Leprechaun Slime

We’ve been learning a little about Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day ,and I found this cool idea on Pinterest (can you tell I love Pinterest?) to make Leprechaun slime. This is of course doesn’t really have anything to do with St. Patrick’s Day other than the fact that it is green, but it was fun anyways.

First we mixed 1 tsp. Borax into a 1/2 cup water and stirred till dissolved. Then in a separate bowl we mixed one 5.5 oz. bottle of clear glue, 1 cup water, 4 drops of food coloring, and lots of glitter.

This process in itself was fun for the kids, but the real fun began when we added the Borax to the glue mixture. It went from soup to Jello instantly!

The girls thought this was way cool! They couldn’t wait to stick their hands in and see what it felt like.

Lori and Audrey were so excited about it that they put the slime in little containers to take with them to science class the next day to show it off.

Fun times learning science!

Spring Flowers

We have cabin fever here at the Mitchell house so I decided it was time to bring a little spring into our world. I found these super cute flowers made from egg cartons and paint on Pinterest and decided to give them a try. You can find the original idea here.

First we cut flower shapes out of egg cartons and then dipped them in paint. We then made imprints of these onto our paper.

Next, the girls painted the egg carton flowers and glued buttons in the middle of them.

Finally the girls glued their flowers onto the previously made prints and drew stems. Ta da! Spring flowers!