[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer fun with kids

[Henrietta Brewer]

Okay Tom,

How about this?

Buy frozen bread dough. Let it thaw. It will rise so put it on a pan 
in the oven. Keep the oven turned off.

Now shape your bread dough into bagel or other shapes. You will have 
to put some margerine or shortening of some kind on your hands to 
keep the dough from sticking.

Drop each item into a pan of boiling water.  Use a slotted spoon  to 
take the dough out when it rises to the top.

Place your creations on a lightly greased cookie sheet.  Bake at 
three fifty for, I think, fifteen minutes or so. It depends on your 
thickness. You want them golden brown.  They will feel crusty.

You just made homemade bagels or you can call them soft pretzels.

This is a big test. But once completed you have what every seventeen 
year old guy I know likes. FOOD!!!At 09:42 PM 8/28/2010, you wrote:
>Wow.  I've not done this before.  I missed out a lot as a kid, huh?
>Is this somewhat messy, or is it pretty contained?
>Not sure about my hands in bread and glue but another part of me 
>thinks it could be fun?
>Tom
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrietta Brewer" 
><gary.brewer at comcast.net>
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>Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 1:44 PM
>Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer fun with kids
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>
>>The weather has cooled down here and it is time to get busy and do 
>>something totally different.
>>
>>Bread Clay
>>
>>Here is a clay to make .  You can use cookie cutters or make beads.
>>
>>6 slices of day old white bread with crusts cut off
>>3 tablespoons white glue
>>2 tablespoons water
>>
>>Tear bread into small pieces and place in a large mixing bowl. Add 
>>the glue and water.  kneed the dough to make a pie crust 
>>texture.  You can add a bit of food coloring to the water or paint 
>>designs after drying.
>>This dough can be cut into shapes with cookie cutters and placed on 
>>screen or drying rack until dry.  If using the items as jewerly or 
>>hanging decorations, poke a hole before drying.
>>
>>
>>Stilts
>>
>>Here is a fun way to show your child life from new heights..
>>
>>materials
>>
>>two tin cans, I like number ten cans or large restraunt sized 
>>condenced soup cans.
>>
>>a tool like a punch or can opener that makes a hole
>>
>>rope or strong cord
>>
>>Wash and dry cans.  It might be good to run masking tape along the 
>>edges if not using a safe opener. The large opening will be the 
>>bottom of the stilts.
>>
>>Punch two holes across from each other in the bottoms of the cans.
>>
>>Run rope, cording or even strong twine through the holes making a 
>>loop that will comfortablely reach the childs waiste.
>>
>>Children can stand on the bottoms of the cans and hold the rope and 
>>try walking.
>>
>>Oh, how different things look from just a few inches above the 
>>ground. How does it feel to walk making sure your feet stay on the cans?
>>
>>Making sewing cards
>>
>>Using a paper punch make holes  around the edge of old greeting 
>>cards, pictures glued to card stock or cut from cardboard boxes.
>>
>>Use a blunt end needle with yarn doubled and tied.  Children can 
>>sew an overcast stitch,, or in and out the holes or even sew two 
>>items next to each other.
>>
>>Soon these same children will be knitting your cozy slippers and 
>>mending a hem.
>>
>>Enjoy each of the few days left before school starts.
>>
>>
>>
>>Henrietta
>>~I wish you enough~
>>
>>
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Henrietta
~I wish you enough~