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Make Your Own Chewing Gum

Good Natured Fun from Verve

Price: $11.95

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It's easy and FUN to make your own Chewing Gum from scratch!

Make your own chewing gum with chicle, the sap of the Sapodilla tree that grows in the rainforests of Central America. Everything you need is included in this kit and it's easy! You can make your own gum on the stove or with a microwave. Great for class room activities, scout troops, birthday parties, home school, or after school groups. Adult supervision is recommended. Makes a great gift for kids (ages 8 & up)! Inside each Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit you'll find: chewing gum base (containing natural chicle), confectioner's sugar, corn syrup, natural peppermint and cherry flavors, a pan for softening the chicle gum base, instructions and the story of chicle.

And it's really easy: Soften the chicle gum base, either in the microwave or on the stove. Then you add the sugar, corn syrup, and the flavor packets, knead it a little, and WOW! You've made your own gum! Each Chewing Gum Kit makes enough for 50 pieces!

Chicle: The sap of the Sapodilla Tree

Once all chewing gum was made from chicle. That's the sap of the sapodilla tree, which grows in rainforest in Central America. Men called "chicleros" climb up the tall trees, and with their machetes, cut criss-crosses in the trunks so that the sticky sap flowed out. Then the chicle was processed and turned into gum. Today, most chewing gum is made from synthetic stuff, but the gum base in this kit includes real chicle. So now, chicleros have a reason to harvest the chicle once again and protect their trees.

Ingredients: Confectioner's Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Chewing Gum Base, Corn Syrup, Natural Peppermint Flavor and Natural Cherry Flavor.

CRUELTY-FREE:
All products sold by Kate's Caring Gifts are cruelty-free, which means:

Animals do not suffer or die to produce the product, & no animal testing.

No sweatshop or slave labor (also prohibited under Fair Trade guidelines).

SHIPPING NOTE:
We offer shipping choices of either the US Postal Service or FedEx, both standard and express options.