A
new page with a new idea. It is here that Seligor wants to put things
that you can do and make in your spare times. All of them a little bit
different from the modern electronic stuff you all have nowadays. {shush
don't tell anyone, but Diddily loved her Nintendo, and I still like
Pacman and Mario the best with Donkey Kong a close third. } I
have lots of ideas that I'm hoping will interest you all and they are
to be done with the help of your older brothers and sisters as well as
Mum and Dad, so you can print off the page you want and then set to and
get them done. If you would like to take a photo of the finished article and email it to me at http://www.seligorscastle@zoomshare.com I will put it on the website so everyone can see. I do hope you enjoy the new page. xxx's and hugs Diddily.
Two inch Styrofoam ball (Note: or use three balls in incremental sizes)
Two and a half inch Styrofoam ball
Three inch Styrofoam ball
Four toothpicks
Mini black pom poms
Orange chenille stem (regular or bumpy)
Wire cutters
Tacky glue
Piece of ribbon or felt
Butter knife
How to make it:
Take a butter knife and even off the bottom of the largest Styrofoam ball. This will allow the snowman to stand up.
Push a toothpick halfway into the top of the largest Styrofoam ball (make sure the flat bottom is on the table).
Push the medium-sized Styrofoam ball onto the toothpick.
Push a toothpick a little more than halfway into the top of the
medium-sized Styrofoam ball. (Note: You don't want the toothpick
sticking out the top of the head!)
Push the smallest Styrofoam ball on top of the toothpick. This is the head.
Cut a short piece of orange chenille stem off for the nose. (Parents please do this step)
Push the nose into the middle of the (front) of the smallest Styrofoam ball.
Glue on pom pom eyes, mouth, and buttons.
Cut a strip of felt or ribbon for the scarf. Glue where the scarf
crosses both to the Styrofoam ball and to the other piece of scarf.
Stick two toothpicks in the middle-sized Styrofoam ball for the arms. (see photo)
How fun! Your own non-melting snowman!
Snow Family Finger Puppets
By: Amanda Formaro
Difficulty: Average
Age: 6 and up
Average User Rating:
This adorable snow family will give your kids hours of puppet time fun!
All you need are some inexpensive knit gloves and a few simple supplies
to put together this cute project.
What you'll need:
1 white knit glove
Hot glue gun
4 tiny orange pom poms
Small pom poms for ear muffs and hat
Chenille stem pieces
Scrap material
Scrap felt for scarves
Black acrylic paint
Paint brush
White felt
Scissors
Plastic wrap
How to make it:
Fill fingers of glove with plastic wrap. This will keep the glove
from sticking to itself from the glue and will act as a “filled finger”
which allows for a good fit when done.
Glue on chenille stems and pom poms for ear muffs.
Use a triangle shaped scrap of felt to form a simple hat. Wrap the
wide piece around the bottom and fold down the point to the back, then
glue in place. Glue a pom pom on top.
Use scrap material to make a wrap around shawl. Simply glue the
center of a long strip of material to the top of the “head”, then wrap
around and glue in place. Trim ends if needed.
Make scarves from felt strips, fringing the ends with scissors. Glue in place.
Glue orange pom poms on for noses.
Dip the handle end of a small paint brush into black acrylic paint.
Carefully dot on eyes and mouths. (Practice this step on the thumb
first if you plan to discard it the way that we did.
Allow everything to dry, then trim off the bottom of the glove and the thumb.
Glue a 1” wide strip of white felt around the bottom to keep it from fraying.
Carefully remove the plastic wrap from the fingers.
Put on hand and have a fun puppet show, these are so adorable and as the kids get used to making them you can create your own village community.
TIPS
Knit gloves are inexpensive (sometimes as £1.00 per pair)
and can be found at Tesco's or Ethel Austin's
If you have tiny black pom poms they can be used in place of paint
for the eyes and mouths. You can also practice with a black
marker. I used to use pieces of felt after a while it get easier to get them right.
Be careful when using hot glue guns because the hot glue can hurt
little hands. Always supervise or handle the gun yourself while
children position the materials. White craft glue can be used instead,
but takes a lot longer to dry. Again I have never possessed a glue gun, but I am very old and not used to these new things.
AND IN HERE YOU WILL FIND A FEW FANTASTIC LITTLE VIDEO'S ON HOW YOU CAN MAKE SOME GREAT THINGS OF YOUR OWN, FROM A FELT PIZZA TO A FORTUNE COOKIE.
