CRAFT FOR THE WEEK... MAKE A VOLCANO. No really make one... it doesn't have to be only in 5th grade for a science project. It's really easy and really

PLAY DOUGH RECIPE

3 C. Flour

1 1/2 C. Salt
6 tsp. Cream of Tarter
3 C. Water
3 T. Oil Food Coloring

LAVA RECIPE
Vinegar
Baking Soda
Food Coloring

Add all ingredients in a large pot. Stir together to get rid of lumps. Cook on medium heat while stirring until it turns into play dough! It's really fun... I let Nathan help mix the ingredients while the burner is off and then I do the rest. Let cool... During that time build your foundation for the volcano on a large cookie sheet. I used two oven safe bowls. One big one and one small one. Place the larger bowl upside down and the smaller bowl on top of it right side up. Then cover the bowls with foil. Sorry the picture below is from after the chaos was over. Hopefully you get the idea. You can always make up your own foundation.. that's what I did.

When the play dough has cooled need together until smooth. Roll it out and start building your volcano! We put ours in the oven for 1 hour just to see what would happen... luckily it didn't explode. The outside of the play dough got hard, which was what I thought would happen. But it also melted a little, not the plan. It turned out to look really cool because the parts that melting looked like lava. You don't have to bake it if you don't want to. I'm just a nerd and like to see what will happen to things when you bake them. Ok so once your volcano has cooled off let your kids decorate it. Nathan chose dinosaurs. Put baking soda in the top and add vinegar to it. We used red and yellow food coloring in the vinegar to make it look like real lava! And watch it EXPLODE! You can do this part over and over or until you run out of ingredients.