Learn about the history of the best pie

Pie has been around since the ancient Egyptians!

• COLORFUL CREATIVE SALT:
  Add 5 - 6 drops of food coloring to 1/2 cup household salt. Stir well. Cook in microwave for 1 to 2 minutes or spread on waxed paper and let air dry. Store in an airtight container. Use as you would glitter.

• HOMEMADE PAINT:
  Mix 1 teaspoon water and 1 teaspoon dishwashing liquid with 1/2 teaspoon of food coloring to make vivid colored paint. Make sure you future Rembrandt wears an apron or play clothes to do this project.

• SOAPY FINGER PAINT:
  Whip 1 cup soap flakes with 1/2 cup of water. Tint with food coloring or dry tempera. Paint on white shelf paper or waxed paper.

• HOMEMADE FINGER PAINT:
  Mix 2 cups flour with 2 teaspoon salt. Add 2 1/2 cups cold water. Stir until smooth. Gradually add this mixture to 2 cups boiling water. Boil until smooth and thick. Add food coloring, then stir until smooth.

• PAINT ROLLER:
  Pry the top off a roll-on deodorant bottle. Fill it with tempera paint and snap the top back on the bottle. Now you have a giant paint pen.

• CHALK PAINT:
  Disolve 6 Tablespoons sugar in 1/4 cup water. Soak chalk 10 minutes. Draw on colored paper with wet chalk.

• HOMEMADE PASTE:
  Mix 1/2 cup flour with 1/2 cup water until smooth. Store in covered container. For more durable paste, add 1/2 cup flour to 1 cup boiling water. Stir over low heat until thick and shiny.

• PLAY DOUGH:
  Mix 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 4 teaspoon cream of tartar, 2 cups water, 2 Tablespoons salad oil and food coloring. Stir ingredents together, then cook in a saucepan over medium heat until dough follows spoon and leaves the side of the pan. Cool and knead. Store in airtight container.

• KOOL-AID PLAY DOUGH:
  Mix 1 cup sifted flour, 1/2 cup salt, 3 Tablespoons oil and 1 small package of Kool-Aid or other unsweetened powdered drink. Add 1 cup boiling water. Stir the ingredients together, knead mxture until it forms a soft dough.

• BUBBLE SOAP:
  Mix 1 cup Joy dishwashing liquid 10 cups water and 1/4 cup glycerin (available at your drugstore, for longer lasting bubbles). Make bubble blowers from a straw, a kitchen funnel or a thin wire shaped in creative forms.

• CINNAMON ORNAMENTS:
  3/4 cup applesauce, 4.1 oz. ground cinnamon. Knead to stiff dough. Roll 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutters. Dry on cookie rack 2 days.