JUST CLICK ^ ON THE VIDEO SLOT IF YOU HAVE ANY BOTHER WITH THE VIDEO PLAYER. THESE WEE GREMLINS GET EVERYWHERE
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If the earth hatched from a giant egg, as the ancient Persians
believed, it might have resembled one of these in our dreamy dozen. We
used a simple dyeing technique to create the intricate swirls of color:
earthy brown twisting over baby blue, soft beige afloat on buttery
yellow. Every Easter egg made this way is one of a kind -- all are
enchanting.
Tools and Materials
Egg blower 12 eggs Several mixing bowls, shallow and deep Measuring spoons Liquid measuring cup White vinegar Food coloring Spoon and fork Olive oil Paper towels
How to Marbleizing
With
an egg blower, which is available at crafts stores, pierce the top and
bottom of each egg, puncturing the yolk; carefully expel the contents.
Rinse, and let dry.
1. In a small mixing bowl, combine 3 cups
warm water, 2 tablespoons vinegar, and 10 to 20 drops of food coloring.
Place egg in dye, and leave it submerged until it turns the desired
shade.
2. In a wide, shallow bowl, prepare a second batch of dye
-- which will provide the swirls -- in a darker shade or a different
color. Liquid should be no deeper than one half-inch. Add 1 tablespoon
olive oil. Run a fork through this mixture, creating curlicues of oil
on the surface.
3. As oil swirls, place dyed egg in mixture, and roll it once around the bowl to pick up oil streaks; remove the egg.
4. Gently pat egg with a paper towel.
5.
Let it dry. You can experiment with color combinations: Vary the base
tints and the swirls to achieve striking contrasts, subtle shadings, or
multihued richness.
I must thank the fantastic Martha Stewart for the use of her Expertees.
I like brown eggs far the best; Out of a brown old haystack nest, Under a brown hen, cosy, stout, With brown fowl hovering round about.
Long ago so I've been told, A goose laid eggs of purest gold. (Eggs of gold in a golden shell Mean none to eat, and all to sell!)
Eggs of gold would build a town, Eggs of gold would buy a crown, Buy a crown and make a king, And grant his lady anything!
I have brown eggs for my tea, Served in an egg-cup bought for me! So keep your gold and all the rest, I like brown eggs by far the best.
Revived on behalf of E. Fleming by Seligor. xxx
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Some wonderful clips for the kids, really over 5's I think
JUST CLICK ^ ON THE VIDEO SLOT IF YOU HAVE ANY BOTHER
WITH THE VIDEO PLAYER.
THESE WEE GREMLINS GET EVERYWHERE
My little ones love some but not all, the skeleton one is very funny but a little scary. Take a look through them first. Diddily x x x
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Playtimes 4 U
HOW TO MAKE A DIARY AND KEEP IT A SECRET
Can anyone tell me the name of the young girl who kept a diary all through the world war, she was very brave. Also a man called Samuel Peypes kept a diary which gave the history teachers lots of information about the Fire of London, amongst many other historical happenings.
The young lady was Anne Frank, but I am sure mum or dad would have told you already. xxx
1. Make sure that your diary is made especially for you. Don't leave it plain, cover it with some material or photos, material is better I think otherwise it just might be mistaken for a photo album and you don't want your diary falling under the wrong eyes.
2. You don't need to buy a book with every date in it, much better to get a blank pad and add the days when you find you have something exciting to write about. It can get a bit boring writing. "Today I got up. Nothing much happened. Went to bed 8pm." Now I ask you how uncool is that. Instead focus on the main points of the day. Did you go anywhere special? Did you make any new friends? A special Bo maybe!! How did you feel, etc.
3. What ever you do don't moan about your day, who would want to remember that. Unless you fell out with your best friend , or lost you purse.
4. Make sure you write nice, no scribbling and make it tidy every day.
5. Do remember that someone just might get to see your diary so try not to use the real names of anyone you might talk about. It would be awful if you wrote something awful about your friend that was, only to make it up and her read your diary and see the dreadfull things you may have written.
6. Most peoples diaries are kept somewhere safe, away from prying eyes.... not under your pillow or even the bed. The best place is in your bookcase amongst all your other books. Give it a false title like... Diddily's Book of Welsh Literature... it wont get many second looks that's for sure... not in England or America anyway.
