Baker's Clay

4 cups all purpose flour
1 cup salt
1 1/2 cups water

Preheat oven to 350 F.  Mix ingredients.  Knead dough until smooth.  Roll out dough and cut into desired shapes.  Bake at 350 F for one hour.  Once cool, paint with colors.

Coal Flowers

lump of coal or piece of brick
6 tbsp pickling salt
6 tbsp ammonia
6 tbsp bluing
6 tbsp water
food coloring

Put lump of coal into a dish (a fish bowl for example).  Stir next 4 ingredients together for a long time (it takes a while to dissolve).  Pour solution over coal.  Drop different colors of food coloring on top.  Just tiny drops and don't let the colors touch.  Grows fast - overnight!