The Santa Truck on Christmas Eve

This is an annual tradition in my parts.  Wouldn't be Christmas without it.

 The kids were thoroughly enjoying their White Christmas with a snowball fight too. :)


Hope you and yours have a wonderful remainder of your holiday season.

Linus

What Christmas is all about.

monday

Putting my kids on the school bus this morning was more difficult than the first day of kindergarten.


 I can't even find a tangible thought to go with my feelings so I'll stop trying.


 I'll just pray.

goldfinch

A little pencil sketch just for fun.

A Variation on Salt Clay

I made a big batch of this clay recipe (found on pinterest of course) and I have to tell you, it was absolutely THE STRANGEST thing I've ever made (not including the 3 monkeys that live with me)

Recipe is as follows -
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 cup baking soda
3/4 cup water

Very simple, with cheap ingredients, seemed like a winner.  

This mixture needs to be cooked on the stove to form a clay but working with it before it was cooked was where the fun was.

            ------->If you placed your hand on the surface of the mixture, your hand sank down into it like melted ice cream.

            ------->If you punched the surface with your fist as hard as you could (and why would you NOT), your hand BOUNCED off the surface as if it was a solid piece of wood!

That was 30 minutes of entertainment for the monkeys and I.


Put it in a pot and on the stove over medium heat, stirring constantly, until it resembles thin mashed potatoes.

Dump it out onto a cookie sheet dusted with a little cornstarch until it cools enough to kneed with your hands until smooth.

I brought it into school with a bin of cookie cutters to make some little ornaments with one of my classes.

Let dry, then bake at 175 F for 15 minutes.

We may decide to paint these after the kids come back next week.