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What you’ll need:

  • 8 ounces white or carpenter’s glue
  • food coloring (optional)
  • 1 cup water
  • 20 Mule Team Borax

 What to do:

  • Combine glue, food coloring and ¾ cup water in a bowl.
  • In a separate bowl, combine 1 tablespoon borax and ¼ cup water.
  • Add the borax mixture to the glue mixture, stirring until a blob forms.
  • Remove the blob. Add another batch of the borax and water mixture to the glue mixture.
  • Repeat the process until the glue mixture is all gone.
  • Knead the blobs together and store in an airtight container.

Image directions for making Goo

You can add small amounts of goo to plastic bags then add food color in bags and mix by mashing!

Glass Glob Pendant

What you’ll need:

  • Bag of glass globs (we used 1" - 1½" size)
  • Flexible wire – 24, 26, 28, or 30 gauge
  • Scissors
  • Popsicle stick

 What to do:

  • Start by cutting approximately 20 inches of wire.
  • Make a small loop at one end.
  • Take the glob and place the flat side on the wire, just below the loop.
  • Wrap the wire down then across the glob, making a cage so that the glob cannot fall out.
  • When you have about 1" left of wire, wrap it under the loop to finish.
  • Push down rough ends of wire with a popsicle stick.
  • Add yarn.

Image directions for making glass glob pendant

More image directions for making glass glob pendant

Wild and Crazy Foil Masks

What you’ll need:

  • Aluminum foil
  • Markers
  • Ribbon (optional)
  • Chenille Stems (optional)

 What to do:

  • Cut foil 2 or 3 times larger than your face. If the foil is heavy duty, double it. If foil is regular strength, triple it.
  • Place the doubled or tripled foil on your face and press gently around eyes, eyebrows, nose, shin, cheek bones.
  • Remove and begin decorating with markers.
  • You can flatten some when decorating, then repress on your face when finished.
  • Cut out eyeholes. Make sure foil is not sharp here.
  • Punch holes on bottom, sides or top if you want to add ribbon or chenille stems.

 

Image directions of what much foil to use for foil mask

Image directions of shaping foil to your face for the foil mask

Image directions of finished foil mask decorated

Carrot Treats

What you’ll need:

  • Plastic wrap (yellow, green & rose colored)
  • Jelly beans or candy
  • Raffia or green curling ribbon
  • Scissors

 What to do: 

  • Tear off 4 to 6 inches of yellow plastic and lay on flat surface.
  • Tear off same amount of rose wrap and place on top of yellow (this makes orange color!)
  • Add a strip 2 to 3 inches of green wrap to top of yellow & rose piece (they stick together without tape!)
  • Add your candy or jellybeans at an angle with more at the top (see picture).
  • Fold bottom edge up over candy about ½ inch, then begin rolling tighter at the end and looser at the top to make a "carrot" shape.
  • Press together when all rolled so that wrap sticks.
  • Add a piece of raffia or curling ribbon below the green top.
  • Cut the green top a little jagged and open up to separate the "leaves".
  • Place in your Easter baskets or add a name to each and use as a place card on your Easter dinner plates!

Image directions for making carrot treats

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