Best Playdough Recipe Ever

My nephew had a birthday this weekend, and I wanted to make him something again.  Last year I painted him a picture of a car with his name on the bumper (he is obsessed with cars!)

I can't believe a year has gone by already.  This year I wanted to make him something again, but not as time consuming.

So I made him playdough!

When I first moved into this neighbourhood, one of the neighbours came over and gave us some homemade playdough, and the recipe to go along with it.  I LOVE this recipe!  Especially the fact that it involves Kool-aid, and makes it smell so good!

Here is what you need:

1 cup white flour

1/4 cup salt

2 tsp cream of tarter

1 cup water

1 tbsp oil

1pkg Kool-aid

1.  First mix four, salt, cream of tarter, and kool-aid in a medium pot.

2.  Add water and oil.

3.  Turn on medium heat.

4.  Cook and stir, until mixture forms a ball.

5.  Take out and knead dough on lightly floured surface.

6.  Store in (CUTE) airtight containers.

DONE!

p.s.  Smell the playdough, it is wonderful!!!  So good that I had to save a little and make myself a glass!

ENJOY!

Cleaning Silver

So I never did get around to buying a silver polish, that I mentioned before, considering all the silver things I have been picking up at the thrift store lately.  I did however look into buying some, but I just didn't find anything that I thought looked right for my project.  So I looked online and found a recipe to make homemade silver polish and well, it was so great I thought I would pass it on to you.

But before we get to that I have to show you what I found!!!  I was in the thrift store once again, and I had wandered through the store, had a few things in my cart, and was headed back to the housewares section when I saw a lady who works there, with a cart full of stuff she was about to shelf.  I browsed her cart from a distance when I found this silver thing screaming at me to take it off her cart before she puts it on the shelf and someone else walks away with this beauty.  So I did, I snatched it off her cart and felt wonderful for having it in MY cart.

I didn't know what I would do with it yet, it was just too pretty to pass up.  But moments later it hit me.  My daughter's birthday is coming up!  perfect!!!

Would you have snatched this beauty?

Here is the recipe I followed to clean this set up. (Don't you love google?)

Home made Silver Polish Cleaner

A big pot for all your pieces

Bring water to a boil

Put a piece of aluminum foil in the bottom of the pot

Dump in 1 tsp of baking soda for every 2 inches of water

2 tsp of salt

Let boil

Place silver piece in boiling water and let sit for a few minutes

Remove and place another piece in the water

Dip silver in a sink of warm soapy (not too soapy) water quickly and remove

Dry and rub with a clean dry cloth

Voila!

It worked great!  I love homemade recipes!

Here is the end result:

Now, you may be thinking I am nuts to give this to my daughter who is a toddler, or you may be thinking it's great!  But can I just say that my girls LOVE playing tea party...

and when I bought my older daughter (P) a tea set for Christmas that was SO cute, it ended up like this...

Am I crazy for buying ceramic!!!  Poor tea set.

This ceramic tea set was $8.99, and the silver one was only $9.99!

I figure at least a silver one will last, and it is extremely cute as well!

Her birthday isn't for a few weeks, otherwise I would have caught a few photos of her using them.  I'll have to post some later, after the party.  I can't wait.  She may just love to play it it now, but I think this will be something she will love to keep later!  And if she doesn't, I will!!

Happy Monday!

I am linking to the parties on my sidebar.