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Tips for kids and parents alike on how to make playdoh, silly putty and colored noodles at home, all in this free arts and crafts video series!
There are 15 videos in this series:

Ingredients for colored noodles in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Tools and ingredients for making Play-Doh in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to boil oil and food coloring for Play-Doh ingredients in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to mix the dry ingredients for Play-Doh in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to mix all of the ingredients for Play-Doh in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to knead Play-Doh in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to store your homemade Play-Doh in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn the tools and ingredients for making silly putty in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to make silly putty in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn proper storage for your homemade silly putty in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to make the mixture to create colored noodle in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn the finishing touches for colored noodle mix in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to store colored noodles in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to make a necklace with colored noodles in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

Learn to make a picture with colored noodles in this free arts and crafts video taught by a children's crafts expert.

With this series, we delve into failed experiments with happy endings. James Wright of General Electric was experimenting with rubber substitutes during World War Two and ended up with Silly Putty. Noah and Joseph McVicker set out to invent a wallpaper cleaner and ended up with Playdoh. Agnes Osbourne was attempting to spice up the taste of her pasta and ended up with blue noodles. The happy ending for you is that by watching this sequence of videos, you can learn how to make these products at home for free. Why should you have to pay for someone else’s mistakes? A children's crafts expert, Stacey Olson, takes you through each step in making Silly Putty, Playdoh and colored noodles from materials you are likely to find around the house or at your local grocery store. She will demonstrate how to mix and store these products and suggest creative projects for your child, who is sure to enjoy such ever-popular inventions. And they might even learn a thing or two about consumer independence in the process! Enjoy this free, instructional arts and crafts video series and you'll be on your way to homemade fun in no time.
Stacey Olson Stacey holds a Bachelors of Science in Education and Human Sciences degree, with an endorsement in Inclusive Early Childhood Education specializing in birth to third grade education. She currently teaches school at the elementary level. She has been working with children her entire life and has also been a mother for over four years.dkdk
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