Crafty Goodness

OK. So there was very little knitting up until yesterday when I spent the day with Great Gran, finished the socks (no pic, M is still sleeping), and worked 6 rows on the FBS. Just six. It is a LONG way across that thing.

**Knitting content ends here.**

I did solve my dough problem and managed to use the kool-aid.

tiny doughy animals and fruit

They still smell good after they dry!

It’s an air-dry recipe modified to suit my needs. Interested? Here ya go:

Emily’s Kool-Aid Dough
4c. flour
1c. iodized salt
16 pkgs unsweetened kool-aid (divide up the recipe and make a bunch of different colors – double the kool-aid for a really good yellow)
1 3/4 c. warm water (approximately)
*mix dry ingredients in a bowl
*add water gradually!, stirring until everything is soft and crumbly
*knead it all around until it all comes together and the color is distributed *make it softer than you think you will require if you are storing it over night
*Wrap up tight until use
*Make stuff and let it dry for a couple of days – it gets nice and hard

We are also making (get ready for the pictures)

bead people in the window

Sun-catcher people for the 7-8s.

wire knitter

The 11-12s are making wire sculptures that show some sort of action. Here is my other example.

booxes done in starch and tissue paper

The 9-10s are making boxes covered in laundry starch and tissue paper. Have y’all tried that? It is one of my favorite things to do. They will also make snap bracelets (which they can put in the boxes).

That’s it so far! The projects not shown here are: monoprints, table prints (pulled from a delightful mess the 3-6s will make on the table), 3-4s Mix Your Own Play Clay (also with kool-aid), and of course, macaroni necklaces. Today I have to make examples for the monoprints and the macaroni necklaces. And go to Winn-Dixie to buy out the kool-aid!

16 thoughts on “Crafty Goodness

  1. Sheree

    Those are some seriously cool crafts. I love the koolaid colors, they came out beautiful. And the wire sculptures- too fun!

  2. Becky / Knitting Interrupted

    Oh Em! The boxes are divine. And no I’ve never made one. I need a lesson!

    And I really love the little knitting girl sculpture! Too too cute!

    The rest of the crafts are really adorable. Looks like alot of hard work though!

  3. Crazy For Yarn

    Man…wish I’d had you at camp when I was a kid!! What GREAT crafts… we never made anything this cool!!!! The dough turned out great and I bet the “smell” factor was a big hit!! Love the wire sculptures…you are a multi-talented diva no doubt!!! I know all the kids made not only some really cool crafts but some wonderful memories as well!!!

  4. Rachel

    How many different classes are you teaching??? I can’t believe how many different projects for different age groups you have. I think I like the wire sculptures the best — very whimsical.

  5. amanda

    Those crafts are great! Am I too old to go to camp? I don’t mind getting leg cramps and sitting in those teensy tiny chairs if I can craft.

  6. KT

    What can I say? You are a machine! Color mixing is also really great for the 5-6’s. Two vials with droppers, filled with food color water and a small glass bowl. A vile of blue and one of red= a bowl of purple. Blue+ yellow= green. You get it. Angus loves this craft/experiment and Dunc has trouble because his pincer grip isn’t as well developed. Love the animals and I am so happy for you that they smell good.

    Mwah!!!!

  7. sarah

    Ok; LOVE LOVE LOVE those tissue-covered boxes, you MUST tell me how to do that. And don’t tell me you just spray the boxes with starch and the tissue paper sticks on, that would be TOO easy! Haha. . .and I also love the wire people; yours is fabulous!

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