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Instructions: Take a plastic zip-loc baggie, put cotton balls in it and saturate cotton balls with water. Put popcorn kernels into the bag, seal it and tape to a window. Add water as needed and watch the plants grow. Transfer to potting soil later.

Ingredients: With this solution, you can turn magazine pictures, wrapping paper motifs, or comic cutouts into customized stickers. 11 teaspoon flavored gelatin, 2 teaspoons boiling water

Instructions: Place gelatin & boiling water in a small bowl. Stir until the gelatin is dissolved. Let mixture cool 1 minute. While the sticker solution is warm, brush a thin coat on the back of each cut out. Use your finger or a small brush. When dry you can lick them & stick them on paper or glass just like a real stamp!

Ingredients: 1 tablespoon white vinegar, 1 1/2 tablespoon baking soda, 1 tablespoon cornstarch, 1/2 teaspoon glycerin, Food coloring

Instructions: Mix vinegar & baking soda in small bowl & allow to foam. After foaming stops add cornstarch & glycerin and stir very well....up to a couple of minutes. Portion the mixture into a paint palette, muffin tin or similar container and add food coloring. Make the colors dark because drying and use will lighten them. Clean supermarket meat trays can be used for this, too. But make sure these are washed in an antibacterial solution first. Allow watercolors to dry in a warm place for several hours or overnight Makes 1 set of Watercolors

Ingredients: scraps of felt, thick cardboard, old magazines, coloring books, fabric glue

Instructions: Cover cardboad with felt pieces useing fabric glue. Cut out pictures from magazines - animals, people, toys, etc. For more stability glue pictures onto construction paper and recut. Paste the pictures onto the felt board. When the kids get board with the pictures they can always cut out and paste new ones on.

Ingredients: Macaroni dye, pasta, various shapes, Glue, construction paper, To make Macaroni dye you will need: 1 cup water, 20 drops food coloring, 2 Tbsps. vinegar

Instructions: Let pasta shapes soak in dye for about 20-30 minutes. Remove and place on foil lined cookie sheet. Dry overnight. Sort by shape or color and store in plastic baggies. To use allow child to glue colored pasta on construction paper in a variety of patterns and shapes. Construction paper can be cut into shapes as well. Allow to dry and hang.

Ingredients: Liquid detergent, Water, Bowl, Eggbeater, Straw (optional)

Instructions: Put a few drops of liquid detergent into a bowl and fill part way with water. Use an eggbeater to whip ups some big suds. Kids love to blow into the water with a straw to make really big bubbles. Food coloring can be added to the water for effect. Most kids will only suck up the water once - once they do they likely won't do it again.

Ingredients: 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of salt, 3/4 cup of warm water

Instructions: Mix ingredients together in a bowl. If the dough is a little dry add water a little at a time. Make a ball of dough then flatten it to about a one inch thickness in the shape of a circle. Press the hand or the foot or a shell, a leaf or other object into the dough to make an imprint. Gently lift it off and bake this at 325 degrees in the oven until hard or let it air dry a couple days. After that you can decorate it. The dough can be coloured by adding some food coloring. These make great gifts for parents or grandparents.

Ingredients: Cardboard box or plastic baby bathtub, Puffed wheat or rice cereal, Sandbox toys

Instructions: Create an indoor sandbox by filling a container with inexpensive cereal (buy at bulk stores if possible). Bulk uncooked rice is also possible and bought cheaply in bulk. Have kids use pails, shovels, dumptrucks, measuring spoons and cups and bowls. This is a lot easier to clean up then sand as long as you don't add water!

Ingredients: Paper, Pen, markers, pencils, crayons Photographs or magazine pictures, Scissors, Glue

Instructions: Write a story with your child about his/her life. Make her/him the central character in the story. Include his/hers favorite friends and places in the story. Or, change an old fairytale favorite to include your child. You can buy school notebooks with the top half blank for drawing pictures or pasting in pictures. If the child is young you can write the story and they can illustrate it.

Ingredients: Sheets or blankets, Moveable furniture

Instructions: Have an indoor camping trip. Move any furniture you can in a circle and place a sheet or blanket over top.Use flashlights for effect and have a snack under the cover. Include a pillow and some good books.