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How To Make Fake Glass
These instructions will result in either clear or amber glass, depending on the cooking time used.

How To Make Your Own Lickable Stickers
This is a recipe for non-toxic sticker glue.

How To Make Kool-aid Playdough
This makes an edible, fruit-scented playdough.

How To Make Fruity Putty
These are step-by-step instructions on how to make fruity putty.

How To Make Colored Chalk
This is cool colored chalk, for sidewalks or anywhere! Washes off with water, too.

How To Make Gelatin Plastic
Colorful gelatin shapes can be used to make jewelry, mobiles, decorations, and more!

How To Make Resin Papier Mache Paste
This papier mache paste dries to a hard finish.

How To Make Bath Salts (Scented and Colored)
Use chemistry to make gifts or to pamper yourself!

How To Create an Exothermic Chemical Reaction
Exothermic chemical reactions produce heat. In this reaction vinegar is used to remove the protective coating from steel wool, allowing it to rust. When the iron combines with oxygen, heat is released.

How To Make Natural Plastic From Dairy Products
Plastics are generally produced from petroleum, but they can come from other sources as well! All that is really required is the ability to join molecules containing carbon and hydrogen together, which you do whenever you curdle milk.

How To Make a Fizzy Bath Bomb
Use your chemistry to make a fizzy, scented bath bomb. Make them for yourself or give them as gifts!

How To Make Sparkly Paint
This non-toxic paint uses starch and salt for its glittery effects.

How To Grow a Borax Snowflake
Do real snowflakes melt too quickly? Grow a borax snowflake, color it blue if you like, and enjoy the sparkle all year long!

How To Make Invisible Ink - Lemon Juice
Lemon juice is acidic and weakens paper. When paper is heated, the remaining acid turns the writing brown before discoloring the paper.

How To Make Edible Fake Barf
Making a simulant is a form of chemistry, right? Here are instructions for making your own edible fake barf. Ick!

How To Make Fake Wounds
Let's combine chemicals (ingredients) to make fake wounds suitable for Halloween or other special events.

How To Make Fake Snot
This is a gooey, gross variation of the traditional slime recipe, great for Halloween and other occasions requiring snot.

How To Do Paper Chromatography With Leaves
Most plants contain several pigment molecules, so experiment with different leaves to see the wide range of pigments.

How To Make Non-Toxic Gravy Finger Paints
These finger paints are just right for aspiring artists! Use soap and water for clean-up. Be aware that the food coloring could stain fabrics and furniture.

How To Make Invisible Ink - Corn Starch
The writing for this invisible ink technique is done using corn starch. An iodine solution is used to reveal the writing.

How To Make a Lava Lamp - Realistic Version
These instructions for making a lava lamp or lava lite are for the experienced hobbyist, not kids or novices.

How To Make Singing Cake
This is the recipe for a singing cake. The cake sings while baking and then it is ready to eat!

How To Make Non-Toxic Smoke or Fog
While renting a smoke machine is a reliable option, here are fog instructions for the do-it-yourself types.

How To Make Bubble Solution
Save some pennies and make this bubble mix yourself! Most drugstores and pharmacies carry glycerine.

How To Make Your Own Wave Tank
Wave tanks use liquids with two different densities that won't mix together. Here's an easy, non-toxic method.

 
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