This year for our annual holiday gift exchange, I decided to *spice* things up a bit with an easy cinnamon craft (don't worry I'm rolling my eyes right there with ya). There are millions of recipes for this online, but the gist is:
- Mix 1 cup applesauce and 1 1/2 cup cinnamon into a doughy consistency. Some recipes call for Elmer's glue, other's don't. I added a tablespoon of it to make sure everything would bind together and mine turned out pretty resilient.
- Roll out the dough until it is about 1/3 of an inch. Keep in mind, the thinner you make it the faster it will dry but if you make it too thin, your little brains will be frail and more prone to cracking.
- Cut into a brain shape. I used this cookie-cutter I found on Amazon but your options here are limitless you can even draw an outline yourself! Then use a straw or toothpick to cut out a hole on the top so that you have something to poke the ribbon through.
- Air dry or bake. What kind of time frame are you working with here? Because I baked mine at 200 degrees for about 2 hours to get em started and then left them out to air dry for the next week just to be sure. It really depends on how thick you made them and how long you are willing to wait for them to stop being squishy.
- Decorate with fabric paint "icing."Get creative! Or go off some anatomical diagrams. I made sure to include the lateral sulcus and sensory/motor cortices but anything beyond that was squiggletown.
Apparently these will last for years and years if you keep them nice and dry in storage. If you find the powerful cinnamon smell has started to fade, just use some sandpaper to rough up the backside again and re-expose some of that spice. Smells like Christmas!
Here is some inspiration to make sure your brain buddies are as anatomically correct as they delightful:
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| From Brain Anatomy Slideshare |
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| From What When How |
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| This illustration from Shuttershock |
Oh! and be sure to blast Sia's Christmas album as you go along, otherwise they won't turn out. Sorry it's true.
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