FREE Summer Idea #6- Plaster of Paris

Creating the Homemade Plaster of Paris

Measure six cups of flour into a large mixing bowl. Add four cups of water and stir until no lumps of flour are present. This will take several minutes. This mixture should be thick and hard to stir, if it is too watery add a little more flour and if it is too think add a little more water. 

Plaster of Paris Summer Crafts

                   

• Homemade Sidewalk Chalk- Fill each space in an empty egg carton with plaster, add different colours of food colouring and let dry. Once dry, pop and and voila homemade sidewalk chalk!
• Sand prints- Go to the beach or your sandbox, wet the sand and place your child's feet or hands in the sand making an imprint. Fill the imprint with shells or rocks and the plaster. Let dry and remove from sand, creating 3D hands and or feet prints. 
• Stepping Stones-Spray an old baking tin or pie tin with non-stick spray then fill with plaster allow to partially dry. Next add rocks, jems, hand or feet prints, initials, anything really.. and let try. Pop it out and there you have it. 
• Draw Xs and Os in the moist sand with your finger to leave an impression. Fill will plaster and allow to dry, once dry glue magnets on the back for a Tic Tac Toe Game for the fridge.