what the big flat one is?

Salt Dough Clay

4 cups flour

1 cup salt

1 1/2 cups water  ( I had to add extra water)

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

food coloring

1 egg beaten

Mix all but the egg. Brush the clay art with the beaten egg then bake at 300 for 1 hour. Separate the dough and then mix different colors of food coloring with each if desired. After cooled shellac.

The kids loved making it and creating with the salt dough. The egg turned the snakes a great golden brown.

Get your hands dirty and have fun! 

~ DeAnn

Gooey Goop

New to me is the gooey goop cornstarch and water experiment. It turns from a solid to a liquid. To quote the kids "This is AMAZING"

The recipe I found:  1/2 cup Water
2 cups cornstarch
food coloring-optional
* I did end up adding more water, to this recipe.
Table protection

Doing this again, I'd do it outside.