Homemade Jewelry for Mom

Jewel & Gem Goop

Materials:

2 cups rock salt
6 to 8 drops food coloring
1/2 cup white glue
bobby pin
yarn or string

Steps:

1. Put rock salt in a medium-size bowl, add food coloring of choice, then stir in the color.

2. Pour the glue on top of the salt in the bowl, then stir. The mixture should become rubbery.

3. Shape the "goop" into beads. Set aside for a couple of hours until they become firm.

4. Poke through the beads with a bobby pin to string the yarn through. Let dry for at least 24 hours.

Materials:

2 cups flour
1/2 cup instant-coffee grounds
1/2 cup salt
3/4 cup warm water
1 Tbs. water
several drops of food coloring
paintbrushes
white glue

Steps:

1. Combine the ingredients in a medium-size bowl to make the dough.

2. Roll it up, cut it out and make fun shapes with candy molds.

1. Twist the pipe cleaner into the shape of your choice.

2. Tie the shape onto a pencil, then submerge it into a container filled with a mixture of room-temperature tap water and Borax--stirred thoroughly until Borax has dissolved (figure C).

3. Let set for several hours and crystals will begin to form on the pipe cleaner (figure D).