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This fun book gives kids lots of ideas for projects to make for family and friends using a wide variety of materials. It will inspire you to be creative and make homemade gifts from the heart.

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Cool Crayons, Chalks, & Paints: Crafting Creative Toys & Amazing Games

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Do you want to create Washable Window Paint, Glow-in-the-Dark Paint, Colorful Chalk Cubes and more! Step-by-step photos, materials lists, and extra tips and tricks will get you started with this book.

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Whether you call this slime, Flubber, Gluep, Glurch, or Gak, making and manipulating this gooey mixture is an engaging hands-on activity!

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You and your child can transform a few ingredients into an ooey-gooey creation – called gak, flubber, gluep, glurch or slime — with this sensory craft.

Let loose like the agents of Odd Squad did when they had to track down a one gallon blob escaped inside their headquarters. Your child can make their own slimy creation and explore measuring liquids following this recipe. Then, try molding it into different shapes before tracking down the perfect fitting container to store it in!

Materials to Make Gak

Plastic tub, bin or container

Glass bowl

Glue

Warm water

Food coloring (optional)

Borax (Borax is a soap, and it’s toxic. Please be careful if using with young children. See non-toxic activity options below.)

Plastic bag or container that is sealable for storage (optional)

Scissors (optional)

If you're looking for a slime or gak recipe without Borax, try one of these options that use ingredients you might already have at home instead!

Make slime with glue and liquid starch

Make edible slime with tapioca flour or starch

Make slime with cornstarch

For more sensory play activities, including additional slime recipes, click here.

Directions

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Have your child squeeze about ½ cup (4 ounces) of glue into a glass bowl.

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Mix in ½ cup (or 4 ounces) of warm water.

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Mix 1 teaspoon of Borax into ½ cup of water in a plastic container. Slowly add the solution to the glue mixture.

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Stir the mixture in one direction until it starts to thicken. (You might not need all of the Borax solution.)

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Have your child knead the gak. At first, it will be really wet and gooey, then stringy and sloppy, until it finally holds together. Ask your child, “What does the gak feel like?” “How is it changing as you continue to work with it?”

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Let your child keep kneading until they have an easy to hold and play with blob.

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For storing, put the gak in a plastic bag with a zip top or a sealable container. It will last 2 weeks before it needs to be thrown away.

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Your child can just push, pull or squeeze the gak. You can also try these options to extend your play:

Try making shapes or objects with it — like a semi-circle or sphere.

Cut the gak with scissors. (Cookie cutters won't work.)

Proud of your creation? Snap a photo and share it with us on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. We’d love to see how it turned out!

This craft was originally written by Rachelle Doorley. Doorley is an artist and mother of two. She publishes the popular children's creativity blog, Tinkerlab.com. She holds a master’s degree in arts education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and lectures on visual literacy at Stanford and the San Jose Museum of Art. Find play dough tool ideas on Tinkerlab.

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3-D Optical Illusions to Baffle the Mind

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Budding magicians will love exploring the art of magic with this book. You will read how famous illusionists fooled their audiences. Then learn how to trick an audience of your own!

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Get crafty and help save the planet too! With easy step-by-step instructions, Cool Fabric Projects offers kids a chance to get creative by turning their trash into handmade treasures!

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3-D Origami will teach you how to fold paper into modules and use the modules to create 3-D art. You can make a tree, an octopus, a cupcake, and more!

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Learn the art of paper folding with Origami Pets.  Start by practicing basic origami folds. Then make a cute cat, a perky puppy, and more.

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Cool Doughs, Putties, Slimes, & Goops: Crafting Creative Toys & Amazing Games

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This book has everything needed to create one-of-a-kind toys!

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An orchestra is a group of musicians playing together under the direction of a conductor. The musicians perform music specially composed for specific instruments in an orchestral performance. They play as soloists, in small groups, and all together, which creates a tremendous sound.

A full-scale orchestra playing a symphony includes at least 90 musicians, while a smaller orchestra playing a chamber piece ranges from 15 to 45. Sections of the orchestra can perform separately?a string orchestra, for example, includes about 60 musicians.

The musicians are arranged into four sections. The strings?such as violins and cellos?sit at the front. The woodwind?such as oboes, clarinets, and bassoons?and brass?such as trumpets and French horns?sit in the middle. Percussion?such as kettledrums and a xylophone?sit at the back.

A conductor?s job is to make sure that the musicians play perfectly together. A conductor keeps time using a baton (stick) to clearly count out each individual beat in the tempo (speed) the music is to be played.

The gamelan orchestras of Bali in Indonesia use a wide range of percussion instruments, such as gongs, chimes, marimbas, and drums, as well as strings and woodwind. They create an amazing rhythm-driven sound totally unlike that achieved by Western symphony orchestras.

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Cleveland Orchestra, one of the foremost orchestras in the United States. It gave its first performance in 1918 under Nikolai Sokoloff, who was conductor until 1933. In 1931, the orchestra moved from the Cleveland Masonic Temple into the Georgian-style Severance Hall, located in Cleveland's University Circle area. (The hall was restored and renovated in 1999 and reopened in 2000.) Since 1968, the orchestra has also performed at the Blossom Music Center just S of the city. Sokoloff was succeeded as conductor by Artur Rodzinski (1933-43) and Erich Leinsdorf (1943-46), and the orchestra achieved renown under the direction of George Szell (1946-70). A perfectionist and disciplinarian, Szell brought the orchestra to international attention, leading it on several European tours and establishing its modern reputation for ascetic brilliance and commitment to serious music. He was succeeded by Lorin Maazel (1972-84), Christoph von Dohnányi (1984-2002), and Franz Welser-Möst (2002-). The orchestra tours widely, has a biennial residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, and since 2007 has had a winter residence at the Carnival Center in Miami.

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Did you know that instruments are put into different groups? Click below to learn more about these instruments and the groups they belong to in the link.

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Cleveland Orchestra, one of the foremost orchestras in the United States. It gave its first performance in 1918 under Nikolai Sokoloff, who was conductor until 1933. In 1931, the orchestra moved from the Cleveland Masonic Temple into the Georgian-style Severance Hall, located in Cleveland's University Circle area. (The hall was restored and renovated in 1999 and reopened in 2000.) Since 1968, the orchestra has also performed at the Blossom Music Center just S of the city. Sokoloff was succeeded as conductor by Artur Rodzinski (1933-43) and Erich Leinsdorf (1943-46), and the orchestra achieved renown under the direction of George Szell (1946-70). A perfectionist and disciplinarian, Szell brought the orchestra to international attention, leading it on several European tours and establishing its modern reputation for ascetic brilliance and commitment to serious music. He was succeeded by Lorin Maazel (1972-84), Christoph von Dohnányi (1984-2002), and Franz Welser-Möst (2002-). The orchestra tours widely, has a biennial residency at the Musikverein in Vienna, and since 2007 has had a winter residence at the Carnival Center in Miami.

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Did you know that musical instruments originated from many different countries?  Learn more about the different types of musical instruments where they came from by clicking on the link below.
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