1. Straw
2. Construction paper
3. Scissors
4. Tape
5. Pencil
6. Ruler
   

1. First, lay a piece of construction paper down on your table. With your ruler, measure and mark with your pencil a strip that is 1 inch wide and 8 inches long. Then carefully cut out this strip.
   
2. With your ruler and pencil, measure and mark a second strip of paper that is 1/2 inch wide and 6 inches long. Cut this strip out of the paper.
   
3. Take the longer strip and form a circle or loop. Tape the two ends together.
   
4. Take the shorter strip of paper and form a circle or loop. Tape the two ends together.
   
5. Put the longer strip on one end of your straw. Tape it in place.
   
6. Put the shorter strip on the other end of your straw. Tape it in place.
   
7. Try sailing or flying your straw glider. Try sailing it with the smaller loop at the front; try sailing it with the bigger loop at the front. What happens?
   
8. You might try adding some more loops or wings to the straw. Or try making a glider with two straws taped together. Or try twisting paper strips to see if that makes a difference.

Pavlova
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
3 drops vanilla extract
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
pinch of salt
Passion fruit pulp, fruit salad, or strawberries
1 cup heavy cream

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees
2. Beat egg whites with salt and cream of tartar until frothy.
3. Gradually beat in sugar a little at a time.
 4. Continue beating until stiff and sugar is dissolved. Beat in vanilla.
5. Cover a cookie sheet with brown paper. Draw a 9" circle and spread meringue
evenly within the lines. Make a slight hollow, in the center for filling.
6. Bake 1 hour.
7. Turn off heat and let dry at least 2 hours.
8. When ready to serve, whip cream until thick, fold in fruit and fill center of pavlova.

Anzac Biscuits
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup white flour (sifted)
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup shredded coconut
4 oz. butter or margarine
2 tblsp light-colored pancake syrup, molasses, or treacle
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tblsp boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine oats, sifted flour, sugar, and coconut.
3. Combine butter/margarine with syrup in sauce pan; stir over low heat until
melted and thoroughly blended.
4. Mix baking soda with boiling water and add to butter and syrup mixture.
5. Stir liquid mixture into dry ingredients until batter is formed.
6. Place teaspoons of batter onto a greased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart to
allow for spreading.
7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
8. Place biscuits on rack to cool.

What You Need:

• old puzzle pieces
• white glue
• cereal box cardboard
• safety scissors
• paint or printmaking ink
• paintbrush or printmaking brayer (or roller)
• Printmaking 101 (click here)
• Basic printmaking supply list (see below)
• Printing with a brayer instructions (see below)
• A word about paper (see below)
• construction paper

What You Do:

1. Read through Printmaking 101 and Printmaking 102
2. Talk about printmaking and how when you make a print, you can make several of the same image.
3. Cut a piece of cereal box down to a nice size (about 6" x 8")
4. Take several puzzle pieces and arrange them on the cereal box cardboard. The pieces can be arranged to create a picture, or they can just be laid down in a random pattern.
5. Once you are happy with the way the pieces look, glue them down and let the glue dry for an hour or so.
6. If you have a printmaking brayer, follow the directions below for printing with a brayer. If you don't have a printmaking brayer, use a paintbrush to cover the puzzle pieces with paint (or ink).
7. Lay a sheet of paper on top of the painted puzzle pieces and rub gently with the palm of your hand.
8. Remove the paper and sign the print and add the numbers 1/4
9. Do 3 more prints so you have four all together. The second print should have the numbers 2/4; the third soul have the numbers 3/4 and the fourth should have the number 4/4 (of course you can do more than four, but then you have to number accordingly)

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Posted by julie

We studied Australia a couple of years ago! It was fascinating!!! Thanks for sharing! --julie

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