Dreamsicle play dough

Today we are making some dreamsicle scented play dough ! It's really easy to make and smells AMAZING!!! (Glitter optional ;)



 

 

If your not familiar with a dreamsicle or creamsicle it's a orange and vanilla Popsicle. I actually am not a fan but they smell wonderful. 

So here is our recipe

  

 Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of salt
• 1 cup of water
• 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar
• 1 cup of flour
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 4 drops of orange oil 
• Teaspoon of vanilla

Directions:

• Mix the ingredients in a small sauce pan
• stir well.
• Cook on medium heat
• As soon as it starts to form a ball pull it off the heat 

 

Kneed it while its still warm and have fun! 

We also made cherry lemon

Doesn't smell as good but it's still lovely. So get creative with play dough scents. C loves it she's not one to eat play dough  

But beware what you are putting in it if you have a child that puts things in there mouths. Especially since it smells so good!!!

 

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Skeleton craft and old book review

I have to admit this would be more appropriate for Halloween but C came and across this Peanuts encyclopedia on her shelf. That has sparked many questions about her bones. She recently has been walking around asking us to feel her bones lol crazy kid. She bends over and shows us her back bone and makes us touch it >.<

I have to say not all of the information is up to date in them but they are cute and you can pull some good things out of them. And heck she is 3 she can't read just yet ;) we mainly look at the pictures while I explain a little bit. 

As in here is a picture of what our bones look like. Your bones are under your skin. Without your bones you couldn't walk around ext. .. You get the picture. 

I cut some "bones" out of construction paper. Got out the glue. 

That's about it I just handed her a "pile of bones" and she did the rest. 

She had fun with this one. 

I Don't think he is going anyplace like that but its cute. Certainly going to revisit this one around Halloween.

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Snow play in summer

I know that it is nice and warm outside none of us want to think of the snow coming back especially not our Mini Pirate! 

He obviously was disgusted with it over the winter. 

C and I just won't tell him about our Peppa pig "snow" adventure. 

We used the snow cone maker and put the shaved ice in a baking dish. C ate some and had so much fun using her car track to slide her toys down into the snowy bank bellow! 

Ignorance is bliss shhh he will never know a thing! 

Stay cool! 

Firefly candle holder

Staying with the camping theme today and making a firefly candle holder.

I think one of Cs favorite part's of the other night was catching fireflies. Well her older cousin caught them and she got to hold the little baby food jar with the fireflies in them. So I got to thinking and searching the web and I came up with this.

Supplies-

• baby food jar or clear votive

• Elmer's glue

• food color 

• yellow and black paint

• a candle to put in it. (A flameless candle would have been great but I didn't have one)

 

 

We started by pouring a little glue and adding a drop of food color in it (warning this will wash off so try not to get it wet or use some kind of seal that can handle heat and is not flammable of course) 

 

 We then painted it on

   

   

I'm impatient so we used the blow dryer

 

C put yellow finger prints for the fireflies

The funny part was her singing me happy Biiirrrfffday over and over again and blowing out the candle.

Happy crafting.   

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