Here are a few suggestions on how to make your “Family Day” fun with the kids!
Breakfast
Here is a really cool recipe/directions on how to make fun pancakes in the morning
http://www.makeandtakes.com/pop-up-pancakes
Activity
Bowling - Using plastic water bottles, tissue paper, glue/water mixture (mod podge)
http://blissfullydomestic.com/creative-bliss/make-a-bolwing-set-from-water-bottles
Desert
Here is a really cool recipe to create a rainbow cake! Great for desert with the family
http://omnomicon.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-make-rainbow-cake.html
Fun Recipes
Basic Salt Dough
1 cup table salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup water
food coloring
Directions:
Mix food coloring into the water before adding it to the salt and flour. For scented and colored dough use a package of unsweetened Kool Aid instead of the food coloring. Doesn’t have a very long shelf life. It is great if you are going to let dry and harden.
Cooked Salt Dough (longer shelf life)
1 cup of flour
1 T. vegetable oil
1 cup water
2 t. cream of tartar
food coloring
saucepan
Directions:
1. mix the food coloring into the water
2. heat all the ingredients over low heat until the mixture forms a ball
3. knead when cool
Puffy Paint/Glue
Mix equal parts of shaving cream with glue. You can add food coloring for color if you want. Use a craft stick to stir and to put on paper. The mixture will puff up when it dries.
Silly Putty
In a zip loc bag, place 1 tablespoon Elmer’s glue, 1 tablespoon water and 2 drops of food coloring Mix well. In a container mix 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon Borax. After the glue, water and food coloring have been mixed, add 1 tablespoon of the borax mixture. Close Ziploc and mix well. The result is a very close resemblance to the real silly putty.
Homemade Stickers
1 Tbs. Jell-O (Any Flavor) 2 Tbs. BOILING water. Mix water and Jell-O until dissolved. Paint to back of pre-cut shapes of paper. When dry, children can lick and stick, and they taste good.
Homemade “Shaving Cream” Paint
Great for painting the shower walls!
Mix 3 teaspoons shampoo with a small amount of water in a mixing bowl. Whip with an electric mixer until it becomes like shaving cream. Add food coloring if desired.
Sidewalk Paint
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup water
6-8 drops of food coloring
Mix the cornstarch and cold water together. Add food coloring and stir. Repeat to make different colors. NOTE: This paint can be easily washed off with water and is great for painting large areas temporarily!!!
Floam
2-Tsp. Borax
½-Cup Water
¼-Cup White Glue
¼-Cup Water
1-1 qt. Zip Lock Bag
Food Coloring
Styrofoam Beads (about 2 - bathroom 3 oz. cups full for above)
Directions:
1. Dissolve 2-Tsp. Borax Completely in ½-cup water.
2. In a separate bowl mix ¼-cup white glue and ¼-cup water. Add food coloring of your choice to this solution.
3. Pour the glue solution into a zip lock bag. Then add 1-Tbs. of the Borax/water solution to the glue solution.
4. Add Styrofoam Beads to the mixture to make “Floam”.
5. Seal bag and knead by hand until thoroughly mixed. Let stand about 15 minutes, and then knead by hand again. Take out of bag when the gel (“Floam”) separates easily from the inside bag walls. It will have the consistency of dough. When not in use store in sealed plastic bag to prevent evaporation.