THERE YOU GO 6 RULES FOR MAKING A LOVELY DIARY. HAVE FUN. SELIGOR. XXX
PASTIMES 4 U SCRAP BOOKS GALORE
You will soon be needing somewhere to put all those fanastic holiday snaps and you don't want them to get scruffy when all your friends view you holiday romances and disasters. So here is a simple Scrap Book to make:
1. You will need a ring folder with plastic inlays, then some medium thickness paper, no
bigger than A4 so they fit in the plastic sleeves.
2. Mist the paper with a spray bottle filled with water very lightly and evenly on both sides.
3. Crumple the paper into a very tight ball.
The tighter the paper is crumpled, the more “waves” you will have. You
may have to re-crumple the page several times to get the desired
effect. Reopen paper, smooth it out with your hands, and lay it flat to
dry
4. When the paper has dried thoroughly, apply a drop of white stamp pad
refill ink onto a cottonwool ball and brush lightly across paper – just
enough to get the top edges of the wrinkles in the paper. The result
should look like rippling water.
5. Once the ink has dried thoroughly,
place the paper face down on an ironing board and place a cloth over
it. Turn the iron to a very low setting (I used the silk / rayon
setting) and iron the paper until it lays fairly flat. If you skip this
step, you will have a hard time getting the glue or photo squares to
hold your pictures to the crumpled paper.
6. Use an interesting lettering style or
a word processor to make a “Fun in the Sun” title block for the front page –
be creative! As most of us who use a PC have most of the materials to hand it is only the ring folder you need or one of those that is lying dormant. (mine are usually shoved under the bed)
7. Add photos from your favourite
summertime activity, playing on the beach, at the fun fare, for the young ones, going to the ball park or swimming centre– the
possibilities are endless!).
Ruby Glen used brightly coloured paper to border
the pictures and make them stand out.
8. Don’t forget to leave plenty of room for comments!
And be sure to put the date of the pictures in small print somewhere on the page.
Then place each page in a plastic cover in the ring folder. Don't forget to make brilliant cover page for the front and back of the folder.
This is a wondeful site to link to "Rubyglen.com" 2003 - Thankyou Ruby. xx
I still love these scrapbooks. They are a truely great way of keeping your memories.
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Potato Prints
Material
* Potatoes * Water based Paint * Flat bottom container for paint * Paper
Instructions (ADULT Help required when cutting potatoes)
* Cut potato in half * Cut a design with a knife into the fresh cut part of potato * Dip potato in paint or lightly paint cut portion of potato * Stamp painted portion of potato onto paper * Repeat until desired pattern is created * Optional:
Repeat Cutting/Stamping with different colours
wrapping paper
Thanks Bethany for reminding me, Seligor xx
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Things you can do with a few sheets of paper, poster paint and brushes, some straws a mega load of paper, which I'm sure the local chip-shop or Chinese Restaurant will provide you with the printless type. News paper makes an awful mess of everything. Don't forget the kitchen Roll and wet wipes.
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And now for the straws, quite runny paint and more wetwipes and kitchen roll. It often makes sense to paint outside on a lovely summer day when the paper doesn't blow away and the clothes can be taken off befor painting begins. Jigsaws are excellent for winter :) :) :)
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Put a blob of paint on the paper and using the straw blow the paint around
the page. You will need fairly thin paint so that it moves well around
the page. Supervision will be required for younger children to make
sure they don't suck paint through the straw.
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Using
a shiny paper and a small brush, drop small blobs of paint onto the
surface. Tilt up the paper so that the paint runs down, with some being
absorbed on the way.
Above is a wonderful site that you can go to in Australia, It is excellent and has an awful lot of very good things to do.
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PASTIMES 4 U Pure Fun:
Ivory Projects: Soap Carving Instructions and Tips
Any family member who is old enough to work with a carving tool can enjoy carving soap. The shape and texture of Ivory Bar Soap make it ideal for creating fun, memorable soap sculptures, from the simple to the extraordinary. Here are a few suggestions to help make your soap sculpture its best.
What You’ll Need to Begin
Soap carving can be simple and inexpensive.
You’ll need:
• A large bar of Ivory soap – Ivory's shape and texture are ideal for carving • A paring knife • 1-2 orangewood sticks used for manicures • Pencil and paper for sketching • Optional – Large tray to hold soap chips from carving
Unwrap the soap and let it dry for a day. Scrape off the lettering and any raised edges before beginning.
