Sidewalk Chalk, We Made It

We went to the beach Wednesday. After about two hours, it rained. So, we came home and made chalk. It was a lot easier and less messy than I thought it would be. Both my daughter and her friend (that we brought with to the beach) are in advanced classes, National Junior Honor Society, Scholar's Bowl, art club, and are straight A students. Making chalk was like chemistry, baking, and art all in one project. The girls had a lot of fun. We followed the recipe and directions given on this website, http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/07/homemade-sidewalk-chalk.html

We used a silicone mold meant for making brownie pops, one toilet paper tube, and an aluminum foil tube (cut into thirds). The toilet paper tube of chalk is still not dry (obviously because it is the largest). The aluminum foil tube pieces made nice sized chalk, but were difficult to fill without wrinkling the wax paper linings. I'm not sure about the whole “no mess on the hands” that was mentioned on the homeschooler's website. We haven't had a chance to use our chalk yet, but my fingers feel chalky when I pick it up. They don't look the same messy as they do when I pick up the store bought sidewalk chalk. We'll put it to a real test with my granddaughter when it's completely dry.