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"This was always my favourite "toy" when I was growing up. You can make it into shapes of all sorts of things. I had so much fun, tint it whatever colour you like. I usually had pink as it was my favourite colour."

Ingredients: cooking oil, cream of tartar...

"What happens to the Flubber when... it is stretched? it is rolled into a ball and bounced? it is stretched over the opening of the jar? an object (golf ball, etc.) is rolled on it? What else can you do with flubber? ...make it and find out! A Closer Look: Flubber is a polymer made by a chemical reaction. Polymers are very long chains of repeating units...."

Ingredients: food coloring, borax, glue...

"This will do good to your hair."

Ingredients: eggs, olive oil, yoghurt...

"These bath bombs make fantastic gifts - they are just dropped into a hot bath & they fizz & dissolve releasing a beautiful fragrance! Surprisingly easy to make, let your imagination run WILD & experiment with different oils & colours - I also like to add dried rose petals, dried lavender & fine glitter......the possibilities are..."

Ingredients: bicarbonate of soda, citric acid...

"From Rima Soni's Q & A Trouble Shooter column, Weekend magazine."

Ingredients: vinegar, water...

"Recipe from www.make-stuff.com"

Ingredients: glycerin, bath soap, water...

"Fun for the kids, not only to make and play with but to eat too!"

Ingredients: honey, smooth peanut butter...

"This is from the Bethel Play Group from 1979. The ladies always made sure we had some in hand. Now I make it for my sons. It turns out well and keeps on the shelf for a REALLY long time in a freezer bag. When you first knead it, be careful, it is still quite hot."

Ingredients: food coloring, oil, salt...

"This stuff is so much fun for a rainy afternoon with kids!"

Ingredients: food coloring, borax...

"Green tea is an excellent skin toner because it contains antioxidants such as Vitamins C and E which help to strengthen the skin's natural defences. This toner works especially well as an anti-irritant and can be used to soothe aggravated skin or sunburn. From the book: Natural Beauty At Home by Janice Cox."

Ingredients: green tea, distilled water...

"Quick, easy and simple remedy to keep on hand for those stinky emergencies! This works great for washable things like the dog, clothes etc... AS WELL AS NON-WASHABLE items like carpet, furniture, AIR etc..... Worked great one very late night when the dog just HAD to go out ... to chase a skunk, and run back into the house and roll on the carpet! AAAARRGGGHHHHH..."

Ingredients: spray bottle, white vinegar...

"From the City Times."

Ingredients: green tea, water...

"This recipe came from my mom, as I'm having trouble with tomato bugs. She got it out of a gardening magazine. I just tried another homemade bug killer recipe, and will try this and let you know how it does for me, or if anyone would like to try it I'd love to know your results."

Ingredients: oil soap, vegetable oil...

"From Janice Cox's Natural Beauty At Home, 2nd edition."

Ingredients: fresh lemon juice, plain yogurt...