Here are some ideas that I read in the paper today for winter fun with your kids.
Salt sculptures:
Mix together 4 C flour, 1 1/2 C water and 1 C salt. Sculpt the doughy mixture into shapes-- animals, flowers, rockets or whatever you can imagine. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour. Cool and paint.
Shiny pennies:
make all your pennies shiny and new. Mix 4 T vinegar and 1 tsp salt in a small bowl. Put the pennies in and stir. Polish them with a soft cloth and a drop of vegetable oil to make them shine.
Magazine scavenger hunt:
Grab a stack of old magazines or an old paper. Make a list of 25 images to look for, such as a boy, girl, flowers, car or horse. Set a timer for 20 minutes, and have children tear out the images. Recycle the magazines when finished.
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We've done some variation of all of these. We made a salt dough C for Caleb and A for Annalise to hang on their wall. Also Rob used the salt and vinegar trick to shine up some copper radio equipment, it was AMAZING how well it worked!
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