Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum :: Get into the spirit of learning!

The education should continue once you are back home! Here are some great activities that you and your family can do!

Materials	Instructions:
A variety of small flat objects or material such as buttons, lace or cutout shapes Cardboard Glue Wet sheet of paper Spoon	Glue textured materials onto a piece of cardboard or foam core. Dampen a piece of paper with water. Place it on top of your textured cardboard. Use the back of a spoon to rub the paper. Does the texture of the objects on your cardboard show through?

Materials

Instructions:

1 jar
Heavy Cream
Cheesecloth

Fill your jar halfway with cream and shake, shake, shake! Keep shaking! After a few minutes, you will have whipped cream. If you keep shaking for about 10 minutes a blob will start to form. When it is a solid clump, separate your buttermilk from your butter. Rinse your butter and strain the excess liquid off through cheesecloth. Add some salt and enjoy! Remember to refrigerate your leftovers!

What is going on?

Well, cream is made of fats and proteins. By shaking it, you force the fats to gather together and separate from the protein matter in the liquid. Delicious!

Materials	Instructions:
2 cups flour 1 cup salt 3 teaspoons oil 2 cups very hot water (to dissolve Kool-Aid mixture) 2 individual packages or 2 Tablespoons Kool-Aid mix	Dissolve Kool-Aid in hot water. In separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, and oil. Add water mixture. If sticky, add more flour. Once the playdough begins to thicken, flour your hands and knead the dough. Then use cookie cutters, rolling pins, garlic presses, and meat pounders to form everything from a snake to a village! Have fun!

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