Fun Castle

Ingredients

• pieces of old broken bricks
• porous rocks
• pieces of synthetic foam rubber or cellulose sponge
• 4 Tbsp water
• 4 Tbsp laundry bluing
• 4 Tbsp ammonia
• various food coloring

Directions

1. Wash pieces
2. of
3. brickand
4. rocks in plain water until they are thoroughly
5. wet
6. Wet sponge and wring it outPlace rocks bricks andor
7. sponge
8. in
9. a shallow glass bowl do not use metal ofany
10. kind
11. Arrange to suit your fancy placing on top of each
12. other
13. to get the desired shape you want
14. The good thing about the
15. sponge is that you can cut it to desired shapes
16. Mix water
17. bluing
18. you
19. can
20. still
21. get this at the grocery store I just
22. called
23. to see and ammonia in a glass jarPour over
24. the rocks
25. being sure to dampen all of them with the mixture
26. Put a
27. drop or two of food color and a few drops of bluing on
28. one
29. or two of the rocks
30. Sprinkle with 4 tablespoons salt
31. and
32. watch it grow
33. Add 2 tablespoons each water and ammoniaafter
34. two days
35. to edge of bowl
36. This is straight from Heloise