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Ocean-In-A-Bottle

You Will Need:

• Clean, dry baby food jar with lid
• Baby Oil
• Water
• Blue food coloring
• Tablespoon
• Glitter
• Small Shells or confetti
• Colored duct tape

STEP 1 - Remove lid from baby food jar and set aside. Fill jar ½ way with water.

STEP 2 - Drop several drops of blue food coloring into the water and stir until blended.

STEP 3 - Using a tablespoon, spoon in glitter, shells and /or confetti into the jar and blue water.

STEP 4 - Fill the remainder of the jar with baby oil. Replace lid and seal.

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Sponge Printing

You Will Need:

• Clean dry sponges
• Scissors
• Spring clothes pins
• Construction paper
• Washable tempera paints
• Paper plates

Lay down old newspaper to cover the work area before beginning the project

STEP 1 - Using a scissors cut the dry sponges into any large shapes you like - geometric are good. If you are adventurous try animal or letter shapes.

STEP 2 - Pinch a clothes pin into the middle of the sponge to create a handle.

STEP 3 - Pour a little paint of different colors onto several paper plates (about a fist sized pool ... Continue reading Sponge Printing.