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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 14 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, w ]