Boredom Buster

Well, since I was such a bad mom yesterday, I decided today needed to be more exciting. I looked up a play dough recipe .... made the dough .... and voila ... happy kids! Seriously, it only took 10 minutes to make ... super easy!

Colored Play Dough (I doubled this batch)

• 1 cup water
• 1 Tb. vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 Tb. cream of tartar
• food coloring
• 1 cup flour

1. combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until warm.
2. Remove from heat and stir in flour
3. Stir until kneadable, and then knead until smooth
4. The cream of tartar makes this dough last 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to omit this ingredient if you don't have it on hand
5. store this dough in an airtight container or Ziploc freezer bag

Easy, right? Can you believe that such a thing as play dough can cause extreme excitement? Linzi said "awesome" and Brielle and Tessa were grabbing at it before it was even cool.

Aaaah ... the simple pleasures of our youth! (I can remember feeling like the days during the summer lasted FOREVER .... and just having no cares in the world!)