Things we’ve made at home: erasers

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Things we’ve made at home: erasers

Monday, June 8th, 2009 | Home Life |

I like to imagine we bought the eraser kit from a late night infomercial. “Tired of paying hundreds of dollars for erasers that JUST DON’T WORK? Worried about foreign-made erasers infected with swine flu? Try Eraser Wow! The disease-free eraser you make at home in your oven! Order now and we’ll include this free kit to make your own paper clips and staples!”

But, no, our four year old found it in the toy section at Wally World. The kit includes brightly-colored blocks of clay-like material, a spatula to cut it, and a colorful brochure with designs for making animals and cars. In the Japanse version you make sushi shapes.

After you make it you bake it. This turned out to be a nice rainy day project for my wife and four year old, and I think my wife liked it more than my daughter. The turtle eraser was the coolest.

And how do they work as erasers? They suck. Like they make a big mess when you try to erase pencil marks and the turtle’s feet fall off. But crafty stuff seems to be more about the creative thing, so no worries.

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