Two Ingredient Playdough

On Monday we were lucky enough to have some lovely friends over. I had seen a post on making playdough using corn flour and conditioner over at Laughing Kids Learn and decided we should have a go.
The weather was lovely so perfect for some outdoor (less mess to clean up then) fun!

Here is what you need

2 1/4 Cups Corn Flour
1 Cup Conditioner (we used the cheapest sort I could find)

We spent awhile measuring out and smelling the ingredients and then had a free for all with the mixing!!
It took awhile for the mixture to come together but when it did it was the most amazing soft and sweet smelling playdough. We didn't find that it was stretchy, but wonder if we added more conditioner (something to try next time) it would be. It was super easy and the kids had a great time creating with it. We didn't keep this batch, but think it would last just fine if stored in airtight container. (ours ended up with lots of sticks, leaves and dirt through it)!

Glad we gave this one a go and will try it again with some more conditioner and maybe some food colouring!

We love playdough and here are some links to more of our playdough fun!

http://creativetoddlers.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/jelly-playdough.html

http://creativetoddlers.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/playdough-tracks.html

Valentine's Day Tape Resist Canvas Heart Art

We are loving all things Valentine's Day at the moment. There is just so much fun crafting to be had with hearts! Today we made some Valentine's Day canvas prints for Daddy to take to work.

Here is what you need:

Dot Painters (We used Paint Box Brand)

White Paper

Canvases (I brought some from a cheap shop for $3 each)

Scissors

Sticky Tape

Pencil/Crayon/Marker

We started by drawing hearts on some paper and cutting them out. I then used some low tack tape to tape the hearts in place on the canvas so they wouldn't more around.

I then let the toddler times loose with the dot painters.

It is important to remember to make sure the is an overlap around the edge of the heart so that when you remove the heart, you can see the resist line.

We then made sure that we filled as much of the canvas as possible with more dots for extreame effect! Once we were happy with the way the canvases we removed the hearts. 

Miss M and her very spotty heart resist ready to give to Daddy.

Master E and his brilliant Heart Art!

Hope you enjoyed! Happy Valentines Day!

Valentine's Day Tissue Paper Hearts

Valentine's Day is almost here again. Not a holiday celebrate in our household but one that lends it self to lots of fun craft activities for the kids.
So we are embracing Valentines Day for all of it's wonderful crafting oppotunities!

This week we made some super cute Tissue Paper Hearts which we might use to turn into cards or bunting or just use as window decorations.



Here is what you will need

Paper or Cardboard

Tissue Paper (various colours, we went with hot pink, light pink, purple and red with spots)

Texta (permanent marker)

Glue (we used glue sticks)

Scisssors



What to do

I started by drawing hearts on white paper for the toddler timers using the black marker. We then covered the hearts in glue and tore off pieces of tissue paper to cover/fill the hearts.
We weren't bothered if it went over the edges as once they were dry we cut them out all ready to be used for decorating.

Happy Crafting!!!