So, I was going to just give out these lame dollar toys for my non-food Halloween treat this year to kids that would rather not have candy (long story, but I didn’t want candy most of the time). Nothing seemed very cool, though, until I decided I’d make something. And that something was a mini-invitation to…
Mud Pie Play Dough Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.Desperate times, my friends, desperate times. I had a toddler that was bored, the internet was out (meaning no Netflix) and the plethora of toys at hand were somehow not meeting her needs. But I had to cook dinner. There were people coming. And I’d promised steak, potatoes, and an apple pie. Not an easy…
Mini-Peppermint Candy Invitation to Play
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.I really should have named this post: “How to Keep Kids Occupied while Cooking Thanksgiving Dinner” or at least, how I hope to. Frankly, I love this Mini-Peppermint Candy Invitation to Play and will probably make it again for the kids, even if I’m not trying to make an over-done holiday meal. LOL! Ingredients for…
Taste-Safe Vanilla Play Dough
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.The best thing about making play dough for my kids (other than the fact that it keeps them entertained for a few minutes) is that it smells awesome. I can make pretty much any flavor of any kind with just a few simple ingredients and then my kid is playing in yummy-smelling awesomeness that just…
Lemon Play Dough Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.I’m whipping-together a fun play invitation the other day and had to pull the train over. There was no yellow play dough in my house (incidentally, this also happened with flesh-colored play dough, oddly enough). I’m way to lazy to head to the store and although lemon is not my favorite scent (that’s watermelon) or…
Watermelon Play Dough Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.My 13 year old was washing his hands the other day as I came around the corner into the kitchen. I wasn’t sure what he was doing, so I asked (because he seemed to take an inordinate amount of time). He paused and mumbled, “I was playing with that pink clay.” I tried so hard…
Mint Play Dough Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Please see our disclosure for more information.This past few weeks have been hard. My daughter was so sick and I needed some way to keep her from getting bored. Even though the weather was really nice and we’d normally have played outside, we were stuck indoors. Enter the play dough days. It was like every day, I came up with a…