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- 2 cups cornflour
- 1 cup cold water
- 4 cups boiling water
- a sprinkle of lux flakes
Put the cornflour in a bowl and mix in the cold water. Once the cornflour is mixed in well add the boiling water 1 cup at at time, mixing after each cup. Your mixture should have gone from a watery consistency to a nice thick paste. Sprinkle some lux flakes into the paste and mix till dissolved. These make the paint easier to clean up later. If your mixture didn’t thicken then try adding it to a pot and heating it up a bit more. Your water may not have been hot enough.
We made our own advent calendar this year. To find out more check out this post.
1 cup lux soap flakes
4 cups boiling water
food colouring or dye to colour
Put the boiling water in a bowl and sprinkle the soap flakes on top. Gently mix until all the soap flakes are dissolved. Add colouring before it sets or let the kids mix it through while playing. The setting process takes at least an hour and the mixture resembles jelly once set.
Keeps well in a sealed container.
We took our girls on a trip to Pompallier Mission while we were on holiday recently. For anyone who is interested in a bit of history it is a very interesting place to visit. You can read about our trip here.
