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| Egg
Heads |
You will need:
- Cress seeds
- One egg
- Egg cup
- Felt tip pens
- Cotton wool/tissue
- Water
Instructions:
Tap the top of the egg and remove the insides (this can be
quite messy, you may need the help of an adult). Next rinse the
inside f the egg so that it's clean and ready to use. With felt
tip pens draw a face on the egg (see picture) and fill the
inside with either cotton wool or tissue. Sit your 'egg head' in
an egg cup and sprinkle a pinch of cress seeds on to the cotton
wool/tissue. Add a few drops of water and leave it some where
sunny, over the next few days you can watch as your egg head
grows a full head of hair, which you can eat! You can trim the
cress into all kinds of funny haircuts, or even use the cress in
sandwhiches!

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| Magazine
Holder |
You will need:
- Large cereal box
- Scissors
- White paint
- Light green acrylic paint
- Other paint colours
- Paint brush
- Magazine cut-outs (optional)
Instructions:
Cut off top of cereal box. Halfway across top of box, cut at a
45 degree angle down to front of your magazine holder, cut
straight across then back up other side at the same angle.
Paint the outsde of the box white - covering any print etc.
Now your magazine holder is ready to decorate - you can paint
patterns, pictures or even stick on magazine cut-outs.

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| Juggling
Balls |
You will need:
- Plastic bag
- Bird Seed
- Balloon
- Scissors
Instructions:
Fill small plastic bag with bird seed. Cut end off a balloon.
Stretch it around the bag of seeds. Cut end of second balloon.
Stretch it around the bag of seeds in opposite direction of
first balloon.

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| Pebble
Pets |
You will need:
- Smooth stones
- Fine felt tip pens
- Embroidery thread
- Thin white paint
- Paints in a variety of colours
- Glue
- Craft varnish
Instructions:
Decide what kind of animal or insect you are going to make.
Wash and dry stones.
Paint them white and let them dry.
Paint the background colour and let it dry.
Paint main body markings and details (like stripes on a cat or
spots on a lady bug).
Draw small details like face and whiskers with a felt tip pen
and let dry.
Paint with varnish

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| Salty
'Sandscape' in a Jar |
You will need:
- Newspaper
- Small jar with lid
- Spoon
- Pencil
- Large tray
- Plastic cup
- Egg carton (optional)
- Candle (optional, and only with a
grownup's help)
- And, for each colour of sand you want to
use:
- One-half cup of salt
- Food colouring
- Plastic sandwich bag
Instructions:
Pour one-half of a cup of salt into a plastic sandwich bag and
add several drops of food colouring. Close the bag tightly,
making sure that most of the air is out.
Use your fingers (on the outside of the bag) to mix the colour
into the salt. Pour the salt in a thin layer on the newspaper
and let it dry.
Repeat this for each colour, giving each colour its own piece of
newspaper. (You can use half a page.) When all colours are dry,
pick the papers up one at a time and pour the salt back into
separate plastic sandwich bags or into separate compartments in
an egg carton.
Using your hands or a spoon, sprinkle each colour, one at a
time, into the jar, forming colour layers. (You can make them as
thick or thin as you like. Making them uneven thickness can make
your work look more "natural.") Repeat these steps
until you reach the top of the jar. If you want really
interesting layers, you can use the pencil to "poke"
the sand layers into the layer beneath as you go.
Once you're done, you can get an adult to melt wax over the top
layer of sand before you put on the lid. (This is an optional
step, but it can make the project a lot more permanent because
it prevents the "sand" from moving around as much in
the jar.) If you don't have an adult and a candle handy --- put
on the lid and enjoy your "sunset."

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| Bubble
Pictures |
You will need:
- White Paper
- Water
- Liquid Dish Soap
- Food Colouring
- Plastic Straw
Instructions:
Put a little water in a plastic cup. Squeeze in some liquid dish
soap and two or three drops of food colouring. It can be any
colour you like. Put a plastic straw in the cup and BLOW!!! If
you press a piece of white paper on top of the cup very quickly
before the bubbles pop you can print a picture of them.

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| Glitter
Storm |
You will need:
- Empty jar
- Glitter
- Small toy/ornament (that fits in the jar)
- Blu-tac /plasticine
- Water (enough to fill jar)
Instructions:
Remove any labels from the jar and make sure the lid fits
tightly.
Take a small toy or ornament (must be waterproof) and secure to
the inside of the lid using plasticine or blu-tac.
Fill ¾ of the jar with water, pour in one large tablespoon of
glitter and screw the lid back on tightly.
Now, when the jar is shaken your toy/ornament will be in the
middle of a magical glitter storm!

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| Condensed
Milk Paint |
Condensed milk paint is very easy to
make, safe for kids of all ages and lots of fun to use.
Condensed milk paint is very shiny, and makes a great picture,
especially on construction paper.
You will need:
- 2 cups condensed milk
- 4 small bowls
- Spoons
- Red, yellow, green and blue food
colouring.
Instructions:
Divide the condensed milk evenly into the 4 bowls.
Add a few drops of red food coloring to one bowl, a few drops of
blue to the next, green to the next, and yellow to the last.
Mix food coloring into milk with spoons.
Store in jars, will keep for days if kept in a fridge.

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