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8 fun activities to do with your kids at home

I don’t know about everyone else but this self-isolation has my children bord. These are some of the activities I am doing with my children to keep them busy, safe, and happy. I hope this helps other mothers. I hope everyone is keeping safe.

1.Hard Rock Candy Hard

You will need  

3 drinking straws

3 cloth peg

1 cup of Water

3 cup of Sugar

Food coloring

1. Bring 1 cup of water to boil
2. Add 3 cups of sugar to the boiling water add ½ a cup at a time
3. Let it boil then remove from the stove and let it cool
4. Take out 2 straws and cut them in half. You should end up with 4 
5. Use 3 of the short straws.
6. Dip them in water and then roll them in sugar and let them dry
7. Check water and sugar solution to see if it has cooled down
8. Take out 3 shout drinking glasses and drop what colors you like in each on then;
9. Fill them with the cold solution and mix well
10. Place the 3 sugar straws in each of the drinking glasses
11. Lift the straw a beat to hang to give the candy crystal room to grow
12. Hang them up with a laundry peg.
13. Let them sit for 5 days then carefully remove then with a spoon or run hot water on the bottom of the glass

2.Liquid float and sink

You will need

Colored water  

Syrup

spoon

Vegetable oil

Large clear container, you can use a tall drinking glasses

Objects to float:

2 Grape

2 Small tomatoes

2 penne

2  hex nut

1. Pour syrup into a clear container about a quarter full. Is better when you pour your syrup directly over the back of a sponge
2. Slowly pour the same amount of oil in the clear container
3. Then add the same amount of colored water 

Then have your children take turns dropping the above object in the liquid and watch

the object floats at a different level. They will float until they reach what is higher density than 

Them then stop

3.Flubber 

You will need

¾ cup of cold water

1 Cup Elmer’s glue

Liquid food Coloring

½ cup of hot water

1 teaspoon of Borax

Direction:

1. In a bowl mix glue, cold water, and food color.
2. In a separate bowl mix together hot water and borax.
3. Then slowly add glue mixture to borax, mix well; pour off excess water

4. Make your own ice cream:

You will need

Cream

Ice cubes

Dishtowel

Chocolate milk powder

Salt

Large bowl

Tablespoon

Glass

Milk

1. Mix together 1 TBSP of chocolate milk powder, 2 TBSP of milk and 1 TBSP of cream in a glass.
2. In a large bowl add about 6 ice cubes and  sprinkle salt on the ice cubes
3. Place your ice cream mixture on top of the salted ice cubes.
4. Then add more salted ices cubes around the glass until you reach the top then stop
5. Cover the bowl with a dish towel to stop heat from melting the ice
6. Stir every few mins for 1 hour
7. Then remove from the bowl and try your homemade ice cream

5. Basic slime  

You will need

2 bowls

spatula

¼ tsp of Borax power

½ Elmer’s School Glue

1 cup of Water

2 drops scented oil

Glitter

1. In one bowl mix  ½ Cup of water and ½ Cup of Elmer’s glue 
2. In another bowl mix ½ cup of water  and ¼ tsp of borax until it completely dissolved 
3. Then slowly add borax mixture to the glue mixture and mix with a spatula as you add 
4. Place in a ziplock bag for storage after each playtime

6. Bath Bomb

You will need

Rubber bath bomb Mold.

Bowl

Spatula

Empty spray bottle

Ingredient:

½ cup of cornstarch

½ cup of citric acid

½ cup of Epsom salts

1 cup of baking soda

2 tsp of essential oil

1 tsp of oil

Food color

Glitter or rose petals for decoration

1. In a bowl put together all the dry ingredients
2. Then add oil, essential oil and food color
3. Add water slowly using spray bottle until it feels like a wet sound
4. Drop rose petal or glitter on the rubber mold (optional)
5. Put bath bomb mixture in a rubber mold for 8 hours or more, then remove them from the mold and is ready 

7.Drawing 

You will need

Pencil or marker

Printing paper

Simple and effective.

1. Art for Kids Hub on youtube has a lot of kids drawings
2. Your children can follow along.

8. Invisible Ink

You will need

¼ cup of water

3 TSP baking soda

2 TSP of grape juice

1. In a small bowl mix water and baking soda together
2. Then use a paintbrush or cotton swab to write a message on a piece of paper.
3. Let it dry completely.
4. In another bowl, put 2 TSP of grape juices.
5. Use a sponge, dip it in the grape juice and pat it over your message.
6. Then you should be able to see your message

I hope people find this useful.

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