7 weeks is far too long to have off with your children, even on a staggered "sharing with the grandparents, sending them to holiday program, pushing them onto school friends" basis.
Well, we here at RAD Inc. have some fantastic messy shit recipes to brighten up your kids day - these may in fact stop them from nagging for an hour! You're welcome!
*WARNING: This
shit is MESSY! Make sure you have your whole dining room and lounge covered in
plastic or a tarpaulin. Alternatively, chuck the bowl outside with the kids and
lock all doors.
Footpath Chalk
Paint
1 cup of water
1.5 cups of cornflour
Food colouring
I like to divide my mixture between small paint pottles
(purchased from most dollar value stores) and mix in different food colouring
to each pottle. Another idea is to use a non-stick muffin tin or clean empty
yoghurt pots.
This paint is great used with sponge sticks or thicker paint brushes on the
footpath. It will always come out a
lighter shade on the concrete than in the pottle and easily washes away if your kids tend to draw questionable looking objects.
Gloop
1 cup of water
2 cups of cornflour
Food colouring
Place the cornflour in a bowl, slowly mix in cold water
until smooth then add food colouring. Then run.
1.5 cups of salt
1.5 TBSP of cooking oil
3 TSP of cream of tartar (if you’re like me and don’t
know what the heck this is, you can use 3 TSP of white vinegar or lemon juice
instead)
Food colouring
3 cups of flour
3 cups of boiling water
Mix everything together except the water. When reasonably mixed, slowly add the boiling water. Mix together until there are no crumbly
bits. If too sticky, add more flour. Knead on a clean, floured surface. From experience, if this gets into your carpet, walk away, grab a wine, let it dry then pick it out. Give up - you'll be finding dry bits for weeks.
