Friday, June 12, 2020

Straw Rocket

Straw Rocket

What you need:
Piece of copy paper
Straw
Tape
Pencil
Scissors

How to:  Cut about a 2 inch piece of paper off the short end of the copy paper (shown above).

Roll it around the pencil and tape it.

Draw a rocket on the leftover copy paper.
You can draw whatever you want.
Launch a dragon, cat, tractor, butterfly

Cut the rocket out, fold over one end of the rolled paper.  Tape it shut.  Tape the rocket over the folded end. Put the straw into the open end.
Take a deep breath and blow into the straw!
Optional:  Stabilize with fins



Make Your Own Rebus Sentence or Story

Make Your Own Rebus Sentence or Story

Thursday, June 11, 2020

3 Ingredient Chalk Paint

3 Ingredient Chalk Paint


1/4 Cup Corn Starch
1/4 Cup Water
6 Drops of Food Coloring

This recipe works out well for a muffin tin.
Make a bigger batch by simply mixing 1 part water to 1 part Corn Starch.

Muffin Tin Recipe
1. Put 2 Tablespoons of water in each muffin cup
2.  Add food coloring
3.  Add 1/4 cup of Cornstarch
4. Stir
5.  Add remaining 2 Tablespoons of water
6. Stir
The trick to vivid colors is to continue stirring the mixture.  So, give it a quick stir with the brush before applying it to a surface.



Don't have a paved surface outside to use chalk paint?
Other ideas:  Rocks, paper.
If you paint on black paper it looks clear at first.
Just wait for it to dry

Use it as a diffused watercolor on paper

Experiment

Go outside


Before/After




Wednesday, June 10, 2020