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by Romona Weston

Finger Paint

There is always someone in my home playing with either playdough or finger paint. Children just love these two combinations. Our seven children have had many hours making memories with these recipes. I hope you join your children and have a lot of fun. Be creative and enjoy memory making with God’s creation…your children! On rainy days, when you need that something extra for the children to do:

• 1 cup soap flakes
• 1 cup starch
• 1 quart water
• 1 liquid poster paint

Boil the first three ingredients together until quite thick and gluey. Cool. Add liquid poster paint to color desired. Give the children large pieces of paper and let them go at it. (Make sure they are wearing an old T-shirt to keep clothing from getting stained.)

Play Dough

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup flour
• ½ cup salt
• 2 tsp cream of tartar
• food coloring

Boil the first four ingredients for about 3 minutes. Knead for one minute. Make 4 balls and add food coloring. Important to store in an airtight container. This is economical, and creates hours of fun. If your kids loved this activity, you can use this great coupon from Crayola to help you save on some crafts.

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by Rachel Paxton

This week my boys got to make two different cute snowman crafts. One is made with marshmallows, and one is made with cotton balls. These crafts are great for preschool-aged children.

For the first craft, you will need:

• Construction paper
• Large marshmallows
• Small marshmallows
• Scissors
• Marker

Let your child help cut the marshmallows in half. You will need three large marshmallow halves to make the snowman, and 10 or so small marsmallow halves for snowflakes.

The fun part about this activity is that the marshmallows actually stick to the page! After the marshmallows are cut in half, use the large marshmallow halves to create the snowman on a piece of construction paper. Just place the cut side down on the page and press down. Next have your child place the small marshmallow halves randomly all over the page for snowflakes. Have your child use the marker to draw a face, buttons, and arms on the snowman. This activity is really fun, and fast too, if you need a quick project.

For the next project you will need:

• Paper plate
• Cotton balls
• Orange, black, blue construction paper
• Scissors
• Elmer’s glue

You will be using the paper plate to make the face of a snowman. Pour some Elmer’s glue on another paper plate. Let your child dip cotton balls in the glue and place the cotton balls all over the paper plate.

Use the construction paper to make eyes, a carrot nose, and a hat for the snowman. Glue them in place. This is also a fun, easy project. Just takes a little while for the glue to dry.

Books to read about snowmen: The Snowman by Raymond Briggs, The Biggest Snowman Ever by Steven Kroll, and Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner.