How to make your own toothpaste.

Mix 3 parts baking soda with one-half part salt in a zip lock baggie. You can add a few drops of peppermint oil for flavor.

Then just shake a little into the palm of your hand, wet your toothbrush and dip it into the toothpaste mixture.

Jericho Logic Puzzle

There are five houses in a row in different colors. A different Jericho character is hiding in each house. The five characters drink a different drink, eat a different food, and keep something different in the basement.

The question is - who keeps the package in the basement?

Hints:
1. Jake in the red house.
2. Hawkins keeps tools in his basement.
3. Mimi drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The character hiding in the green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who eats beans keeps clothes in the basement.
7. The character in the yellow house eats rice.
8. The character hiding in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The character who eats soup lives next to the one who keeps pictures in the basement.
10. Emily lives in the first house.
11. The character who keeps books in the basement lives next to the one who eats rice.
12. The character who eats oatmeal drinks juice.
13. Heather eats bread.
14. Emily lives next to the blue house.
15. The character who eats soup has a neighbor who drinks water.

Jericho Math

2 candles and a gallon of gas costs $75. If a gallon of gas costs $50, how much does one candle cost?

If a pound of salt can be traded for 4 pounds of corn, and a pound of salt is worth $20, how much is one pound of corn worth?

If a box of cereal used to cost $2.50 and the price has gone up 250%, how much does a box of cereal cost now?

Make Your Own Package

You will need a plastic film canister with a lid, water, and an Alka Seltzer tablet.

First, put about 2 teaspoons of water in the film canister.

To detonate the package, put the Alka Seltzer tablet in the film canister with the water.

Quickly put the lid on the canister, set the canister on the ground, and stand back so you do not get hit with any fallout.

Peanut Butter Modeling Dough

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup honey

2 cups powdered sugar

Mix these ingredients together in a bowl. You can model your favorite characters, act out your favorite scenes, and make up new stories too.