How to make playdough - no cream of tartar, no cooking

All purpose flour - 3/8 cups
Table Salt - 1/8 cup
Water -1/8 cup
Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp
Food colors

 Method:

1.  Add salt, food color, water to bowl and mix well until salt dissolves completely.
2. Then add oil followed by flour.
3. Knead into dough. Sprinkle some flour/ water if needed.
4. Knead it for atleast ten minutes.
5. This measurement is for one color, repeat the same for others also.

 

• First photo is the recent one[ pink color using rose milk essence and brown is cocoa powder]
• Rest others are food colors bought from store.
  

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Butterfly matching Game

Got an idea of Butterfly matching after seeing in this blog.

1. Take print out[preferably color print out] of the butterflies and cut each of them separately and again into two.
2. Paste the left half of all the butterflies in one sheet and laminate it.
   
3. Laminate the right half of the butterflies and cut each one separately. 
4. Hot glue velcro in the back sides of right half of the butterflies.
5. Hot glue velcro in the sheet for attaching the right half.
6. Now its all set ready and its good busy bag idea for kids.                                                                  
   
7. Its time to play!!

        

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Color matching popsicle sticks

Materials required:

                        Popsicle sticks

                        Fabric paint or water color

                        Sewing needle and matching threads

                        Felt

                                                                                                                                                                 

  

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Button Up Snake

This is very simple idea for kids busy bag which makes kids engaged and to learn buttoning. It can be used for kids of age one and half years.   

Materials Needed:

            6 inches of ribbon

            Few colors of felt

            One button

            One small cardboard

            Glue

         

  

1. First cut 2” by 2” felt in all colors and make slit in the center for buttonhole.
2. Sew button in one side of ribbon.
3. Cardboard also has to be in same size as 2” by 2”.
4. Paste the other end of ribbon to center of cardboard.
5. Now it’s ready to play.

 This can also be done by sewing two buttons in each end of ribbon and can be used for color sorting, finding shapes also.

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