Cooler than Classroom Chalk

Name: Cooler than Classroom Chalk
Prep time: 15 min
Ingredients: Toilet paper or paper towel tube, cut in half; Wax paper or foil; 1/2 cup water; McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye; 1 cup plaster of Paris

For kids ages 7-12. This is better than the chalk they have at school, because you make it yourself!

15m

PREP TIME

5

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients

Toilet paper or paper towel tube, cut in half
Wax paper or foil
1/2 cup water
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye
1 cup plaster of Paris

KEY PRODUCTS

INSTRUCTIONS

1 Seal one end of cardboard tube with foil.
2 Mix water and food color in a medium bowl or disposable plastic container. Add to plaster of Paris to make a "pudding" consistency. Stir until the mixture starts to thicken. Work fast!
3 Stand your cardboard tubes on end (on wax paper or foil.) Pour the mixture into the tube.
4 When firm, peel off the cardboard. Any cardboard left on chalk can be rubbed off with gloved finger or scraped off with knife blade.
5 Dry overnight. Go out to your sidewalk or driveway, and start drawing!