Holiday Activities

Today is all about having fun, I am going to give you some recipes for slime, playdough and coloured spaghetti, children (and adults) can play with these for hours on end, it is calming, therapeutic and very enjoyable.

Slime
 - Add 1 teaspoon of bicarbonate of soda to 100mls of PVA glue.
 - Add the food colouring of your choice and give it a good stir.
 - Finally, stir in contact lens solution, small amounts at a time, keep stirring and before your eyes, slime will appear.

If you want clear slime you can use clear PVA, if you want sparkly slime you can add glitter, if you want fluffy slime, try adding shaving cream. One tip is make sure that you are actually using contact lens solution and not saline solution or you will just end up with a gooey mess! 

Playdough
This is such an easy recipe and really cheap to make. You will need: 

1 cup of plain flour
1 cup of salt
1 cup of water
1 tablespoon of oil
1 teaspoon of cream of tartar (this is a dry powder that can be found in the baking aisle)
Food colouring of your choice

Put all the ingredients into a saucepan and stir it all together over a very low heat, if you have the heat high it will not work. As the mixture slowly heats up, you will see it turn into a lump of playdough, tip it out of the pan onto a heat proof surface, when it has cooled down it is ready to use. 

Coloured Spaghetti
The children love this one in school, you could use any out of date dried spaghetti or pasta, put it in a pan of water to cook along with food colouring of your choice. Once cooked, pour into a colander and add a tablespoon or two of cheap cooking oil. When cool it is ready to play with. If you are feeling really brave, make 2 - 3 different colours. Give your children a selection of plastic knives, forks, spoons. play tea sets, saucepans etc and let their imagination run wild. This can be quite a messy activity, so don't forget to protect their clothes and the surface they are playing on.

All of the above can be stored in the fridge and  played with again another day. Good luck, your children will give you 'The Parent of the Year Award' for this!

Sending best wishes for a fun filled summer and don't forget to post all those slimy messy pictures on Tapestry.

And finally, our positive thought of the week:

Childhood memories are the threads of our soul.

If you have a parenting concern, you can contact Mrs Easty via the school office - admin@burlingtoni.org.uk