Recipes - Non Foods MOMS Club, Tampa

Non Toxic Paint

Craft Ideas-- Mix 1 part unsweetened Koolaid mix with 1 part water to make a non-toxic paint. It will also be scratch-and-sniff when it dries.
Take a dark piece of construction paper and put small objects on it, then set it out in the sun for a few hours. The paper will fade except where the objects are. Use letters to spell out the child's name.

Play Dough For Kids

Courtesy of the Children's Museum. Here is a recipe for play dough that makes a soft, pliable dough that is easy for little hands to manipulate. When you store it in a plastic baggie it remains soft and doesn't need any kneading to soften it before the kids can use it.
1 cup flour
½ cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
3 tsp oil food coloring
1 cup water
Put the water on the stove to heat up. (It doesn't have to be boiling, but it must be pretty hot.) Measure the dry ingredients into a bowl and make a well in the center. Add the oil and food coloring, then add the water. Stir until it's well-combined. It will thicken as it gets stirred. When it's cool enough to hold, let the kids knead the dough until it's smooth and cool enough to play with. Store in a plastic bag