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1/25/2015

How & Why To Make This Easy Doh Recipe With Your Kids.

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How & Why-Make This Easy Doh Recipe With Your Kids.

by  Susie E. Caron (c) 1-25-15


"What can I do today?" young children often ask.



This may or may not be a familiar question in this age of electronics. However, it's ideal to have something else for your kids to do when they are bored, bugging you with endless questions, or needing a good old fashioned hands on activity. Activities, like the one below, will benefit you and your kids in these significant ways:


  • It requires only little of your time; less than 10 minutes to prepare.
  • When you make the doh together, you build up your parent-child relationship.
  • It's fun and easy. (Kid love to watch something 'materialize' from what was first several other ingredients.)
  • You develop good memories for all of you.
  • The doh can occupy your children for long periods of time,which helps you if  you need to get some other things accomplished.
  • When tightly covered, it is reusable, so they can play with it for several weeks before another batch is needed.


I saved this recipe I used when my own two children were little. 

Now you can make this doh with your kids, and give them some creative fun.


Suggestion: Give them some cookie cutters to work with! Older children could make winter shapes or Valentines. Encourage them to use their imaginations & make creatures!


My Favorite Fun Doh. 


NOTE: Adult is needed for the cooking step.
Mix in a saucepan:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 Tablespoon Cream of Tartar

1Tablespoon Cooking Oil
Food color, or a package of unsweetened Kool-aid, if desired.

Cook this mixture over low heat stirring constantly until mixture forms a ball. (It works quickly.)
Remove from heat. Allow it to cool until you  and the kids can knead it by hand.
This must be stored in air-tight containers, but keeps for weeks.



Did you enjoy this article? Would you enjoy more articles about practical, fun things you can do with your kids? 
Let me know in the comments below and please share this with your friends. Just click the links. Thank you,and always remember,

Twee' Means You & Me, 
Susie E. Caron


Jennifer
2/5/2015 08:27:44 am

Here is a link to the Gak recipe. It stores for a long time in airtight container. The consistency is very wet at first, but it dries and changes consistency the longer you play with it. Then, after being stored, it will feel less elastic. But, the longer you play with it, the stretchier it gets. http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiments/glue-borax-gak


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