Children are truly a blessing. They are intelligent, trusting and willing to try anything that involves making some kind of a mess! We need to play with them, read with them and more than anything make that mess with them. At Comfy Country Creations we will include fun stuff for toddlers to teens.

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Quick Jump to Crafts in this Section
Bubbles | Play Dough | Sidewalk Chalk

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Bubbles

• 1/2 cup liquid dishwashing soap
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 tbsp glycerin (buy at the drug store)
• 1 1/2 tsp sugar
  

Place all ingredients in a container with a good fitting lid. Stir well. Makes 3 cups. Use a piece of wire or twist ties to make a ring to blow your bubbles with.
***Bonus***
Use colored dishwashing soap and you will have colored bubbles.
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Play Dough (Uncooked)

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 3 Tbsp cooking oil
• 1 Tbsp Alum
• 2 cups boiling water
  

Measure first four ingredients together. Stir. Pour in water and stir until too thick to stir anymore. Turn dough out onto wax paper covered counter. Knead until smooth. Makes 3 cups. Store in a tightly sealed plastic bag.
***NOTE: To make colored dough, add 1/4 tsp of desired food color to water. Color may mark counter tops and stain hands while kneading.
***Bonus*** Make several batches using different colors.
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Sidewalk Chalk

• Dry Plaster
• Powdered tempera paints in your choice of colors
• Several cardboard tubes from toilet tissue or other inserts that can be cut to approximately 4 inches
• Waxed paper
• Masking tape
• Water
• Mixing bowls - one for each color
• Plastic spoons - one for each color

Cut waxed paper into pieces that will measure 3 inches longer than the cardboard tube. Wrap around the outside of the tube, overlapping 1 inch. Cut. Roll waxed paper into a cylinder shape and place inside the tube with and overhang at each end of 1 1/2 inches. Let the waxed paper unravel inside the tube to fit snug. Use the waxed paper to close off one end of the tube and seal with lots of masking tape so that the mixed plaster cannot escape. Set aside.

In a bowl, mix together 1 cup of plaster and 1 cup of powdered paint. NOTE (1) Add 1/4 to 1/2 cups water. Start with 1/4 cup and mix together, add additional moisture as needed to create a thick paste. Spoon mixture into the tubes. Keep standing upright until dried, approximately 24 to 48 hours depending on manufacturers' instructions. NOTE (2)
Push the chalk out of the tubes and remove the waxed paper. You are now ready to color the world outside!

NOTE (1) If using a plastic bowl, be aware that the paint may discolor it. Read manufacturers' instructions regarding stains.
NOTE (2) Some plasters can be micro-waved to shorten drying time. Be sure to read and follow manufacturers' instructions.

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