Glow Jar On A Cold And Gloomy Day

You need:

• Glow sticks (we used the bracelet ones but i think the thicker ones might be easier to pour) 
• Scissors
• A mason jar
• Glitter 

Directions:

1. Crack the glow sticks to make glow
2. Cut end off over jar and pour it in. ( If you use the thin ones like us, cut both ends and blow out the sticks contents in the jar. Try not to get it in your month it tastes so bad but its non-toxic if you do.
3. Add a pinch of glitter
4. Put the lid on tightly
5. SHAKE

Our Experience:

Glow stick guts splatted everywhere when i cut of the tips . First we tried to make cool glow effects in water with last Halloweens glow sticks. So much fail happened with that. We went in to the kids room to get some darkness and we sat on the floor and i started cutting. The carpet the sheets and us began to glow. Then just like any 2 year old would Haven wanted to put the glow stick in his mouth. Eww, so he started spitting every where.  To top it off the glow sticks didn't even glow that brightly because they were so old. It happens though projects fail. On the flip side I started painting on the baking pan with the grow sticks and it made pretty neat effects. I want to try this with Haydynn (6 Year Old) , outside at night some time.

 

 Back to the glow jar:

 I took the assembly of the jar to the kitchen. i should have went outside tho because now i have to rewash some dishes that got splattered. I let Havok pull up a chair and watch but i took over this one. Once i new what i was doing putting it all together to a matter of minutes.  It looks really neat. Just have to watch him with it because it is a glass jar. Its a cool thing to cuddle under a blanket on a cold gloomy day.

ATTENTION: Glow sticks have glass in them and the chemicals can burn eyes or mouth or throat if ingested. HANDLE WITH CARE. leave the handling part for the parents. 

Halloween Slime

What you need:

• 4 oz white school glue
• 1 tsp borax
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup water
• two bowls
• food color
• googly eyes

Directions:

1. mix the glue and 1/2 cup of water together in on bowl
2. mix borax and 1 cup water together in the 2nd bowl until borax is completely dissolved. 
3. slowly pour the glue/water mix into the borax and stir
4. when thickened add googly eyes knead with hands.
5. pour out excess liquid.

Storage:

Store in plastic bag in the refrigerator to keep from molding.

Our experience:

 I did not use Elmer glue, I used the 2 for $1 glue form the dollar tree so i knew it wasn't going to be as firm or thick but i messed this one up a bit. I did not let the borax dissolve completely. I was mixing and stirring the last ingredients together but it wasn't firming up enough. Puzzled i looked into the bottom of my measuring cup and saw the problem, a good part of the borax was stuck at the bottom of the cup. I was just trying to hurry up because i could tell by the look on Havens face he thought the whole process was taking too long.
I decided that it was good enough for sensory play and had him put in the googly eyes. When he started fling slime all over the kitchen I moved the party outside. He didn't like the goo on his hands so i gave him a big spoon and he was happy with that. He enjoyed putting things inside the goo, so he started adding his own Halloween decor to the goo...rocks. When clean up time came he used that as an opportunity to give his hot wheels a car wash. All in all it was a fun disaster. i think i might try to get it right another time. I'd say it's worth a try.

 Also wanted to mention i know the photo quality isn't that great right now and I'm sorry for that but i cracked my lens. Bear with me until i can get a new one thank you.

  

Homemade Playdough

You'll need:

• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 Tbsp cream of tarter
• food coloring
• 1 cup flour 
• saucepan

Directions:

1. add: water, oil, cream of tartar & food coloring in saucepan. Heat until warm.
2. remove from heat, then add flour.
3. knead dough until smooth. 
4. *Optional: we kneaded in a little glitter after the dough was formed, just because.

Storage:

Store dough in a air tight container or Ziploc freezer bag. The cream of tartar makes the dough last six months or longer so don't leave it out.

Coffee Filter Jack-o-Lanterns

What you'll need :

• coffee filter
• washable makers
• spray bottle filled with water
• white school glue
• glitter 
• blow dryer (because we don't like waiting)
• plastic sand sifter 

Instructions

1. Color the coffee filter all over with the washable markers. We scribbled with orange, red and yellow for our Jack-o-lanterns. 
2. Put the colored coffee filter in the sand sifter.
3. Take the spray bottle and mist the coffee filter until the colors start to bleed together.
4. Then use the blow dryer to dry the filter. ( or the can set it out somewhere until it drys by itself)
5. After the coffee filter drys take the glue and draw the jack-o-lantern face you want.
6. Shake the glitter over the wet glue.
7. To add more coverage shake the lose glitter back and forth over the coffee filter until glue is full covered in glitter.
8. Let glue dry.
9. Ta-da sparkly Jack-o-lantern !

Havoks solo creation and the one we did together.

Our experience:

This was a quick and easy one. Haven really enjoyed the glitter part. He was covered in glitter by the time we were done. I filled up a bowl with water for him to wash his hands off. It made pretty glittery water that he drank when i was preoccupied cleaning up the work space. Oh my, that should be interesting later, ha ha ha.  Haven also doesn't  really enjoy loud noises so he didn't want to help with the drying part but he enjoyed doing everything else. so i give this craft a thums up.