Snowflake Crystals

We made these around Christmas time but they are a great January craft as well. Simply form a pipe cleaner into a snowflake [or whatever shape you want, my son made a snowman), boil water and pour into wide mouth jars. Dissolve 1/3 c. of borax into water. Hang pipe cleaner with string from a stick laid across the jar. It should take about one day for the crystals to completely form.

These are so pretty and way easy. You could even make hearts for Valentine's Day which is just around the corner. As for the borax, I found it at Walmart on the bottom shelf. A box was going for just over $3. It is a great stain remover and I keep finding new uses for it...like this craft and slime goop that my friend Jes has the recipe on her blog Koop's Kitchen.

Have fun!

Raisin Letters

Here is a super easy craft/learning activity.

Supplies:
Raisins
Toothpicks

Directions:
Form letters out of raisins and toothpicks - have your little one help by handing you the toothpicks and raisins. Just poke the raisins with toothpicks to form letters. Some letters are curvy, so instead of using toothpicks just form them with the raisins. You can glue these down onto a paper for an art project or just form the letters and then pick off AND EAT the raisins when you are done (which is what we did).


*This activity is great because you can incorporate counting skills and you could also switch this to a shape activity instead if your child needs to brush up on geometry. :)


HOW FUN AND EASY IS THAT??