1. Developing Your Design
Sample Patterns for Soap Carving Designs
These designs are ideal for beginners.
Simply:
• Place the design on your prepared bar of Ivory soap and trace it onto the soap using carbon paper or a sharp pencil. • With a little practice you’ll soon be ready to create designs of your own!
2. From Design to Soap Carving
• If you have a clear mental picture of your idea or have carved before, you can begin by carving directly on the soap. • Or, you can use the orangewood stick to outline a rough sketch on each surface before you carve. • Beginners may want to sketch or use a pre-existing pattern on paper and trace it onto the soap.
3. Begin with Rough Cuts
The actual carvings begin with rough cuts that remove the large parts of the soap not necessary for your design. • Place the soap on the table or tray. • If you are right-handed, hold the soap with your left hand and start cutting at the upper right-hard corner. (If left-handed, use the opposite hand.) • Leave about 1/4" margin beyond your outlined sketch to allow for mistakes and more detailed work later. • Cut clear through the bar, removing excess soap all the way around. • ALWAYS CUT AWAY ONLY SMALL PIECES OR SLICES. Soap often breaks if cut in big chunks.
4. Adding the Details • After the first cuts, you may find it more comfortable to use the knife as if peeling a potato. Continue to stay 1/8" to 1/4" away from your sketch guidelines to allow for finer work later. • As you work, keep turning the soap, always keeping the shape of the piece in mind. Step back from time to time to look at the entire piece. • Watch your high points -- those that jut out farthest from the surface -- and your low points -- those farthest in. • Carve gradually from the high points toward the deepest cuts. Your knife point is useful for this. • Don't try to finish any one part in detail before another. • When the piece is almost finished, smooth rough edges with the knife’s edge and mark in details like eyes or ears with the knife tip or an orangewood stick. 5. Polishing
• Allow your sculpture to dry for a day or two. • Then, rub it with a soft paper napkin, being careful not to break off corners or high points. • Finish by rubbing it gently with finger tops or palm.
Do pay a visit to this wonderful web site, it is fantastic and full of wonderful things for the kids to take up as hobbies.
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Bath Bombs
Hi, This is David Fisher for About.com.
He will tell you the way to make the bath bombs and save Seli copying everything out.
Though probably more people take showers every day than baths, your
bath times can be especially wonderful by adding one of these. Some
people call them bath fizzies, others call them bath seltzers, most
people call them bath bombs.
Bath Bomb Ingredients;
To make them you will need:
1 cup of cornstarch
1 cup of citric acid
2 cups of baking soda
1/2 cup of Epsom salt
1/2 cup of sea salt
2 tsp. of distilled water
1/2 tsp. of borax
1-2 tsp. of essential oil or fragrance oil
2 tbsp of light oil
You may also want to add a few drops of a soap safe dye colorant
Bath Bomb Supplies
You will also need:
a big mixing bowl
a whisk or mixer with a whisk attachment
several measuring cups and spoons
something to mix the wet phase in
a sieve or sifter
a spoon or two
a spray bottle with distilled water in it
a mold for the bath bombs
You will need a cookie sheet with paper towels for the bombs to dry on.
Mix the Bath Bomb Dry Ingredients
Sift all of your dry
ingredients into your mixing bowl and stir them well to make sure they
are blended well and no clumps remain.
Add the Bath Bomb Wet Ingredients
For the wet phase, put the water into your squirt bottle and add the
borax. Be sure to add the borax before you add the other ingredients.
If you are using a liquid colorant, add your colorant to the
water/borax mixture. Add the fragrance or essential oil and your light
vegetable oil. Shake well so that the whole mixture becomes emulsified.
With your whisk in hand, squirt a few drops of the
oil/water/borax mixture into the center of the dry ingredients. It is
going to immediately start to fizz. Start mixing right away with the
whisk. This stops the fizzing by incorporating the liquid into the rest
of the dry ingredients.
Test the Bath Bomb Consistency
It is now time to test the mixture. The desired consistency is kind of
like wet sand- just barely wet enough to stick together. Pick up a half
handful of the mix and squeeze it together. Does it clump into a ball?
Or more important, does it remain clumped? If so, great, you can begin
molding. If they are still too dry, use your spray bottle of water to
add just a bit more water.
