My four year old granddaughter
and I made these adorable little
sit in the palm of your hand mice.
They have a comfy bed of silky
milkweed fluff tucked into a
milkweed pod. Their whiskers
are made from cutting a tiny piece
from the kitchen broom. We found the
milkweed while visiting a farm near Montreal
during our latest visit there.
My granddaughter has her own ideas
about what colors a mouse ought to be!
Sculpting Dough
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
4 tsp. alum or cream of tartar
2 Tbls. Vegetable oil
1 cup water
-Mix all by hand until it forms a ball .
-sculpt item to be made
-let air dry for for several days or place in warm oven at 170 degrees F until dry
-paint when fully dry
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
4 tsp. alum or cream of tartar
2 Tbls. Vegetable oil
1 cup water
-Mix all by hand until it forms a ball .
-sculpt item to be made
-let air dry for for several days or place in warm oven at 170 degrees F until dry
-paint when fully dry
Milkweed seed floating on a gentle breeze
A fun backyard game of catching the
seeds as they drift past.
