The Oracle Of Love

I've just started a series of Arts and Crafts days at HDEE.  Since it's so close to Valentine's day we went with that theme.  We made an Oracle of Love.

To make this really cool craft you need:
a clean baby food jar
craft foam
a small styrofoam ball
a waterproof pen (like a Sharpie)
Das (you could probably use salt dough or play dough, but i don't think they as shock resistant and could crack when they dry. since you there are kids and glass involved I would advise against it)
hot glue gun
optional: glitter and food coloring

- Squish the styrofoam ball into a cube shape.
- Cut out 6 hearts large enough to cover a dice side. Write 6 response for yes or no questions, ie: yes, no,   maybe, you bet, etc.  Hot glue those onto the styrofoam cube.
 (If you're doing a group project, have this done ahead of time)

- Put cube in jar, add glitter (if you want), add water and close jar.
- Use a little bit of Das to make a 'snake' and 'seal' the lid and jar together (you made need to brush with a little bit of water to make it stick)
- Cover jar with Das (we made a pancake shape and pulled it up and squished it together)
- Add some food coloring to the Das to make some pink or red clay (you can also add in some glitter) and  use that to make heart shapes (make sure you use a little water to make them stick).

Now you are ready to ask the Oracle about your the love in your future!

It took about an hour in total to do with 10 kids (3-11 yo) that really didn't understand much English, with the help of Sonia.  They had loads of fun.  Hope our next activity will work out this well.

side notes: you could find much better pictures, American products and a better explanation at familyfun.go, where I found the activity.

I didn't actually use a styrofoam ball, i cut up pieces of styrofoam left over from the box that held our microwave and I found the craft foam at Carrefour in the section where they have all those Gutterman products, but before I found the foam, I actually just used the polystyrene from meat trays.  It's harder to cut out and write on, but it still works.