Clorox Clean Up Recipes for Fun

I feel a bit guilty saying anything negative about winter right now - we are having such a mild one. But the fact is that winter in Wisconsin is usually very much an indoor season, especially in February. Even though it's not freezing cold out, there's no snow to go sledding, the ponds aren't frozen enough to go ice skating, and there's still enough mud around to make the parks and yards a mess. And spending that much time indoors can make kids (and their moms) a bit stir crazy!


Luckily, Clorox has launched cloroxrecipesforfun.com where you can find tons of great ideas for science experiments, cooking recipes and arts and crafts projects. Be a detective and dust for fingerprints, make a chicken bone turn into a rubber-like bendy substance, or make your own bouncy ball out of an egg! I know these types of activities are right up our alley.  Just the other day, LJ and I built and attempted to launch a baking soda and vinegar rocket! (It was warm that day - colder days might call for the trusty volcano substitution.)


Got a budding chef on your hands?  You'll love the cooking recipes - apple crisp, cinnamon loaf, spaghetti pizza casserole...I'm getting hungry just looking at them!  Cooking with kids is great in so many ways. They are more likely to eat what they have helped create AND measuring help reinforce their math skills. (But don't tell LJ that - he just thinks it's fun!)


Spend your indoor time completing hands-on cooking and science projects and don't even think twice about the mess.


Why?


Because Clorox ALSO launched the Ultimate Mess Party Sweepstakes. You can clean up big time with a grand prize of $10,000 toward an Ultimate Mess Party.  Entering is super easy - just register on the site and you will be entered to win, not just the $10,000 party, but also one of the $100 gift cards given away daily.


Want more entries? (You know you do!) Submit your own recipe at gain an additional 10 entries - plus a nifty high value coupon for Clorox Clean-Up Cleaner.


Here's our recipe for fun (from back when we actually had some snow!)


Gather three or more small spray bottles, water, and food coloring.  Fill each spray bottle with water and add enough food coloring to make a vibrant color.  Take them outside and "spray paint" the snow! (We even set the nozzles to a stream and practiced writing spelling words.)

I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms and Clorox Clean-Up Recipes for Fun blogging program, for 8,000 My SocialMoms Rewards Points. For more information on this program, click here and see the Terms link.