Halloween Crafts

by | Feb 7, 2018 | Self Science

Halloween Lollypops

Scary Trees

Roof Top Spider

Alien Balloons

Alien Friend

      Spooky Bean Bag Toss 

Pin the Eye on the Monster

Don’t Drop the Eyeball

Flying Saucers

Monster Pinnata

Glowing Ghosts – Snap one or two green eight-hour light sticks so they glow, and insert them into a white balloon. Inflate the balloon and tie it closed. Use a black marker to draw a wide-eyed visage. Repeat to make more, then affix ghosts to a wall with transparent tape and lower the lights.

                                                  Ghost Mummy

Canning Lid Pumpkin

Glow Stick Pumpkins

  

  

 

 

 

Draw a skeleton:

Fall Crafts

by | Feb 7, 2018 | Self Science

Skeletonizing Leaves

  • Washing soda
  • Bleach Leaves
  • wire
  • Steel pot
  •  floral tape
  •  Dull knife
  •  glycerin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Add 1 tsp. of soda to quart of water and leaves. Boil for 30 minutes. Let stand and cool. Scrape and brush pulp off carefully. Add 2 Tbl of bleach to 1 quart of water. Add leaves and soak one hour till white. Remove, rinse, and put between paper towels in book for 24 hours. Leaves to use: magnolia, holly, ivy, Maple, beech, oak, avocado

Painted leaves To preserve the color longer in fall leaves: Gather colorful leaves, spray with an acrylic sealer, string and hang. That is all there is to it.

 

 

 

 

 

Pistachio Shell Flowers

Paper bag owls

Paper plate leaf flowers!

MAKE A TREE

MAPLE SEED DRAGONFLY

 

Summer Crafts

by | Feb 7, 2018 | Self Science

Homemade Sunscreen

Zinc Oxide has long been used as an effective and inexpensive sunscreen. Slathered on thick and full strength, it offers excellent sun protection. This is an alternative to the harsh chemicals in store bought sunscreen. Keep in mind that you need to apply this sunscreen more often than commercial sunscreen.

1 teaspoon zinc oxide (available at the pharmacy)

1 tablespoon olive oil

Measure the zinc oxide and olive oil into a bowl and use a fork to mix the ingredients together completely.

Easy to make marshmallow shooter

Leaf rubbings Go on a walk to collect leaves of different shapes. Use almost any kind of paper and paperless crayons. Place the leaf veins up under the paper, hold paper tight at the bottom so it doesn’t slip and rub from bottom out. Be sure to rub the entire leaf. If they are researchers they can actually rub the leaf in the color the leaf turns in the fall – and it may be several colors.

sponge sailboats

EGG CARTON HELICOPTERS

 

                         Clothes Pin Dragonfly

 

Balloon, push up top and glue and you have a hovercraft!

Sunprint