Showing posts with label Play Dough Fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Play Dough Fun. Show all posts

Monday, September 30, 2013

Gender Reveal Play Dough Fun!

I am 25 weeks pregnant now and a little late at get this posted!  
We found out the gender of our sweet baby # 3 at 22 weeks.  

A big thank you to LoveBubs Scented Play Dough  for sending us awesome gender reveal play dough.

This is a fun and unique way to share the news of baby's gender with siblings.


The play dough starts out white.  
With some kneading by the kids, the color will slowly change to either blue or pink.  

 Baby Brother on the way!!!

 My 4 year old beyond loved the play dough.  
She loved watching the color change and couldn't wait to do the pink one too :)
*LoveBubs sent us two of each color*
 There was little to no mess with the mixing process and the play dough is super soft and the color is vibrant!

We are very excited that our newest addition will be a baby boy and can't wait for January to get here! 

Be sure to check out LoveBubs Scented Play Dough  on Etsy! 


Monday, October 29, 2012

Create Aliens or Monsters with Play Dough

 The girls had a blast making "aliens" with play dough and other crafts supplies.
I gave them pipe cleaners, googly eyes and beads.

 It was also great practice for Snowflakes motor skills.
She loved stringing the beads on the pipe cleaners. 

We are using non-toxic scented play dough from Love Bubs!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Animal Rescue Center & Play Dough

It was a rainy day around here.  Which was a nice break from the 90 degree weather that we've had recently.  It gave us an excuse to stay in our jammies all morning and get out the play dough.

This morning I got out the Deigo Rescue Center(I found this at a thrift store for $3).  
Plus, a bunch of rain forest animals we got when we were at the Rain Forest Cafe.

I gave them green and blue play dough to represent the grass and water.  

The rest of the pretend play and creativity was up to them! 


 This kept Junebug entertained for a couple of hours.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Battle of the play dough recipes!!!!

The battle of the play dough recipes!!!

I put four play dough recipes to the test.

All the recipes called for the same ingredients. 
Just slightly different measurements of each.


It was really fun making them and a great way to talk about measurements.



Junebug put them to the test. 


 I also left a small amount out to see which ones dried out the fastest. 

I left these out for 24 hours. 
Believe it or not, A & D started to dry out but after kneading them a little bit,
they are almost as soft as the day before.
B was still on the dry side after being kneaded.
C was completely dry and falling apart. 


Here are the results of our test. 
Links to the blog with the full directions on how to make the play dough
are right above each picture.
Of course, this is just our opinion :) 

1) Our favorite is A
I agree with its "Best Play Dough" recipe claim!
This is so super soft and isn't drying out while being left out for a while now. WIN!

You can find this recipe & instructions at kristanlynn


2) Runner up is D
Honestly, A & D can be tied.  They are both so soft. 
This one has been left out for a while now and is not drying out yet!  Also a WIN!

I found this recipe & instructions at playdoughrecipe.org

3) Next up is B.
This one also carries the claim of "Best play dough recipe"
My only real complaint about this one is that it started to dry faster than the first two.
It sat out the same amount of time as A & C.
But it already started to dry out before I put it in the container.
Once you knead it again it seems to smooth out nicely.
It is really soft though.  Also a win!  

You can find this recipe & instructions at recipesfromhome

4) I really don't like how C turned out at all.
It called for the same ingredients as all the others. But, it is prepared completely different.
Instead of adding all the ingredients in one bowl. 
You mix the dry ingredients in one bowl.
Boil the water and add the oil to the water.  Then you combine the wet with the dry ingredients.
It isn't nearly as soft as the three others. 
It still forms fine when being played with by the kiddos.


Not to mention I screwed up the first batch, lol! See picture below :)

You can find the recipe & instructions at our bower blogspot