Digital Civilization
With all the benefits of a new lifestyle, which occupies a central place equipment, which has taken over most of the day to day stress, man, it is desirable to do something with their hands. Without these classes gradually lost the understanding of how to do certain things. Information about their production becomes abstract. And jokes that "rolls grow on the shelves in the store" increasingly ceases to be humor and closer and closer to reality. And maybe a detachment from reality?
Even if we talk about the joys of digital life, ten years ago, many computers themselves collected, selected accessories and hours discussing with friends the complex question of choosing the motherboard. Today, ready-made solutions are good enough and are engaged only amateurs. Because of the need for knowledge and skills have become optional hobby. A person tends to do only what is really necessary and as little as possible beyond that.
In fact, the desire to free up as much as possible for the rest played a positive role in the history of civilization. After all, there is a significant invention, because the inventor wanted to lighten their labor and at the same time the work of others. But there is a downside, less pleasant side of progress. A person not involved actual production, fewer and fewer imagine how it is organized.
This leads to the fact that people no longer value the blessings of civilization that has. It is enough to reach out and take advantage of them. Why once again to think about the "how it works"? But this is not the worst. Constant monotonous activity leads to fatigue, irritability and bad mood. From constant communication with the electronics at home and at work, too, must sometimes be distracted, beginning to another unusual activity. To discover new knowledge and skills, to find joy not only in the digital world, but real. Even professional gamers often need to tear off eyes from the screen.
Clay
Children help parents to return to childhood, to finish in nedoigrannye game. It is difficult to say who is more than happy: the child, which the Pope made clay with his hands, or the Pope, who will now be able to talk to his friends: "I know how to make clay!"
First of all, a homemade clay should be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container and do not allow him to stay in the air for a long time. In the open air it quickly hardens. Subject to the conditions of storage of such, made with his own hands, will be suitable for clay sculpting for six months.
Clay of the flour with the addition of alum
How to make clay
400 grams of wheat flour;
200 grams of salt (not iodized, since iodine may react with alum);
2 teaspoons alum (potassium alum, potassium aluminum sulfate);
500 milliliters of boiling water;
2 teaspoons vegetable oil.
Mix flour, salt and alum. With constant stirring, add the boiling water. When the mass becomes plastic, add the vegetable oil. Divide into pieces and add to each bit of food coloring and stir again.
It alum make this plasticine clay, not just salt dough for sculpting, which is also widely used by handy people. Let us make a small digression. Readers often ask about where to buy one or the other component. Potassium alum sold in many pharmacies. They are the only non-food component of the clay, so it is in any case can not be eaten. However, any compound that is not a food, eat undesirable, even if it is made of edible ingredients.
In the recipe to make some changes. For example, the Bulgarian network resource Krokotak recommends using as a colorant dry powder for the production of sweet drinks. This clay will not only bright, but also fragrant.