Chocolate. Who doesn’t love chocolate? Especially for Valentine’s Day! But you can’t eat it every day… So let’s play with it instead with this Easy No-Cook Chocolate Playdough! You and the kids will love the delicious chocolate scent of this chocolate play dough recipe. Plus, they’ll have tons of fun turning it into chocolates in…
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Play Brain Surgeon with a Brain Jello Mold
I picked up a fun jello mold the other day. It’s a brain. I mainly got it because I’m Left Brain Craft Brain, you know, and thought it would be fun for Halloween. Then I realized how much fun this could be for The Babe. So every other day we pull the brain out along with…
How to Make the Best Black Playdough Recipe Ever!
Halloween is in the air and at our house, the color scheme goes to orange and black. Even in playtime! And we love making our playtime DIY, so in came a big batch of homemade playdough today. I wanted a really rich, deep, dark Black Playdough, which with the right ingredients is super easy to…
Oobleck Dough
We’re constantly looking for new takes on classic science experiments around here. And this one came about as a little bit of an accident. I had put out a play tray of kitchen supplies like dish soap, baking soda, corn starch, water, food coloring, etc. for my daughter Turns out that when you mix dish…
Five Minute Crafts – Play Dough Petroglyphs
How do you like to remember things you do and see when traveling with the family? I know some families like to journal. Sharing pictures on social media is a great way, too. We also like to reinforce some of the cool things we’ve learned by doing activities after we get home. Like recreating petroglyphs…
Pi Day Pie Playdough
Happy Pi Day everyone!! Let’s have a little fun and a little pie this March 14th with this silly and educational Pi Day Pie Playdough. It smells yummy and it can help you teach the kids about geometry. This post contains affiliate links. Pi Day Playdough You need a few things to make this…
Star Wars BB-8 Inspired Play Dough
The Force is back. And it’s ready for a fight! Star Wars fever has definitely been building up in our house in anticipation of The Force Awakens. So I pulled together a few droid parts for my little Darth and laid out this BB-8 Play Dough Invitation to Play. This post contains affiliate links. Star Wars…
Fall Tinker Tray
What’s your holy grail kids’ activity? Mine is a creativity inspiring activity that encourages independent play and learning. That my kiddo loves ~every~ time. My holy grail activity is called tinkering. Simply lay out some small parts and let their imaginations run wild. Our latest installation is a fall themed tray full of pumpkins, leaves…
Pumpkin Pie Spice Play Dough
I whipped up a batch of yummy smelling Pumpkin Pie Spice Play Dough the other day for some fun, sensory play. Here’s the super easy recipe! Try adding fall elements like acorns, leaves and pine cones for festive play. Pumpkin Pie Spice Play Dough Recipe 1 1/2 cups flour 3/4 cup salt 1 T. cream…
8 Ways to Play with an Old Keyboard
We love figuring out ways to play with something that people throw out. Dumpster diving for toys, so to speak. One of the best recent finds was an old keyboard. There were so many different ways to play with it. Here are 8 to get you started :) This post contains affiliate links. SAFETY NOTE:…