Mould the Bath Bombs
The most popular mould seems to be ball-shape. I am using a clear,
plastic, two-piece Christmas ornament here. Overfill each half with the
mixture, and press them together firmly. You want the edges of the mould
to just barely come together while getting a really good pack on the
mixture inside. Let the moulded ball sit for a minute or two. Then tap
the side of the ball firmly with a tablespoon. The side of the mould
should gently lift off. You can use anything really to make the moulds, that will allow the escape easy when dry.
Repeat
on the other side. Even with your mixture perfectly balanced, you will
occasionally get a ball that will crumble or be flawed or broken. No
problem. Just crush it up, put it back into the bowl and remould it.
Dry the Bath Bombs
Gently lay the tablets or balls onto a paper towel lined cookie sheet
or plate. At this point, they will still be a little bit soft, but
after drying overnight they will be really hard and ready for the
bathtub!
Now you know how to make bath bombs! And when you drop one
into your bathtub, you will see just why they are called bath bombs.
Thanks for watching.
For more information visit us on the Web at
About.com.
this is also a very good sitewww.soapsdirect.co.uk
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A CRYSTAL GARDEN
Later on we shall make a garden on a tray or plate, but right now we shall try to make a crystal garden. This truely is one of the most beautiful gardens you can make. As a child Diddily used to make these in school. It was wonderful to watch the tiny crystals growing. We used to grow them in a large pickle jar , (thoroughly cleaned of course) but on looking through the internet, this now seems to be the way to do it.
Firstly you will need an ordinary house brick. Then :-
4tblsp. bluing (available from a good ironmongers, [Ms. Stewart’s Liquid Bluing].) 4tblsp. table salt, (make sure it has no iodine in it.) 1 tblsp. ammonia 4tblsp. water based food colouring 1 pretty dish or plate. (something with leaves on looks really nice.)
1. Firstly break the brick into small chunks and place on the dish, don't put them neatly, you want it to look kind of rough.
2. Secondly, mix together the bluing,salt, and ammonia. Pour the liquid onto the brick. Slowly to make sure the liquid is absorbed by the bricks.
3. Thirdly, drop the food colouring onto the bricks, you can use different colour ones, there are many colours for sale in the super markets. Don't put big blobs, you want the crystals to grow like a rainbow.
4. Fourthly, You will need patience for it takes time for the crystals to grow. Place on the window sill and wait. Other substances for growing crystals on are: Sponges' place the sponge in a glass containers, pour liquid over.
DON'T FORGET TO ASK A GROWN UP FOR HELP WHEN MIXING THE LIQUIDS, YOU MUST TAKE CARE AT ALL TIMES.
I am sure that if you go to the high street chemist or drug store they will advise you what crystals are the best for growing. I made a big one when I was a child, by using an old goldfish bowl, any shape just remember to take the goldfish out first though. Crystals can be very beautiful, and very expensive, think about diamonds! However most crystals are very small and very delicate. Think of a Snowflake. In this activity you have the opportunity to grow bigger crystals and look at their structure in more detail. There are crystals all around us and most crystals have a regular shape. This activity is an introduction into the science of crystal formation You will need; Petri dishes/ jam jar lids or similar, Epsom salts, warm water, stirrers, black paper or string, magnifying glass or microscope if available. for this other way to make crystals using Epson salts and food colouring. First, you must make a saturated solution of the Epsom Salts. Once have done this you will be able to start growing your crystals. This can take a little while, but it is worth being patient to grow a really exciting crystal garden. There are many ways to grow crystals and the two ways detailed below will start you off in the right direction Measure out 100ml of warm water. Hot tap water is fine. Add Epsom Salts slowly, teaspoon by teaspoon, and stir thoroughly after each addition until every single crystal has dissolved. This may take some time, but it is worth the effort as the more saturated the solution, the bigger crystals you will grow. A saturated solution is achieved when no more Epson Salts will dissolve in the liquid. Now you have a choice, you can either: 1. Cut a piece of black paper to the size of a Petri dish or jam jar lid and fit it inside. Then pour the saturated solution into the dish and leave in a warm place to evaporate. As the water evaporates, a crystal garden will begin to grow. Leave it for a few days at least and then use the hand lenses or microscope to observe the crystal structures formed. 2. Very carefully tie a small crystal onto a piece of string and suspend the crystal in the saturated solution. Leave for a few days and you will begin to grow a very large crystal. For me this is the best of the crystals, but it does take the longest to form. This is a super way of doing it, for it looks terrific when the crystal takes form but you must have loads of patience. The following video is all about the sea, it is very funny, especially the first video, which is the story of the NANCY BELL a wonderful poem.
