Saturday, May 19, 2012

Making your own chalk


Wow, I was looking for this recipe too! How to make homemade chalk! It is extremely easy and you can do it together with your kids! I'm sure they will have fun too!

What you need are:
•    Toilet paper tubes
•    Scissors
•    Duct tape
•    Wax paper
•    Disposable container to make the recipe
•    ¾ cup of warm water
•    1 ½ cups Plaster of Paris
•    2-3 tablespoons of tempera paint/ food coloring
•    Paper bag or a “mess mat”

 You can read the step by step tutorial here. Now we have DIY more colors as we want! Hurray!

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Making Own bubbles


I like bubbles, so do my kids... we love to blow during evenings in our small garden.

Normally I will get the liquid from mall but I think it is too expensive for long run.

Today, I found away of doing it at home! Come, let's join the DIY bubbles!

What you need to prepare are:

1 1/2 quarts of water
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 cup liquid dish soap

To learn how to make? See here.


To made your own corn syrup, here are the ingredients:
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 pinch salt