How to make edible crafts for kids
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How to make edible crafts for kids
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Roll shapes IN Graham Cracker crumbs, then EAT!!
8942 Bread Dough Recipe1959 Directions:
Mix together until dough reaches desired consistency
5565 Directions:
Mix ingredients together AND form into shapes.
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Give THE children paintbrushes AND paper or just let them use their fingers.
The paint will BE a pastel color AND when it dries, it will BE kind OF
glossy.
3134 Fruit Loop Necklaces
(a simple tool FOR reinforcing "patterning")
Give THE children a piece OF elastic cording approximately 18-inches long
and a bowl OF dry fruit loops. Help them sort THE fruit loops into colors
and decide on a pattern TO string on THE elastic cording (example: red,
yellow, red, green, red, yellow, red, green, etc.)
2040 Directions:
Flatten biscuit FOR each child AND help them put sauce on it. Then let them
use their own imaginations FOR designing their person's face (example:
pepperoni eyes, olive nose, pineapple mouth or teeth, cheese hair, sausage
ears, etc.)
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To make flower petals, roll OUT little balls AND flatten them, then pinch
the petals together AND these make wonderful "I Love You" gifts, even if it
isn't Valentine's Day. Compliments OF Kim Swanger
6099 Chocolate Clay Ingredients:
10 ounces chocolate
almond bard or candy discs
1/3 cup corn syrup
7833 Directions:
Mix all ingredients together AND cook over medium heat, stirring constantly
until consistency OF mashed potatoes. Let cool AND knead with floured hands
until dry.
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Storage: When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container
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Note: THE shapes can then BE placed on crackers or bread slices, decorated with
edibles (celery or carrot slivers, raisins, dried fruit pieces, nuts, or
seeds FOR a healthy snack... then EAT!!
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Storage: When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container AND refrigerate
5697 Pretzel Initials
(some children learn easier by touch AND this project just helps TO
reinforce THE shapes OF THE initial or letters OF their name) Ingredients:
1 envelope dry yeast
1-1/2 cup warm water
1 tablespoon sugar
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
Glaze: 1 beaten egg AND a little salt
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Place dough IN a bowl AND cover it, letting it rise FOR about 45
minutes IN a warm place away from drafts, open windows, etc. Punch THE dough
down AND work it into a ball. Next, separate THE dough into smaller portions
and let THE children use their hands TO roll THE dough into ropes or snakes
to mold dough into different shapes.
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Storage: This recipe needs TO cool completely "before" storing it IN an airtight
container!
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Storage: Unused portions MUST BE STORED IN an airtight container AND kept
refrigerated!!! Because cream cheese is perishable, use THE expiration date
on THE cream cheese package as your guide FOR how long you can keep this
play dough.
4069 Directions:
Slowly melt candy AND stir until smooth. Add syrup AND blend thoroughly.
Pour onto waxed paper AND spread with fingers until about 1/2 inch thick.
Cover loosely with waxed paper AND allow it TO stiffen (couple OF hours).
Then play AND eat.
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* FOR THE recipes including peanut butter, BE aware that some children are
allergic TO peanut butter.
7019 Ingredients:
Refrigerator biscuits (larger ones work best)
Pizza Sauce
Cheese
Pepperoni, sausage, olives or whatever foods you can think of
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Note: THE items made from this play dough recipe can BE painted when they are dry.
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Storage:
When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container AND refrigerated.
Next time you want TO use it, let it come TO room temperature FOR pliable
dough.
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Ahead OF time, use a round cookie cutter TO cut OUT circles
from slices OF bread. Let THE children top THE circles with cheese.
To make each cheesy person, use two circles (one FOR THE head AND one FOR
the body). Place them on a cookie sheet, add bacon bits eyes, noses AND
buttons. Broil until THE cheese melts AND give one cheesy person TO each
child. Let them then add THE arms AND legs (carrot AND celery sticks) AND
the bread left over from cutting OUT THE circles can now BE used as shoes,
gloves, hats, neckties, bows, etc.
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Spread softened cream cheese on slices OF white bread. Give each child one
slice OF THE bread AND a ghost cookie cutter. After they HAVE cut it OUT let
them use various things TO decorate it. (Change THE cookie cutter pattern TO
fit any holiday throughout THE year) Show your child how TO stick toothpicks
into THE marshmallows AND then allow them TO build anything their
imaginations allow, including perhaps a contest TO see who can build THE
tallest tower.
4390 Ingredients:
1 tablespoons quick-acting yeast
1 cup water
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon oil
2961 Oatmeal Play Dough Ingredients:
1 part flour
2 parts oatmeal
1 part water
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Girl Scout Peanut Butter Play Dough*
Ingredients:
1 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup honey
2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Mix all ingredients IN a bowl, using your hands. Dough should feel soft AND
pliable. Form shapes AND BE creative!!
Storage:
When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container.
6419 Tasty Paint
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Several drops OF food coloring
6872 Give a kid play dough, AND he just might sample its taste. Better yet, let
him help you make homemade play dough -- that's designed FOR molding an
eating. Mother-daughter team Mary Ann Ross AND Kimberly Lainson provide
plenty OF play dough AND other edible recipes sure TO delight your child.
Art supplies you can eat
If your children are at THE age OF preferring TO eat their art supplies
while you are trying TO teach them TO expand their creative skills, you'll
enjoy these perfect projects -- edible crafts! Simply print OUT THE projects
you like AND paste TO colored index cards FOR future reference. Jell-O Play Dough Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
2 teaspoons Cream OF Tarter
1 (3-1/2 oz.) package "unsweetened" Jell-O
825 Smooth Peanut Butter Play Dough* Ingredients:
2 cups smooth peanut butter
2 cups rolled oats
2 cups dried milk
2/3 cups honey
6312 Peanut Butter Play Dough* Ingredients:
One 18-oz. jar creamy peanut butter
6 tablespoons honey
3/4 cup non-fat dry milk
7192 Directions:
Combine cream cheese, milk AND honey IN a bowl AND mix until well blended.
