Terrarium Craft
* Materials Needed:
- 2 clear plastic cups
- Potting soil
- Various plant and/or grass seeds
- Tape
Instructions for the Project:
- Fill the cup ¾ full with potting soil.
- Sprinkle seeds on top of the soil and water lightly.
- Tape another cup on top so the mouths of the cups touch.
- Place the cups in an area that has moderate sunlight.
- Water every few days or as per watering guidelines on seed packet.
Alphabet Letters Out of Homemade Clay
* Materials Needed:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- ¾ to 1 cup water
Instructions for the Project:
- Combine the flour and salt.
- Add the oil then slowly add the water.
- Stir until you get a nice clay consistency.
- Once the clay is completely mixed, break it into pieces and create letters.
- Place the letters on a cookie sheet and bake in a 250 degree oven for about 1 hour.
Note: Length of baking time depends on the thickness of the shapes, keeping in mind that if the shapes are too thick they will crack while baking. For a golden appearance, paint your letters with egg yolk before baking.
Alphabet Cereal Picture
* Materials Needed:
- Construction paper, various colors
- Alphabits cereal or alphabet noodles, uncooked
- Glue
Instructions for the Project:
- Cut a bowl shape from a piece of construction paper.
- Cut a smaller version of the bowl shape from white paper; this will look like milk that has been added to your cereal.
- Cut a spoon shape from a different colored piece of construction paper.
- Glue the white piece of construction paper to the larger bowl shaped construction paper, then glue the spoon to the middle of the bowl.
- Place various Alphabits cereal letters or uncooked alphabet noodles “in the milk”, gluing them down as you go.
- Allow the glue to dry and you are done.
Pipe Cleaner Letters
* Materials Needed:
- Various colored pipe cleaners
- Construction paper
Instructions for the Project:
- Take the pipe cleaners and see how many different letters you can make with each pipe cleaner.
- For a variation, see how many letters you can make using only one pipe cleaner, then two and so on.
- Once you’ve created your pipe cleaner letters, glue them onto construction paper to create a pipe cleaner ABC book.