Keep your kids busy and crafty this summer using items from around the house. One of my favorites is concocting a batch of play clay from stale white bread! Since this play clay air-dries hard, it's ideal for making beads to string for bracelets and necklaces. Or, mold shapes into petals to make a bouquet of roses. But first, the bread clay. Remove the crusts from six pieces of day-old white bread. Save the crusts for a treat for the birds! Tear the bread into small pieces and place in a mixing bowl. Add 2 teaspoons water and 3 teaspoons white household glue. Let your child mix with hands until the gooey, sticky mixture turns into the consistency of smooth pie dough. To make beads: Roll the pliable clay into balls, poke a wooden skewer through the middle for holes and set the skewer in a block of florist foam while beads harden (about 24 hours). Paint and decorate the beads with acrylic paints, then string them with elastic to wear. To make a rose bouquet: Roll 10 balls of dou