Mold sculptures on wax paper.
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Cover surface area with wax paper or use a breadboard, let children make
into shapes.
1852 Kool-Aid Play Dough Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
3 teaspoons Cream OF Tartar
1 package Kool-Aid Mix (any flavor OF unsweetened)
1 tablespoon cooking oil
5885 Cream Cheese Play Dough Ingredients:
8 oz. package OF cream cheese
1/2 cup non-fat dry milk
1 tablespoon honey
crackers or bread slices
8474 Peanut Butter/Graham Cracker Play Dough* Ingredients:
Equal amounts OF Peanut Butter AND Marshmallow Cream
Graham Crackers
6018 Directions:
Mix all ingredients until thoroughly combined.
3388 Pizza Heads
(helps children TO identify parts OF a face AND recognize that NO two
"people" are exactly THE same AND everyone is special)
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Storage: When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container
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Mix THE peanut butter AND Marshmallow Cream together AND HAVE THE
children notice THE change IN texture.
2681 Finger paint Pudding
Jell-O Finger-paint (allows THE children TO taste, smell, see AND touch THE
colors)
8087 Chocolate Play Dough Ingredients:
8 oz. semisweet chocolate
1/4 cup plus one tablespoon light
corn syrup Directions:
Melt THE chocolate IN a metal bowl set over a pan OF simmering water (a
double boiler). Stir THE chocolate with a spoon until smooth, then stir IN
the corn syrup. THE chocolate will stiffen almost immediately, but stir
until completely combined. Transfer THE chocolate TO a sturdy plastic bag
and refrigerate until firm; THE consistency will BE that OF Play Dough.
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When firm, THE dough can BE worked by kneading. If it is too hard, cut off
small pieces AND knead until pliable. If THE dough sticks TO THE counter
when rolling, lightly spray counter or breadboard with vegetable spray or
lightly grease with vegetable oil.
Hand shape THE dough into a rope or braid, making two or three long ropes
and twist or braid them together -- can BE used as THE outside edge on top
of a cake or around THE base.
Make ribbons TO cover THE cake. TO do this, pat your dough into a disk
shape AND roll dough OUT TO desired thickness using a rolling pin or else
use a manual pasta machine.
Flowers, too!
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Storage: When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container AND refrigerate
5163 Directions:
Mix ingredients together, using varying amounts OF dry milk FOR desired
consistencies. Knead it with fingers, forming into desired shapes, adding
other foods like M&M's or peanuts FOR eyes, mouths, etc. Great fun! - Thanks TO Lisa M.H.
5951 Directions:
Allow children TO crumble up Graham Crackers, then set THE crumbs aside.
Let them HAVE just a little touch OF THE Marshmallow Cream AND a little
touch OF peanut butter TO feel THE different textures AND TO lick off their
fingers. (Make sure they wash their hands before starting this project.)
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Storage: When not using, MUST BE stored IN an airtight container
5992 Directions:
Preheat over TO 400 degrees. Measure THE water, sugar AND yeast into a bowl
and mix. Wait two or three minutes FOR THE yeast TO soften. Stir IN one cup
of flour, then add oil, salt AND remaining cup OF flour. Sprinkle flour onto
a wooden breadboard AND place THE dough on it. Knead dough FOR about five
minutes.
8154 Directions:
Mix dry ingredients together IN a large saucepan. Slowly add water mixed
with oil AND stir over medium heat until mixture thickens TO dough. Turn OUT
onto a heatproof bread board or counter top AND knead until cool enough FOR
children TO handle. Dough will BE THE color OF THE Kool-Aid mix AND will
smell like THE Kool-Aid mix. (Can BE stored IN a tightly covered container
for up TO six months)
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Ghost Snack (for a healthier snack use raisins instead OF M&M's)
Marshmallow Building Blocks (inexpensive afternoon snack)
Grilled Cheese People (children can use their imaginations while helping you
prepare their lunch!)
504 Directions:
Soften THE yeast IN water, add remaining ingredients AND knead until
pliable. Give each child a ball OF dough AND let them roll it OUT "like a
snake" AND help them form THE letter (or letters) OF their first initial,
name, etc. Place formed dough on a greased baking sheet, brush with glaze
and sprinkle with salt. Bake at 425 degrees FOR 12-15 minutes.
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Just mix instant pudding AND place approximately one-quarter cup on a
styrofoam meat tray FOR each child. Let them HAVE fun drawing AND licking as
they go! IN a small bowl, mix dry gelatin with hot water 1 teaspoon at a
time until a paste is formed. This will BE grainy. By adding more or less
water, you can make it THE consistency you want it TO be.
4309 Fall Trees
(imagination is THE key!)
Prepare ahead OF time two or three pans OF Jell-O IN thin layers using fall
colors (cherry, lime, lemon, etc.). Buy pretzel sticks AND place one large
one FOR THE tree trunk on a paper plate FOR each child. Let them use small
leaf cookie cutters TO cut OUT THE "leaves" OF their trees from THE Jell-O.
8515 Frosting Play Dough* Ingredients:
1 can frosting (any flavor)
1-1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
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Note: THE items made from this play dough recipe can BE painted when they are dry.
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Enjoy these fun projects with your children by letting your imagination BE
your guide. BE an "un-grownup," it's fun!
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* FOR THE recipes including peanut butter, BE aware that some children are
allergic TO peanut butter.
