Our girls decided to pick a camp out at NASA to spend our cookie money on. We are just days away and the girls are very excited! I spoke with my Leader briefly about swaps. I suggested a Play Doh Galaxy swap because it looked SUPER cool and fairly cheap. She went with a different swap idea but I still had the biggest urge to try this one. My daughter and I made our own Galaxy swaps, and I think they turned out just how I thought.... SUPER COOL!
I found this on this link http://fairydustteaching.com/2011/05/galaxy-playdough/
but I will tell you how here too.
2 cups all purpose Flour
2 cups of water
Black and Blue food coloring
1 Tbsp of cooking oil (I used coconut oil)
1 Tbsp Cream of Tartar
1 cup Salt
Instructions
Put the black and blue food coloring in the 2 cups of water until you have a dark rich color. I put more black than blue. Pour it in a pan and put heat on medium. Add the cooking oil to the mix. (if using coconut oil allow the oil to melt)
Meanwhile Mix the Flour, Cream of Tartar and Salt in a bowl. When the mix has warmed up(and the coconut oil has dissolved) add the dry ingredients to the pan of liquids. I used a whisk to get mixed together fast, but you will soon need a spoon as the ingredients form and get thicker. Once the mix is a good play doh consistency remove from the heat and plop the mix on some wax paper. Once it is cool enough kneed the doh until everything is for sure mixed.
And just like that you have play doh.
Now for the fun. You and your scouts can now mix all sorts of glitter to make a galaxy. I recommend fine glitter as well as bigger chunky glitter. Martha Stewart has a glitter out there that is star shapped that I HIGHLY recommend for your galaxy. I then had a bout a 1 or 1 1/2 inch star cookie cutter that we cut out star shapes in the galaxy to put in baggies.(I used jewelry baggies found at Hobby Lobby) My daughter can not wait to swap these!
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