Do you have children who like fairies? Try making simple fairy dust to add some fun to their fairy adventures. You can make fairy dust to sprinkle outdoors or even edible fairy dust to sweeten and add color to their food. Use one of the methods below to add sparkle and magic to your child's activities
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Method 1 of 2: Making Fairy Dust to Sow Outdoors
Step 1. Gather the materials you need
To make fairy dust sprinkled outdoors, you only need glitter of your preferred color, and a non-toxic powder. You can use a variety of powders. You can use talcum powder, chalk (although you'll need to grind it into a powder first), or salt.
- You may also need a beautiful container, such as a decorative little bottle, to hold the fairy dust. Whatever container you use, it should have a tight-fitting lid.
- The amount of glitter and powder will vary depending on how much fairy dust you want, but the ratio of glitter to powder should be 2 to 1.
- Any glitter can be used for this method, but very fine glitter will create the best fairy dust.
Step 2. Mix the glitter and powder in a bowl
Mix the two until completely smooth.
Step 3. Pour the fairy dust into a small container or bottle
Make sure that the container is securely closed, so that fairy dust will not spill in your home.
You may have to use a funnel to pour the fairy dust into the container, depending on how small the mouth of the container you are using. If you don't have a funnel, roll a small piece of paper into a funnel shape and use tape to hold the funnel in place. Cut the bottom of the funnel shape with scissors, making sure that the bottom of the funnel can fit into the fairy dust container
Step 4. Give fairy dust to your child
Make sure that they play it outdoors, because sprinkling fairy dust inside can make a terrible mess. Most kids would love to just sprinkle a tiny handful of fairy dust into the air and watch the glitter fly!
Don't let your child eat this fairy dust. This type of fairy dust is not edible and can cause health problems if they are swallowed
Method 2 of 2: Making Edible Fairy Dust
Step 1. Gather the materials you need
Edible fairy dust is made only of sugar and food coloring. Estimate how much fairy dust you want, as this will determine how much sugar to use. Maybe for a first try, you can try this method with one cup of sugar.
- You'll also need a bowl for mixing the fairy dust, a cooking pot, and a container for storing.
- Some people like to collect edible fairy dust in bottles of sugar or sprinkles, so that it can be used to sprinkle fairy dust on top of food. Such blush bottles are available at most kitchen supply stores.
Step 2. Combine sugar and food coloring in a bowl
The ratio of sugar to food coloring will vary depending on how much fairy dust you make. Start by adding a few drops of food coloring to the sugar and stir until the coloring is evenly distributed in the sugar.
If the visible color is to your liking, stop adding dye. If you want a stronger color result, add a few more drops and stir. You can continue to add color gradually until the color of the sugar becomes quite noticeable
Step 3. Pour the colored sugar into a saucepan and put it in the oven preheated to 176 degrees Celsius
Bake sugar for about 10 minutes.
Sugar is cooked to keep the color intact. In essence, the heat of the oven will dry the food coloring, so the color won't be too messy and will stick permanently
Step 4. Remove the sugar from the oven and let it cool to room temperature
Once cool, crush the sugar if it sticks.
You can crush the sugar by placing it in a sturdy plastic bag and then beating it with a meat tenderizer or other heavy-duty kitchen tool, such as a cake grinder
Step 5. Pour the sugar into a container, such as a sugar or salt jar
The "fairy dust" sugar will last indefinitely, because it is simply sugar mixed with food coloring. You can store it in the kitchen cupboard at room temperature.
Step 6. Sprinkle "fairy dust" over your kids' favorite foods
Fairy dust will make food look more colorful and full of magic.
