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Flubber Materials:

3/4 cup cold water

1 cup Elmer’s glue

Food coloring

1/2 cup hot water

1 teaspoon borax

2 bowls

Direc ons:

1. In bowl 1—mix

together cold water,

glue, and food coloring.

Set aside.

2. In bowl 2—mix

together hot water and

borax, un l borax is

completely dissolved.

3. Slowly add glue

mixture to borax

mixture. Mix well. Pour

off excess water.

Summer Reading 2014 Craft Workshop

Book Bursts Materials:

Mass Market Paperback

Direc ons:

1. Fold pages

2. Staple covers

3. Cut covers as needed

Capillary Ac�on Materials:

Paper towels

3—5 Glass containers

Water

Food coloring

Direc ons:

1. Tear paper towels into strips.

2. Line containers up next to each other.

3. Put water and red food coloring in a container on one end.

4. Put water and yellow food coloring in the middle container.

5. Put water and blue food coloring in the container at the

final end.

6. Place paper towel strips so that the hang into the liquid in

each container and hang into the empty containers in

between.

7. Leave material undisturbed for 6 to 8 hours.

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Solar Oven Materials:

Aluminum foil Tape

Glue Black paper

Exacto knife Marker

Pizza box Ruler

Mylar/Cling Wrap

Direc ons:

1. Use marker and a ruler to

draw a square on the lid one

inch from each side.

2. Cut the front of the square

and the two sides. Leave the

back uncut to create a flap.

3. Bend back the square flap on your lid and cover the inside

of the flap with aluminum foil using glue to secure.

4. Open the lid of the pizza box and cut a square of Mylar/

cling wrap that is 1 inch larger than the perimeter of the flap.

Pull ghtly and tape on all sides. Close the lid.

5. Put another piece of plas c wrap on the outside of the box

lid, underneath the flap so that both sides of the flap opening

are covered in plas c.

6. Using glue, line the inside of the pizza box with aluminum

foil. Then fold over the sides and tape.

7. Glue black paper to the inside bo>om of the pizza box.

8. When ready to use your oven “preheat” it by placing it

outside in direct sunlight for about 15 minutes.

9. Add contents and close the pizza box. Adjust the angle of

the flap to best harness the sun’s rays. If necessary, use a

straw or a ruler to hold the flap up. Check every 20 minutes

un l heated through.


How a Hand Works Materials:

5 straws

Construc on paper

Paper plate

String/yarn

Scissors

Glue gun

Piece of cardboard

Direc ons:

1. Trace the outline of your hand. Cut the hand out and paste it on the base cardboard.

2. Cut 2 notches into each of the straws to recreate the finger bones.

3. Widen each cut into a diamond with the main peaks located in the middle of the straw.

4. Glue the straws on the hand created earlier. Glue each straw so that the diamond cuts are

found on top to allow the fingers fold and unfold.

5. Now cut 5 pieces of string and thread a bead at each end. Pull the non-beaded end of the

string through each straw so the strings come out at the wrist.

Geode Eggs: Passive Program Materials:

Eggs Water Cups

Borax Salt Egg carton

Food coloring Wax paper

Direc ons:

1. Crack eggs near top and

empty egg innards.

2. Wash inside the egg with hot

water and rub a finger inside

the egg to remove the

membrane.

3. Using very hot water,

dissolve 1/4 cup salt into 1/2

cup water.

4. Add food coloring.

5. Posi on eggs so that they are

held upright in the egg carton

with wax paper underneath carton.

6. Pour mixture into some of the eggs.

7. Repeat process with 1/4 cup borax and 1/2 cup water,

using a different color dye.

8. Leave eggs undisturbed for 3 to 5 days.

Elephant Toothpaste Materials:

2 Tablespoons warm water

1 Teaspoon yeast

4—5 drops food coloring

Dish soap

Small bowl

Empty soda bo>le

6% Hydrogen peroxide

Direc ons:

1. Set soda bo>le in middle of a pan.

2. Dissolve yeast in warm water in small bowl.

3. Mix hydrogen peroxide, food coloring, and dish soap in

soda bo>le.

4. Pour yeast mixture into the soda bo>le.


Borax Crystals Materials:

3 tablespoons Borax

1 cup hot Water

Bowl

Pipe cleaners

Paperclips

Small s ck

Direc ons:

1. Make desired shape out

of pipe cleaners.

2. Suspend pipe cleaner shape from s ck with paperclips.

3. Mix borax into hot water un l completely dissolved.

4. Pour mixture into bowl.

5. Suspend pipe cleaner shape into bowl. Be sure that no

part of the shape is touching the sides or bo>om of the

bowl.

6. Leave for 6 to 8 hours.

Make Your Own Body Works Materials:

Butcher paper Cling wrap/ Bubble wrap

Tissue paper Makers

Construc on paper Glue

Yarn

Direc ons:

1. Trace body

2. Use construc on paper to create

bones, stomach, liver, kidneys, etc.

