Slimy Goop

Recipe from: Christa Platt

1/3 cup very warm water

1 Tbsp. borax

food coloring

2 cups Elmer's glue

1 1/2 cups water

Mix together 1/3 cup very warm water and add borax until it dissolves.  Add a few drops of food coloring.  In a separate bowl, mix glue with 1 1/2 cups water.  Add the borax mixture to the glue mixture and stir together.  A rubbery blob will emerge from the brew, which the wizards can divy up into plastic zip-top bags to take home.

Invisible Ink

Recipe from: Christa Ferguson Platt

Lemon juice 

Cotton swabs

Paper

Dip cotton swabs into lemon juice and write secret messages on blank sheets of paper.  Once it is dry, have an adult iron it using a hot setting.

Bubbling Brew

Recipe from: Christa Ferguson Platt

2 Tbsp. water

1 Tbsp. baking soda

2 Tbsp. vinegar

Place cup on a tray (for overflow).  Stir water and baking soda together in cup until dissolved.  All at once, add vinegar, and POOF!!!

Play Dough

Recipe from: Christa Ferguson Platt who received it from her sister-in-law, Tricia Platt

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

1 cup water (with food coloring) 

1 Tbsp. oil

2 Tbsp. cream of tarter

Mix all ingredients together adding food coloring to water.  Stir over medium heat until it thickens and dough pulls away from sides of pan.  Knead.  Keep in air tight container.