Art is the theme part 2

I have found its hard to have a birthday party with a ton of small children during the present time. Therefore I try to have a grand little party favor for each child that is given right after presents are opened.   This year being an art theme I found disposable paint buckets to hold all the favor goodies.

I then got most of the filler things at the dollar store or the dollar section at Target.  To add our own personal touches we created shaped crayons, Kool-aid play dough, and moon sand. 

Shaped Crayons:
crayons
hammer
silicone mold

I found that if you only put two colors in a mold at a time you have a much better looking shaped crayon.  My little lady put all the colors together and most of them looked like black and brown stars.

Step one:  peel all the crayons and separate by color.

Step two:  Brake up the crayons into tiny pieces.  We used a piece of plywood and wax paper for pounding on and an hammer. 

Step three:  Put broken crayons into the silicone mold spots.  Turn on oven to 350 degrees.   Place mold onto a cookie sheet and put into the oven for five minutes.  Check if all the molds are melted then they are done.  Place onto counter and allow to cool completely.  Pop out of the molds and they are ready to be used.

 

Kool-aid play dough

 

1 cup flour                                 2 tbsp cream of tartar

1/2 cup salt                                2 tbsp oil

1 packet of kool-aid mix           1 cup water

 

Combine the dry ingredients into a stockpot.  Add the oil and water slowly.  Stir until well combined.  Turn on stove to medium heat and stir until the mixture turns into stiff dough.  Put onto wax paper and knead until cool.  Time for playing!! To store put into a zip lock and squeeze out all the air.  Will last for a couple weeks.

Moon Sand:

 

6 cups colored play sand

2 cups cornstarch

1/2 cup glitter (optional)

1 1/2 cups of water

 

Mix sand and cornstarch until smooth.  Slowly add water and stir slowly.  You will want the consistency of stiff wet beach sand. Store in airtight container.

Warning VERY messy!!!