3. Use cling wrap or bubble wrap to

create lungs.

4. Use ssue paper or streamers create

intes nes.

5. Use yarn to create the brain.

Layering Liquids Materials :

Honey

Corn syrup

Dish soap

Water

Vegetable oil

Rubbing alcohol

Glass cup or jar

Five different food colors

Direc ons:

1. Have each liquid in a separate container and add

food coloring to each one other than the honey.

2. Pour the honey into the bo>om

3. Slowly pour each following liquid into the jar. It

is important to pour slowly and into the center of

the jar.

4. Be sure to follow the order listed above.

5. Make sure that the liquids do not touch the

sides of the jar while you are pouring.

6. If the liquids mix a li>le as you pour, the layers

will even themselves out. Let each layer se>le

before adding the next.

Bobbing Blobs Clear jar or bo>le

Water

Food coloring

Spoon

Baby oil

Fizzing antacid tablet

1. Fill the jar about ¼ full of water

2. Add a few drops of food

coloring. Use a spoon to s r the

coloring into the water.

3. Pour baby oil into the jar, leaving about 1 inch of room at

the top.

4. Break the antacid tablet in half. Drop both pieces into

the jar. Sit back and watch as the colored bubbles rise to

the top.

Concoc�ons & Po�ons Materials:

Vanilla Ice Cream

Ice Cream Sherbet

Grape Soda

Orange Soda

Root Beer

Direc ons:

1. Place 1—2 scoops of ice

cream in a cup.

2. Slowly pour soda over ice cream.

3. Drink!


Crystal Trees Materials:

1 Tablespoon salt

1 Tablespoon water

1 Tablespoon Mrs. Stewarts liquid

bluing

½ Tablespoon ammonia

Disposable bowl

Empty jar with lid

Thin cardboard (not corrugated)

Direc ons:

1. Add salt, water, bluing, and ammonia to the jar.

2. Shake well to mix.

3. Place cardboard standing up in bowl.

4. Pour into mixture into bo>om of bowl.

5. Full effect takes about 8 hours.

Periscope Materials :

2 Small square mirrors

Periscope pa>ern

Cardstock

Scissors

Glue or tape

Direc ons:

1. Print the periscope pa>ern on sheet of heavy

cardstock.

2. Cut out the periscope pa>ern.

3. Fold on do>ed lines.

4. Glue or tape folded sec ons together.

5. Glue or tape small square mirrors at each end of

the resul ng tube so that they are facing each other.

Gravity-Defying Funnels Materials:

Enough books to make two stacks: a 1 inch high

& a 3 inches high stacks

2 yards cks

2 plas c funnels

Duct tape

Paper towel roll tube

Direc ons:

1. Stack books into 1 inch

and 3 inch stacks.

2. Move the stacks so that

the yards cks lie across them

to form a bridge.

3. Place the yards cks to

make a V shape with the 2

ends about 3 inches apart on

the shorter stack of books and about 6 inches apart on the

taller stack of books.

4. Tape the funnels together so that the bowls line up.

5. Place the cardboard tube at the bo>om of the ramp and

then the top of the ramp. What happens?

6. Now place the joined funnels at the bo>om of the ramp

and then the top of the ramp. What happens?

No Light Lava Lamp Materials:

1/2 Cup water

1/2 Cup vegetable oil

Food coloring

4—5 Tablespoons salt

Clear glass jar

Direc ons:

1. Pour water and food coloring into jar.

2. Add vegetable oil.

3. What happens?

4. Sprinkle salt into jar.

5. What happens?

Mini-Einsteins Materials:

Co>on balls or Co>on filling Black marker

Toilet paper roll White paper

Tape Glue

Direc ons:

1. Draw lab coat, bow e, or other ouQit on white paper.

2. Using tape and glue, affix white paper around toilet pa-

per roll.

3. Pull co>on balls or filling apart some to make it look like

Einstein’s hair.

4. Make a piece of co>on into a mustache.

5. Glue hair and mustache as appropriate.

6. Draw a face.


Fizzle Out Materials:

Birthday candle

Mug

1 Tablespoon baking soda

Matches

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1. Stand a candle up in the center of a mug.

2. Spread baking soda around the candle.

3. Light the candle.

4. Pour lemon juice into the mug. Be careful not to pour it

on the candle flame.

5. Watch what happens to the flame.

Shiny New Pennies Water

Dish soap

2 drinking glasses

½ cup lemon juice

1 teaspoon table salt

Dull, dirty pennies

1. Pour some water and dish soap into one glass. Get the

soap all sudsy.

2. Pour the lemon juice and the table salt in the other

glass.

3. Add a few dull, dirty pennies to each glass.

4. Let the pennies soak for 5 minutes, and then take them

out and rinse them well in running water.

5. Examine their appearance.

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