Cost: $1
Rating: 4 out of 4 stars
Magic Rocks
Cost: $1
Rating: 2 out of 4 stars
Our road craft for R day was a whole lot like our car craft for C day you can see here. However, instead of our road being in the shape of a C, it was in the shape of an R and instead of paper cars we used stickers. This was one of Izzy's favorite crafts so far because it combined gluing with using stickers... two of his favorite crafty things. And I think it turned out quite well. For our R day activity we made magic rocks out of baking soda and water, plus a little food coloring. To make them, I poured my desired amount of baking soda into a bowl and added just a touch of water to get a good moldable consistency. These definitely don't require as much water as you might think and I added a little too much to begin with. In order to fix my water problems, I just added more baking soda until I got the consistency I was looking for. One my baking soda was moldable, I formed it into balls and added some food coloring to make them all pretty and such. Then I set them on a baking sheet and left them to dry overnight. The next morning, they looked like this... When I brought the 'rocks' out for Izzy to play with, he instantly called them rocks, so even though they may not look exactly like rocks, he got the idea. To play with these rocks properly, you need some vinegar. I decided to give Izzy an eyedropper to suck up the vinegar with and squirt on the rocks to make them fizz. Apparently, he wasn't too impressed and it didn't take him too long to figure out that he could just break them apart with his hands. I let him have at it for a few minutes and when all the rocks were broken up, we spent a few minutes just pouring vinegar on to all of the baking soda and watching it fizz. So although the whole rock concept didn't go as planned, we still had fun watching the classic baking soda/vinegar reaction. Road Craft
Cost: $1 Rating: 4 out of 4 stars Magic Rocks Cost: $1 Rating: 2 out of 4 stars
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AuthorHi! My name is Cassity and I am the mom to a little 2 year old boy named Izzy and a baby girl named Sydney. I am lucky enough to get to be a stay-at-home mom to them and we have fun thinking of new activities to do together in the afternoons. We created this blog as an opportunity to share those activities with you. Archives
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