Cover a table with newspaper and then again with waxed paper.

Dispense a generous amount of shaving cream and add several colors of watercolors.

Great tactile activity and makes fun pastel handprints, a terrific gift!

OOEY, GOOEY, JIGGLY, WIGGLY! Is it solid or liquid? Is it wet or is it dry? Both children and adults love cups of warm water. Now add approximately 2 tablespoons of tempera paint.

1. To make the wheels of the bus, take the four milk caps and paint them black. Let them dry as you make the body of the bus.
2. Cover the milk carton with yellow construction paper and attach it to the outside of the carton using glue. Let the children decorate the bus with markers. Tell them to include details such as: windows, windshield, doors, bus driver and kids in the windows of the bus.
3. Now you are ready to attach the wheels. Glue the wheels to the side of the bus leaving very little of the cap hanging over the bottom edge. For best results, glue on wheels on side at a time and let it dry lying on its side.

   Note: If you cannot find milk caps, big black buttons work well for the wheels.

Make Salt Dough Clay: Mix 2 cups all purpose flour with 1 cup of salt and water in a deep bowl. Knead it until it’s doughy. Add food coloring or wait and paint finished paperweight. Roll dough into a ball. Put the inch thick. Spread your child’s fingers and press his or her hand into the center of the clay. Use a butter knife to cut a shape such as a circle or a heart around the handprint. You may also use a large round or heart shaped cookie cutter. Write your child’s name and the date with a toothpick somewhere on the paperweight. Bake the dough at 200 degrees until it’s dry (about 3 hours). Let it cool. Paint with poster paint if desired.

In each small bowl or each section of a muffin tin: Blend together 1 tsp. cornstarch and 1/2 tsp. cold cream.

Add 1/2 tsp. water and stir.

Add drops of food coloring until you have the desired degree of color.

Mix well.

Paint your child’s face using small brushes or sponges (avoid eye area).

Anchor strings to a hanging dowel rod or hang directly from the ceiling by a pushpin. Let each child plant her own bean/pea in a cup. Tie the end of a string to a stick and insert the stick in a child’s cup so the bean can climb up the stick and then on the string. Repeat with all the cups. Water the beans periodically and watch them climb the string.

You need a glass empty apple cider or apple juice jug. Put torn newspapers in the jug and light. As soon as the fire gets going place a hard-boiled egg on top. Soon it will get sucked into the jar with a pop.

Place a clear jar of cold water on the table so it can be undisturbed but observed. Add drops of food coloring and watch the “rainbows” appear. Try varying the water temp, consistency (add oils, etc), stirring and so on. Shows color mixing, properties of matter, etc.

1. Cut potatoes in half or thirds.
2. Draw desired design onto potato with the pencil.
3. Young children can carve their whole design with the pencil but if more detail is preferred, an adult needs to cut around the pencil outline.
4. Place paint in tray or paper plate in a thin layer.
5. Press potato design into paint and firmly press onto paper for impression.

Place milk in a shallow dish and add drops of several different food colors around the dish. Add a drop of liquid dish soap and watch what happens! Interesting chemical reaction!