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FREE SCHOOL
HOLIDAY FUN
Make your own bubble solution
What You Need:
• 6 cups of water
• 2 cups of liquid dishwashing soap
• 3/4 cup of corn syrup (glucose syrup)
• large mixing bowl
• shallow pan
• pipe cleaners or wire coat hanger for
a bubble wand
• adult assistance
Activity:
Help your child to measure and combine
water, dishwashing soap and corn syrup/
glucose syrup in a large mixing bowl.
Leave for four hours and then pour into a
shallow pan.
Make bubble wands by twisting pipe
cleaners and coat hangers into circles,
squares or any closed shape - the bigger
the wand opening the bigger the bubble.
Make sure you bend any sharp edges
back so they do not make contact with
the opening and don’t forget to make a
handle with the end.
Have your child dip the wand into the
solution and gently wave their arm
through the air to make bubbles.

String art
How could we forget about string art!?
Did you make it at school? You can adapt
a string art board for kids as young as two
right up to teens. String art is a fantastic
way to pass some time concentrating
and creating something lovely. Remind
yourself how to do it right here on Kidspot
www.kidspot.com.au/kids...1/Love-heartstring-art+12098.htm

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Create an impressive melted
crayon artwork
What you need:
• Wax crayons - enough to line the
length of your canvas
• Artist’s canvas - best to try small first
before going too big
• Hot glue gun
• Hairdryer
• Drop sheet or old newspaper for mess
Activity:
1. Pick out the colours you want to use
and line them up across the top of the
canvas.
2. A rainbow colour pattern is made here.
Of course you can try this with different
colour patterns instead of a rainbow.
3. Using a glue gun, squeeze a line of glue
across the crayons.
4. Quickly place the crayons on the
canvas in a line, as shown below, with
tips facing down.
5. Line the floor with a piece of newspaper,
place the canvas against a wall, and
get your blow dryin’ on.
6. You can start out on high and warm
settings and alternate with low at
certain points. You may have to
experiment a little to see how your hair
dryer works with melting the wax. It
sometimes splatters a little, so be sure
to cover the floor and surrounding wall
with newspaper, and turn to a lower
setting if needed.
Once the wax starts melting, move the
dryer around as needed to prevent
splattering and so the wax drips straight
down. Voila! Now you have a fun piece of
art to hang on your wall.

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