homemade playdough recipe!

homemade playdough. i remember it fondly from when my mom made it many years ago and i just spotted this recipe & how-to over at the craftzine blog. i'm not sure if i should try this one yet with cole, but i'm going to have to and get some cream of tartar and give it a shot next week. (side note: what on earth else is that stuff for?) if the worst thing he can do is eat it then that's probably not too bad.

and better than the craft we tried the other day - stringing eco felt and cut-up straws onto a piece of wool. it was more of a random rainy day activity we could do together than a craft for him to do - i knew i'd be doing the stringing and a lot of hovering to ensure small bits remained uneaten, but cole ran off with all the supplies before we got too far. and i punched the holes too big so the felt pieces just came off and we were left with a string snake of straw bits. but it was still a lot of fun - he had a blast whipping felt around and chasing our pitiful snake, and it was our first craft together!

will report back on the success of playdough as soon as we try it out...