CLICK ON HE^ RE IF THE VIDEO SAY'S AN ERROR HAS HAPPENED
I decided that whenever I am working, (she calls it playing,) with my youngest grand daughter that I end up covered in glue all over me, paint all over me, just like Mr Messy. Then after she has gone back home to her Mummy, I become Mr Tidy, and Mr Sleepy if there is one.
It is
always wise to check through all the video clips in the Menu for
sometimes the odd strange one can get through and you mightn't want
your littlest ones to see it. The same applies to all video links
really. What amuses some cultures does not always amuse others. xxx
Of course we haven't mentioned how to make your own stalagmites, the ones that grow up, and stalactites the ones that grow down. The easiest way to make Crystal columns is to collect together 2 2lb glass jam jars. some washing soda and a spoon, 2 lengths of wool 35 cm. long. Use "arran wool" double thickness, twisted together to make a thick string. Some very hot water from the hot tap and a large plate. (Not your mothers best China one either.)
Make sure you do these in the place where they can stay for a few weeks, for they will not be able to be moved after they are ready. Place them in a safe place and put the plate inbetween the jars. This is to collect the drips that will make the stalagmites.
Fill the two jars with very hot water. Stir in loads of washing soda, go on stirring it in till no more will disappear in the water. Then drop one end of the wool into each jar, so the wool hangs over the plate. after a few days the water and soda climb up the wool and then when they meet in the middle it begins to drip, after a while your stalagmites and tites will start to appear.
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Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Hi,
I'm Chef John Mitzewich for About.com, today I'm going to show you how
to put together the famous deep-dish, stuffed Chicago-style pizza.
Chicago Pizza Dough
All right, we're going to start with 1 1/2
pounds of pizza dough. You can buy that at the store or make it
yourself. Any recipe that makes enough for 2 pizzas will work. Divide
it not quite in half - like 55-45% because the bottom is going to be a
little bigger. So take the larger of the two pieces on a floured board
and roll it out about 1/8th inch thick.
Arrange the Pizza Dough in the Pan
I'm going to use a 10-inch
springform pan. So I want it about 4-5 inches larger than the pan.
Place it in and press it against the sides. Make sure it overlaps at
least an inch or so. Make sure its nice and form-fitting. A little
extra is fine because we are going to go around with scissors and trim
the extra. You can add that to the other dough.
Layer the Deep Dish Pizza Ingredients
We're going to throw in
1 cup of grated provolone cheese, 1 pound of cooked sausage, and I'm
going to put in a 10-oz can of artichoke hearts. The fillings are
really up to you. Top that with more cheese, 1/3 cup of grated
parmesan.
Add More Pizza Dough
Now to top that, roll the other piece of
dough to the same thickness and place that over the top. It's going to
overlap a bit. By the way, if that looks dark it's because I used whole
grain pizza dough. Trim again with the scissors. And then go around
with your finger tips and roll and press the top dough into the bottom
dough. Very simple. Don't worry too much about what it looks like
because when it bakes it will look beautiful.
Layer Chicago Pizza Ingredients on Top
Then take a parry knife
and poke some whole to release the steam. Top with 1 cup of pizza
sauce. Not to much, you don't want to weigh it down with sauce. Just
enough to cover it. Place 4-oz of fresh mozzarella cheese and about 1/4
cup of parmesan.
Bake the Chicago-Style Pizza
Bake at 375 degrees F., for 45
minutes. It has to cook for a while so all that dough can cook and it
won't be all soggy. If you notice it getting too brown put some foil
over for the last few minutes of cooking. As soon as you can handle it
snap off the springform ring and use a spatula to remove the pizza from
the bottom and let it cool for at least 10 - 15 minutes.
Serve the Chicago Deep Dish Pizza
Then of course the good
part; slice it, serve it…look at that. Unreal, its so delicious. I'm
from New York so I love thin crust, but there is nothing like a good
thick stuffed Chicago-style deep-dish pizza for a change of pace. Hey,
you get like a free loaf of Italian bread going around the outside.
Really nice. I hope you give it a try. Enjoy.
