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* Crystal Snowflakes – These homemade snowflakes are just beautiful! Twist three 5” pieces of pipe cleaner together to form a snowflake. Twist an additional 1 1/2” piece to each snowflake point to form what looks like a chicken foot on the end of each point. Tie a 2-3” piece of string to one of the points and attach to the middle of a pencil. Find a large jar that’s big enough to suspend the flake so that it won’t touch the sides of the jar. Fill with 3 tabl. of borax (found in the laundry aisle at the grocery store) and 1 drop of blue food coloring per cup of boiling water to completely immerse the flake. Lay the pencil across the top of the jar so that the flake hangs suspended in the jar. Let sit overnight; remove. The borax will have formed beautiful crystals on the pipe cleaners to create your snowflake!
* Bean Pictures – Eli’s friend, Kylie, made him a picture that she made with beans. Using a pencil, draw the outline of a simple picture. Fill in the sketch by gluing on different types, shapes and colors of dried beans. Such a neat effect and an easy project.
* A Snowmen Vignette – Make a pretty display for wintertime on your coffee table. Gather any type of snowmen that you may have from your winter decorations and place them all together on a tray. Sprinkle some rock salt on or around the tray to look like snow and keep the display up until the spring thaw.
* Ice Cream Volcano – Earlier this year, Eli was studying volcanoes and this fun (and slightly messy!) idea was in his science book. Form a large scoop of ice cream into the shape of a volcano. Add chocolate syrup for lava. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top for the bombs (which are hard blobs of lava). Toss a few cookie crumbs on that which represent ash and cinder. There you have it – a perfect ice cream volcano!
* Button Balls – Glue different shades of the same color of buttons onto styrofoam balls. Group a pile of the balls in a pretty bowl for a simple craft and decoration.
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