Edible Playdough

The other night I decided to make the kids some Peanut Butter Playdough. I hadn't made it in a long time, and it certainly was a hit! It's super easy to make:

Peanut Butter Playdough:

12 oz peanut butter

6 Tbsp honey

1/2c. to 1 1/2 c. nonfat dry milk powder

Combine all ingredients; add more dry milk if needed to keep it from being sticky.

They can eat it (and it's yummy - I kept taking sniches from Nathaniel's pile!), and after they finish playing you can put it in a ziploc bag or tupperware and put it in the fridge so they can play with it again. We didn't do so this time, but you can use raisins, peanuts, etc. to decorate and add to your playdough.

I let the kids make their own since they love to help me cook and bake (Nathaniel had a hard time stirring the thick peanut butter, though). Hannah Beth wanted to wear her chef's hat, since she usually wears it when baking, so Nathaniel decided that he needed one and asked me to get one for him. Since we have no other chef's hats in the house, I had to quickly get creative. I offered him one of Thomas' winter hats, and thankfully Nathaniel was very pleased and wore it the whole time! :)

Hannah Beth had lots of fun getting very into making things with the playdough (see below her girl and bunny rabbit). It is neat to see her create. I helped Nathaniel make some shapes with cookie cutters (Christmas ones were still on hand), but he was mostly interested in eating it!! :)

Picture Pizza

The other day I asked Hannah Beth to help me make homemade pizzas for dinner. Sometimes I make dough in my bread maker for the crusts, but this time I used store bought whole wheat crusts because Thomas likes the thin and healthier crusts. Hannah Beth spread the sauce (I just used spaghetti sauce with veggies in it) and sprinkled the cheese, and then her creation began. I had bags of onions and green peppers already in the freezer that were cut to different sizes, and gave her pepperoni, ham, tomatoes and pineapple to use as she wanted. Without any prompting, she went right to work and created an elaborate picture on her pizza with all the toppings. Some tomatoes and onions became a fairy and a princess (yes, she is very girly!!), some green peppers became a fence, pepperonis became flying alligators who ate the bad bugs (small chopped green peppers) so they couldn't get the fairy and princess, and the pineapples became butterflies. She had a great time, and I loved seeing her imagination and her creativeness come to life!