Smiling Mom

Non­nie, BC, & eClaire making play–doh

Fun with sha­pes, tex­tu­res
eClaire pon­de­ring the play–doh
Mom & kids having fun

My mom, Non­nie, flew up from San Diego yes­ter­day mor­ning. It’s been nothing but fun! BC and eClaire have been in seventh-heaven. They abso­lu­tely love seeing her! Yes­ter­day, Non­nie watched the kids so Hubby and I could go on a date to see the movie Smo­kin’ Aces. Ladies, if you are asked to go see this, don’t bother. It was so horri­ble, in my opi­nion, of course! Also, if you are someone who strug­gles kee­ping track of which cha­rac­ters are which… not for you. Grandpa, you know what I’m tal­king about, right? But, that being said, I valued the time snug­gled up to Hubby in the thea­ter! This date thing cou­ples talk about is good, really good! I could get use to it.

Today we ended up making play–doh. It was so easy to do! Lite­rally, in five minu­tes we went from nothing, to a sig­ni­fi­cant amount of blue home­made play–doh. Pretty fun! BC and eClaire sat down at the table and pla­yed for a long time. Non­nie went through the kid’s play kitchen and pulled out a lot of dif­fe­rent tex­tu­red items for the kids to use. We had a blast.

Below is the sim­ple recipe you can make with your kids at home. By the way, cream of tar­tar is a spice. If you are like me, you might think cream of tar­tar is a cream. Not so. Click on the word to see a pic­ture of it. You are welcome!

Play-dough Recipe:

For those of you with young kids…here is the best play–doh recipe ever.
1 cup flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
1 TB oil
1 ts cream of tar­tar
food coloring

Com­bine in sauce pan, cook over low heat sti­rring cons­tantly until play–doh forms ball and pulls away from pan. It takes appro­xi­ma­tely 2 minu­tes. Take it out and put in a plas­tic bowl or on wax paper to cool for just a few minu­tes. Enjoy with your kids! It lasts for months and is never sticky.

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