This is really just a salty kind of homemade playdough. Make small, medium or large batches. Make with more or less salt. Here’s a few recipes to sample.
Small Batch
1/4 cup salt
1 cup flour
1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp water
1 Tbsp oil
Mix together salt and flour. Stir in water, then add oil. [...]
Forego the paper and try some cloth napkins. They will last and last and are easy to make.
Flour Paste:
Stir together until smooth:
1/4 cup flour (pastry flour or rice flour is best, but can use all-purpose wheat flour)
1/4 cup cold water
Slowly pour over paste, stirring constantly:
3/4 cup boiling water
Resulting mixture should be translucent.
Papier Mache Technique:
Tear newspaper into strips about 1″ wide along the grain, or into pieces.
There are a few different [...]
Kids – especially young kids – are rough on their clothes. In a shockingly short period of time a new pair of jeans can sport a hole in the knee.
Recently, I’ve found clothes (especially girls’ clothes), are made of thinner fabric than they used to be, which means even more holes and [...]
This is a picture of the finished bear my daughter made from a Build A Bear kit at her birthday party. We purchased the kits from Joann’s. The kits come complete, including the stuffing, needle and thread, so there is no need to purchase anything extra.
Here’s a closer view of the [...]