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No Drip Popsicles
1 Pkg. Kool Aid
1 pkg jello
1 cup sugar
2 cups hot water
2 cups cold water
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Hot Cocoa Mix
1 Box dry milk 8qt.
1 box Nestle's quick mix
1 large jar Cremora/Coffee mate dry
1 lb powdered sugar
mix all ingredients and store in a dry place. use 1/4 cup of mix per 1 cup of hot water. Makes a great gift!
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Fudgsicles
1 large pkg. instant chocolate pudding
3 cups milk
1 cup sugar
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Peanut Butter Playdough
1 cup smooth peanut butter
1 cup corn syrup
1 cup powdered sugar
3 cups powdered milk
In a large bowl mix peanut butter, corn syrup, and powdered sugar until smooth. Add powdered milk and knead until smooth ( add more powdered milk if you need to) Let the children mold their dough into shapes. It's also fun to provide decorating materials such as: raisins, chocolate chips, pretzels, m&m's, shredded coconut, dried fruit, etc.
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Ice cream
1 cup milk
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
crushed ice
rock salt
masking tape
1 of each 1lb & 3lb coffee cans
Put all ingredients into clean one pound coffee can. tape lid shut. Place can inside larger can, layer ice and rock salt until can is full. tape lid shut. Roll back and forth on hard surface for 10 minutes. Open cans and stir. Reseal and repack with ice and salt. Roll for 5 more minutes and enjoy!
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"Dragonberry Cupcakes"
Blueberry Muffins
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cups blueberries (dragonberries)
Preheat oven to 375 . Use non-stick spray like Pam or 12 muffin paper cups. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and mix until blended. Sift dry ingredients together and add to butter mixture, alternating with milk. Mash 1/2 cup of blueberries and stir them in. Add the remainder of the blueberries whole and gently fold them in. Fill muffin cups evenly. Sprinkle with a little sugar. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes until browned. Cool and enjoy
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Soft Pretzels
1 pkg dry yeast
3/4 cup warm water
1tbs. sugar
pinch salt
1 cup wheat flour
1 cup white flour
1 egg beaten
kosher salt
Preheat oven to 425. Mix yeast and water and let sit for 5 minutes. It will start to foam...that's the yeast working.Mix next four ingredients in a bowl. Add yeast mixture mix to form ball. Knead for 5 minutes. Roll and make shapes. Brush with egg, sprinkle with salt or seasame seeds. Bake 12-15 minutes.
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|Bubbles #2
1 cup dishwashing detergent (Dawn, Joy, or Ajax work best)
1 Tbs. glycerin (you can find in the drug section of the grocery
store)
1 gallon water
Mix all ingredients allow bubbles to settle. Use a variety
of items to blow bubbles with. Straws, flyswatters, coat hangers, string,
paper towel tubes. etc.
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Flubber
2 cups plus 1/3 cups water
3 Tbs Borax (Muleteam laundry booster)
16oz. white school glue
Put borax in 1/3 cup warm water to disolve. Add several drops of
food coloring. Pour remaining water in a large bowl and add glue. stir
until mixed. add borax solution. Remove ALL jewelery and mix with hands
until water is absorbed. It takes about 5 minutes. Store in ziplock bag
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Colored Bubbles
Dishwashing detergent
food coloring or washable paint
a straw
paper
shallow pan
Mix about 1/2 cup detergent and 1/3 cup of water in a shallow pan.
mix in food coloring or washable paint. Take the pan outside, dip one end of
straw into paint/bubble lift it up and blow through other end to make
bubble. Pop colored bubbles on a white piece of paper to make great
"bubble prints". You can also tape the paper on a fence and blow
the bubbles toward the fence.
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Body Paint
White hand lotion
2-3 drops washable kids paint(like crayola)
2-3 drops liquid hand soap
Squirt lotion into small cup. Add soap and paint. Use brush or
q-tip to apply.
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Sidewalk or Driveway Paint
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup corn starch
food coloring
Mix water and corn starch together. Then add food coloring(the
amount of food coloring determines how deep the color). Use a muffin tin
and make several colors, then set the kids loose with some paint brushes!
When the "paint" dries it is like chalk and can be washed away
with a hose.
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