1 cup of flour
1/4 cup of salt
2 tbsp of cream of tartar
1 cup of water
1 tbsp oil
food coloring, paint or freshie (dissolve in water first)
Mix ingredients together in a saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick. Remove and let cool. Store in an airtight container. It should last about 4-5 weeks.
spaghetti
glue
1 sheet black paper
1 sheet white paper
marker
plastic wrap
Boil a small amount of spaghetti and let cool. Draw a spider web on a piece of white paper. Tape to the table and then tape the wrap over it. Using the glue, trace the web pattern on the wrap. Place the spaghetti on the glue, cut out a spider and glue to the web. Let dry and then hang wrap on your window. Note: the web will shrink as it dries so plastic wrap must be used instead of construction paper.
1 balloon
newspaper
flour
water
orange and black paint
candy
Mix together 2 parts flour to 1 part water. Cut newspaper into strips. Blow up balloon. Place individual strips into flour-water mixture and cover the balloon with them. I suggest no more than 2 layers so that it will break easily.
Leave a small opening at the top to place the candy inside. When dry (about 2 days) pop the balloon with a pin and remove it. Paint it orange and paint on a face with the black paint. Add the candy (I suggest putting the candy in plastic bags so it doesn't get soggy and for easier retrieval). Close hole with masking tape or more newspaper mixture. You can add a hook if you want to. When dry, paint it. On Halloween hang it up and let the kids swing away.
red paper
green paper
glue
Cut four hearts from the red paper (you decide the size) and glue them together to make a poppy shape. Cut out a small green circle and glue it to the centre of the poppy. I alwaysthink it looks nice to have different sizes of poppies up on the window or wall.
ince stores are already selling Christmas wares, the OSCA Special Events committee felt we'd better give advance warning too.
The 2nd annual Christmas Light Contest is approaching and we're giving everyone plenty of notice to think up some amazing ways to light up our neighborhood. Lights will be judged Dec. 9-11 and winners will be announced at our 1st annual Songs, Cider and Sleigh Rides event Dec 14 at the Firehall.
To nominate one of your neighbor's display, call Dierdre McQuillan, 247-4872 before Dec 8. Categories for the contest are;
The Martha Stewart award (most tasteful, perfect, time consuming...it's a good thing)
The Charlie Brown Award (simplest)
The Tim the Tool Man Taylor Award (brightest and most numerous lights)
The Macy's Award (best business)
The Romeo and Juliet Award (best balcony)
The Rockefeller Square Award (best tree)
The Whoville Award (most suited to children)
The prizes are yet to be determined, but they will be somewhere between a box of Smarties and a trip to France (haha)
Our first annual Neighborhood Holiday Celebration will take place Dec 14, 6:30-9pm. There will be sleigh rides, cider, hot chocolate, cookies and a neighborhood sing-along all at the Firehall. There will be more information in the upcoming months.
Now we're really giving you some advance warning. The Special Events Committee will be putting together a color calendar of Old Ottawa South for the year 2002. We'll be having a photo contest next fall, prizes again ranging from a box of Smarties to a trip to France, so get your cameras out this year and start snapping pictures of all of the beautiful areas in our neighborhood and all of the events that make out area the great place it is.