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krismoose
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by krismoose » Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:23 pm
Just thought I'd share a tip. We tried to clean the penny as directed with water & dish soap. When it didn't work for our filthy penny
I googled how to clean a penny and found many science experiments where you mix 1 cup white vinegar + 1 tsp table salt and stir the penny around in it for a bit. It worked really well, and the kids enjoyed cleaning a few more coins, until the solution got too dirty
Kristen
Loved LHTH & LHFHG 
DS8 (2nd) WWE1, HOD dictation, Sequential Spelling, SM 2B, VP OT/AE & SOTW1 history, Song School Latin, Getting Started With Spanish
DD6 (K) Saxon Math 1, VP Phonics Museum K
DD3 cutting, gluing, more cutting
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SoaringEagle
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by SoaringEagle » Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:14 am
We're still a ways till until 15 but great tip. I'll keep this in mind when we get to that point, sometime next year.
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crlacey
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by crlacey » Thu Dec 03, 2009 1:36 pm
If you let the pennies sit in ketchup, they clean up really nice. DH loves to do this with the kids!
Crystal
DD 20 married college graduate
DS 17 college student
DD 11 CTC
Finished: LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, BHFHG, PHFHG, CTC, Res to Ref, Rev to Rev, MTMM, parts of WG and WH
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MistyP
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by MistyP » Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:05 pm
krismoose wrote:Just thought I'd share a tip. We tried to clean the penny as directed with water & dish soap. When it didn't work for our filthy penny
I googled how to clean a penny and found many science experiments where you mix 1 cup white vinegar + 1 tsp table salt and stir the penny around in it for a bit. It worked really well, and the kids enjoyed cleaning a few more coins, until the solution got too dirty
We did the same thing last week!
Misty
Mommy to 6!
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water2wine
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by water2wine » Fri Dec 04, 2009 6:06 am
I heard the ketchup thing too and that is what we did. The kids had done it at church and the ketchup was supposed to represent the blood of Christ taking away our sins. Thought that was kind of neat.
All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13
~Six lovies from God~4 by blessing of adoption
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We LOVED LHFHG/Beyond/Bigger/Preparing/CTC/RTR/Rev to Rev (HS)
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crlacey
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by crlacey » Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:11 am
water2wine - Thanks for sharing. I had not heard the experiment explained like that, but I love it!
Crystal
DD 20 married college graduate
DS 17 college student
DD 11 CTC
Finished: LHTH, LHFHG, BLHFHG, BHFHG, PHFHG, CTC, Res to Ref, Rev to Rev, MTMM, parts of WG and WH