Recipes for Art and Craft Materials

by Helen Roney Sattler, Marti Shohet (Illustrator)

With these inventive recipes for making inexpensive materials for art and craft projedts, you can cook up your own paste, paint, ink, clay, and dough with ingredients readily available at a grocery store, a drugstore, or in your own kitchen cupboards. Each of the seventy recipes includes step-by-step instructions, special hints for making projects go more smoothly, and safety tips. An ideal reference book to use both at home and at school.

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1973

Reviews

[Ami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great concept, although many of the recipes contained things I don't know how to get (where exactly does one buy dextrine? boric acid solution?). Most intriguing were the glue recipes, which I intended to try soon, and if they work decently, I'll come back and add another star.

Edited: I did add another star; so far I've only made the "paper paste", but it's been pretty impressive. I'm glad to have cheap, homemade glue because I don't feel as bad about using as much as I want, and that makes learning about collage easier. I hope to try others soon.

[Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a valuable reference book for the artist/crafter who wants to make some of her own supplies.

[Apryl Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Invaluable reference of fun ways to get messy and create masterpieces 'n such.