Make Ahead Papier-Mache Paste - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. flour
water
few drops of peppermint or wintergreen extract
2 c. salt
2/3 c. water
1 c. cornstarch
1/2 c. cold water
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. liquid starch
few drops of tempra paint
you might use sand or bird gravel
1 part white liquid glue
1 part tempera paint

Preparation

Place a flat topped piece of coal in a quart size fish bowl. Put 1/4 c. table salt on the top of the coal.
Slowly put 1/4 c. water on the salt, being careful not to wash salt off the coal. Add 3 drops each of red, yellow, blue, and green food coloring on top of wet salt.
When the salt begins to grow the colors blend together, making a colorful water garden.
Add 1 Tbsp. water each day.
Carefully avoid washing away the salt formations.