Kids Arts Craft Recipes
Kids arts craft recipes include
recipes for many
different creative projects.
Are
you planning a paper mache project? Do you know how to make a pinata from paper mache? Check out our pictures and recipe
below. Or if you need homemade crayons, homemade paste or sand art
ideas this page is for you. My favorite is the sand art. The
recipes below will cost a small portion compared to buying a sand art
kit.
Kids Arts Craft Recipes
Muffin Crayons
Old crayons (bits and pieces)
Muffin pans
Muffin
cup liners or "non-stick" spray
Peel crayons. Add muffin liners to a muffin pan or spray each section
with cooking
spray. Have your kids help sort and organize colors.
If you would like
a multi colored crayon put all the crayon pieces together otherwise
put crayon pieces of each color in muffin cups. Bake at 200 degrees
until melted. Allow to cool.
Giant Chalk Stick
3 Tablespoons plaster of paris
2 Tablespoons powder tempra
paint
Wax paper cups
Water
Mix paint powder and plaster powder in paper cups. Add water slowly to
dry mixture until creamy, stirring well. Wait about 1 hour until chalk
is hard. Firmly tap out of container.
Kids
Arts and Craft Recipes for Paste and Paper Mache
Homemade Paste Recipe
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup water
Combine flour and water and mix until creamy. Store in air tight
container. For more durable paste, add 1/2 cup flour to 1 cup boiling
water. Stir over low heat until thick and shiny.
Bookbinders Paste
1 teaspoon flour
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4
teaspoon alum (powder)
1/3 Cup water
In top of double boiler, mix dry ingredients. Add water slowly,
stirring out lumps. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove
from heat when paste begins to thicken; it will thicken more as it
cools. Keep covered. Add water to thin when necessary.
How to Make Paper
Mache
1 1/2 cups flour
2 cups cold water
Add two ingredients together. Tear 1 inch strips of newspaper or paper
towels. Dip strips in a bowl of water and then dip in the flour water
mixture.
Kids
Arts Craft Recipes for Colored Sand Art Projects
Colored Sand
3 Cups masonry sand
2 Tablespoons liquid tempra
Mix the ingredients and allow to dry, stirring occasionally. It will
take about 24 hours to dry. For deeper colors, use more paint. If sand
is not available, use salt.
Colored Sugar
In plastic bag, add several drops of food coloring to ½ Cup sugar.
Squeeze mixture together. Use for cooking projects such as cookie
decorations or arts and crafts projects.
Colored Rock Salt
Place food coloring into a bowl of rock salt. Add in rubbing alcohol
and let sit about 10 minutes. Drain on towel and use for arts and craft
projects.
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Recycled Crayons
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Save-a-crayon
My daughter finished first grade this year. During the year I had to refill her crayon box several times and take out all the broken tiny ...
Egg Shell Chalk
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6 Eggshells
1 tsp hot water from the tap, as hot as you can stand it
1 tsp Flour
Tempera powdered paint (optional)
The next time you have eggs ...
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