More Things to Make
Have you ever made yourself a necklace out of macaroni, or a collage out of all different types of pasta. You only need a picture frame with a strong back that you can glue all the different pieces to it. and a hook with some string, and voila a wonderful Christmas present, that costs hardly anything.
To make your necklace, you will need any macaroni with a hole in the middle, and a piece of wool or string. It is best to paint the pieces of macaroni different colours first give them a wash and make sure they are quite dry, then thread the piece of wool through to make the neckless. Tie off. Voila!! beautiful Always use a piece of wool that will snap easily if tugged, we don't want you strangling yourself do we.
Mummy and Daddy would be very upset. So get them to help you choose which wool to use. Take a look at all the different colour pasta there is in these pictures, you will find hundreds of different ways of arranging them. Here are the letters of the alphabet, you can even teach yourself how to make words.
Remember the Tray Garden, well instead of moss and soil, use sand and pasta. The names of the different pasta's are revealed if you click on the pictures. Now for a few more for you to choose from.
THIS I HAVE BORROWED FROM THE BLUE PETER WEB SITE. I AM SURE THEY WON'T MIND AS YOU CAN PRINT IT OUT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT QUITE A LOT OF YOU CAN'T GET THE BBC SITE SO HERE IS, HOW TO MAKE A CHRISTMAS CARD IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME OR THE PENNIES TO BUY ONE.
TV Show:Blue Peter
Make your own Christmas Cards and don't forget, you can make cards for everything; birthdays, weddings, graduation, friendship, and many more but basically you will need:
Coloured card
Contrasting coloured card
Small amount ofpatterned fabric or wrapping paper
Christmasshapes; stars, trees, fairies, snowmen etc.
Glueand glitter of all all colours
Method:
Fold
a piece of card in half. Take some contrasting coloured card and cut
1cm smaller than the size of the folded card.
Cut this piece in half
lengthways
Glue
one half to the left-hand side of the front of the card keeping the
inner edge along the centre of the main card. This shows a 1cm border
around the top, bottom and folded edge.
Draw
a template of a Chistmassy design like a Xmas tree, bauble or star and
cut out.
Use this to cut out two designs in either fabric or wrapping
paper. Glue
one design to the front of the card so that the centre of the design is
in line with the centre of the card. Cut away the card around the
design on the right-hand side.
Glue the other contrast rectangle to the inside of the card on the far right-hand side to correspond with the front.
Decorate with glue and glitter around the edge of the card and on the tree. Stick a star on top of the Xmas tree. For designs like a crown or pudding you could cut the card diagonally.
A few more places for making things for last minute gifts
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/index.htm
this website has a lot of nice things you can do with your Christmas cards once Christmas is over.
Stumble It!
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Eggs of gold would build a town,
photo album and you don't want your diary falling under the wrong eyes.
you may have written.
sure... not in England or America anyway. 
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Things you can do with a few sheets of paper, poster paint and brushes, some straws a mega load of paper, which I'm sure the local chip-shop or Chinese Restaurant will provide you with the printless type. News paper makes an awful mess of everything. Don't forget the kitchen Roll and wet wipes.
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soap using carbon paper or a sharp pencil.
soap not necessary for your design.
crystals growing. We used to grow them in a large pickle jar , (thoroughly cleaned of course) but on looking through the internet, this now seems to be the way to do it. 
Other substances for growing crystals on are:; "Smile"){kind=small}
crystals are very small and very delicate. Think of a Snowflake.
In this activity you have the opportunity to grow bigger crystals and look at their structure in more detail.
Once have done this you will be able to start growing your crystals. 
inside. Then pour the saturated solution into the dish and leave in a warm place to evaporate. 
It is
always wise to check through all the video clips in the Menu for
sometimes the odd strange one can get through and you mightn't want
your littlest ones to see it. The same applies to all video links
really. What amuses some cultures does not always amuse others. xxx
Fill the two jars with very hot water. Stir in loads of washing soda, go on stirring it in till no more will disappear in the water. Then drop one end of the wool into each jar, so the wool hangs over the plate. after a few days the water and soda climb up the wool and then when they meet in the middle it begins to drip, after a while your stalagmites and tites will start to appear. 
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Arrange the Pizza Dough in the Pan
Add More Pizza Dough
Bake the Chicago-Style Pizza
Remember the Tray Garden, well instead of moss and soil, use sand
and pasta.
Now for a few more for you to choose from.