Make It Yourself           Sensory Materials -- Recipes Our staff's and contributor's favorite recipes for playdough, gak, fingerpaints, clean mud and lots more!   Make Your Own Sensory Table For play with water, sand, rice, or birdseed.  Very easy.   Recipe for Paper Mache Includes variations with or without the use of craft glue.   Recipes for Bubble Solution Make your own bubble blowing liquid!  Click here for more bubble fun.     Basic Patterns To Print & Cut Out If you hate having to draw your own patterns for cutting shapes for collage projects or other arts and crafts, you might like these.  Patterns include a large flower petal, a seahorse, a starfish, etc.  Can be used for flannel board activities too.     Flannel Board Stories, Instructions, Songs, & Rhymes   This wonderful site includes in-depth instructions on making your own flannel board, plus your own felt pieces to use on it.  Song & Rhymes to use with your materials are also included!     Picture Books Learn how to make your own picture books -- a great parent/child project.  Very easy.  An excellent way to help your child's language development.       Make Your Own Book about Germs & Hand Washing  Part of a special EK Science section.   Do It Yourself Lamination with Clear Contact Paper  Ideas for crafts and for protecting posters and other materials.   Make Your Own Chubby Crayons Use up those old broken crayons to make something new and fun!  Great project for older kids. Recipes for Baking with Kids Cooking is an important part of any kid's education.  Here are some recipe for baked goods that can make themselves -- with adult supervision, of course.     For lots more recipes, craft instructions, and art ideas.... Visit the EK Art Page for more projects, and don't miss our HOLIDAY PAGES for great seasonal and holiday projects!   Back to Material Resources   Back to Teaching & Caregiving