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Play Dough Time Again!

Play Dough Time Again!

This easy, scented play dough recipe can be made in a variety of colors and flavors. Make it with your kids for twice the fun on a cold, winter weekend.We went to see the grandkids last weekend and had a blast, as usual. We spent part of our time making scented play dough in an effort to beat the winter blues. Here’s the recioe, just In case you’re looking for something to wile away the long winter days that keep kids cooped up inside. This recipe first appeared on Gravel Road about a year ago…just before my grandson and I made our first batch together.

The recipe also makes a big batch, so we put half the ingredients in one saucepan and the other half in another. Then we added a package of Koolaid to each pan and cooked one panful and then the other. Last weekend, we made yellow, green, purple, and orange, enjoying ourselves immensely.

Scented Play Dough

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2/3 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 packages unsweetened Koolaid
2 tablespoons oil
2 cups water

Directions:

Mix the dry ingredients together in a sauce pan. Then add the oil.

Play Dough 2Add the water, about a quarter cup at a time, whisking as you go. Keep whisking until all the lumps are gone.

Play Dough 3Play Dough 4 Play Dough 6 Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the pan frequently…

Play Dough 6….until the dough stops sticking to the side of the pan.

Play Dough 8Let the first half-batch cool while you make the second. Then, turn the first batch onto the counter and knead a few times. Once the second batch cools, do the same thing again.

play dough 1It is very, very important to play with the dough as soon as it’s cool enough. You don’t want to miss the sensation of warm, juicy-smelling dough squeezing through your fingers, do you?

Top 10 Epic Fails of 2016 So Far

Top 10 Epic Fails of 2016 So Far

Only one month into the new year and it took hardly any time at all to come up with my top 10 epic fails of 2016 thus far. The first month of January is now history, and with its passing I am painfully aware of what I did not accomplish. Here’s a look at my top ten epic fails so far in 2016.

10. I overbaked some chocolate chip bars for a weekend church function. Thankfully, we were out of town the weekend they were served, so I didn’t have to watch people discover how dry they were.

9.  The historical paper photographs that have been sitting on a chair for 2 1/2 years waiting to be organized remain untouched. The same can be said for my collection of  digital photographs, too.

8.  I keep meaning to up my lunch game and eat three square meals a day. But it never happens. Instead, I graze from about 11 to 1 almost every day.

7.  Too late, I discovered that if a sweet, cuddly granddaughter’s first birthday falls shortly after the New Year, waiting until January to buy a card means the sweet, cuddly granddaughter will receive her card a day late.

6.  The weekend shopping trip to update my winter wardrobe did not happen. So I have to keep my by my sides at all times so people don’t see the holes in my sweater underarms.

5.  My grandson and I have not yet found the right flavor of Koolaid to make bright, purple play dough. Our best effort yielded a dingy color we call “gray-ple” that’s nothing to write home about.

4.  My sister and I were not discovered by a Hollywood mogul during our beach walk in southern California. Perhaps because the surfers were more interesting.

3.  I did not get nominated for an Academy Award. For the 59th year in a row. It’s enough to make a person quit trying.

2.  My Cindy Crawford look-alike make over was a bust.

1.  Neither the Democrats or Republicans asked me to join their last debates before the Iowa caucuses. So I was unable to throw a hissy fit and withdraw because the moderator was a mean girl. It’s not fair!

Want to share your epic fails thus far in 2016? The comment box is waiting for you.