Thursday, June 19, 2014

Homemade Playdough and Spongeball with essential oils.


Playdough with Essential Oils 

2 cups flour
2 cups water
1 cup salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
5 drops essential oils (Peppermint, Lavender, Wild Orange, Balance, Grapefruit, Lemon, etc.)
2 drops of food coloring
 
- Mix together all ingredients in a large pan except for the essential oils.
- Once mixed stir over medium heat until it forms into a ball.
- Remove from heat and cool on parchment or wax paper.
- Once cool add in 5 drops of Essential Oil and kneed until well mixed.
- Play and then store in an airtight container in the fridge to use again next week.

DIY Spongeball for Water Fights Outside
3 Sponges (1/2-by-2 3/4-by-4 1/4-inches)
Pen
Ruler
Scissors
String
 
- With a pen and a ruler, make five lines lengthwise on a sponge, each 1/2 inch apart.
- Use scissors to cut the sponge, using the lines as a guide, into six rods.
-Repeat first two steps the other two sponges.
-Lay strips on top of each other in three layers, five to six to a layer. Cinch them across the middle with a piece of string; knot it tightly. Fluff pieces out into a ball.
 
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