Hand Paint Flower

I'm like most moms, I love any art that involves hand or foot prints of my children. They are absolutely priceless, capturing their tiny hand size for me to look back on days when they are not so little. One day when my children are out of the house, and I'm old and slightly senile, I'll have my scrap book of my most treasure possessions to look back on and remember the days when I held these little hands.

Cookin Cookies

My kids love to bake, and they love to play board games...I thought this game Cookin' Cookies was perfect! My kids really enjoy this game, and I like it too since it takes around 5 minutes to play a game, and has been placed in our "Brain Breaks" bag, that we use to take a quick fun break from school to rest our minds.

Homemade Play Dough!

We go through play dough like mad men! I like to take it our for the kids to play with while I'm busy making dinner, and somehow it rarely gets put back, and ends up drying out.
I searched around and tried out a few recipes before finding this one. Its obviously the one I like best...thats why I'm sharing it:) you can add your favorite extract, or essential oil to make a pretty smelling dough.

 You'll need:
1 c. Flour
1/2c. salt
1 tabl. oil
1 tabl. cream of tartar
1 c. water
food coloring
3-5 drops of your fav extract: coconut, vanilla, maple...

Mix together the dry ingredients in a non stick pot, stir in the liquid ingredients, and light the stove to medium heat. You'll want to stir constantly for 2-3 minutes until it forms a ball, then plop it on a clean surface and kneed it for a minute or so. It will be a little warm at this point so I suggest you do this, and let the kids watch. Place it in the frig for 5 min, and let the kids have at it! Give them some cookie cutters, play knives, popsicle sticks, rolling pins, and anything else you use to play with play dough!
When they're finished, place it in a zip lock, and store for later use!
I'll have to remember to post a picture next time I make it.