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Play dough

07:10, Tuesday, July 8, 2008 .. Posted in The Homestead Kids .. 1 comments .. Link

Today, I read in the "Making a Home in Town" blog a Play Dough Recipe that brought back memories.  Years ago, I made this for little ones.  The recipe makes about 8 cups and was perfect for taking to the local Head-Start preschool or to a children's hospital ward as a donation to brighten the kids day.  This is one of the very few recipes that actually has the same texture and consistancy of the store bought play dough.  It also has a long shelf life, unlike many recipes that go bad within a couple of months.

For Abbie, I cut the proportions of the ingredients down to 1/4th of the amount given in the recipe.  It still made enough to fill a plastic marshmallow fluff container.  I use the paste type of food coloring as I find it is the most vibrant.  The results were great!  At 2 yrs. old, Abbie has never played with Play Dough before.  She was uncertain of what to do with it at first and barely poked at it.  We will be getting it out each morning though and I am certain she will figure it out in no time!

I am already planning ahead to helping Abbie make ornaments for Christmas with the dough.  I am going to test it out as I cannot remember if it shrinks or cracks during the drying process.    If it works out, it will be great to use in making the Jesse Tree ornaments.

 

 


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12:02, Wednesday, July 9, 2008 .. Posted by mamato8
I am honoured that you had a link in there to my blog:) I'm new at homesteadblogger and it's quite fun. The xmas ornament idea is great!! I'll try it......a little closer to xmas though:):)

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