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Now, I need to know where to buy grass seeds.

Plant Pals

Your indoor gardener may not get your "bad hair day" jokes, but the fun of this grassy-haired friend won't be lost on him. Like a Chia Pet, the project requires just a sprinkling of seeds, a bit of sun, and a few drops of patience.

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Removable Graffiti

Just as easy for grown-ups to peel off as they are for kids to put on, these inexpensive, fun-to-make decals provide endless, ever-changing creative possibilities for young artists.

Materials

• Masking tape
• Repositionable clear or white Con-Tact paper
• Paint pens or permanent markers

• Cotton swab or paper towel
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Use masking tape to temporarily attach a piece of repositionable clear or white Con-Tact paper to a protected work surface.

2. Have your child draw designs onto the paper with paint pens or permanent markers, blotting excess ink or paint with a cotton swab or paper towel.

3. Let the designs dry for at least an hour, then cut them out, peel off the backing, and stick them to the door.

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Glimmer Paints

Here's a good example of the whole exceeding the sum of its parts: Add food coloring to a simple mixture of flour, salt, and water, and you get puffy, glossy paints that sparkle with salt crystals when dry.

Materials

* ½ cup salt
* ½ cup all-purpose flour

* ½ cup water
* Food coloring

Instructions

1. Glimmer Paints - Step 1 Mix together the salt, flour, and water; the mixture should be about the consistency of pudding.

2. Add food coloring until the desired shade is reached, then use a funnel to transfer the paint to a squeeze bottle. You can also transfer the paints to a ziplock bag, then snip off one tiny corner of the bag for a make-it-yourself applicator.

Tips:
Use on finger-paint paper or other heavy paper and allow your paintings to air-dry overnight. Store leftover paints in the refrigerator in airtight containers for up to three days; stir or shake before using.

No-Knead Bread recipe

I'm just noting this recipe for the day I decide to bake my own bread =D

http://www.playfulearning.com/Playful_Learning/Blog/Entries/2009/12/28_Entry_1.html

3 cups   All purpose flour

1/4 tsp yeast

1 a/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup water

Handmix and let it sit covered for 12 hours

Fold it a few times -  sprinkle flour/wheat germ

Set into covered pan heated at 500F

Cook for 30 min with cover

Remove cover - continue cooking 15-20 min to brown

Remove and let sit to cool

Homeschool share

Wai Han passed me a link to this website: Homeschool share.

It has great resources for homeschooling using Five in a Row resources. I'm quite excited to begin a lapbook now. But since we've been so busy moving house, lapbooking will have to wait until we're done with all the moving and we've schedules some quiet time together.