Cotton Ball Rocks

Cotton Ball Rocks

You have probably seen this on Pinterest, but here is our version with a  few tips

Why? This was asked immediately on my Facebook page. Because. Because it is fun. We were also learning about rocks, but this was just fun.

First mix equal parts flour and water. 

Color it if you want-we used food coloring. I saw you could use Jello too to make it smell good.

Coat cotton balls in flour mixture. Let them drain a little

Put them on a cooking sheet covered with a silicone pad, or parchment paper. 

Bake at 325 for 25  or until they seem to dry out. I used the convection setting.

Ours were hot we let them cool, and because it was then pretty late, we let them sit out overnight, which turned out to be a good thing because they hardened overnight

The next day we put them on cutting boards (it was snowing) and let the kids go to town smashing them. Ty used a real hammer-HIS REAL HAMMER-Gav a toy one.  They love smashing them, got some arm exercise in, and later stomped on them, so they moved their legs. 

We also talked about geodes a little, but really this was just fun.