the glittered nest

Homemade Playdough Gift

Homemade playdough is a great gift to give and a great craft for antsy kiddos at Thanksgiving time. Getting the meal ready and watching the kids can be really stressful with lots of family activity going on.  Break out the playdough...I guarantee even the teenagers will join in. 

 
 
  
  
All you need is:

3 cups of water

3 cups of flour

3 Tbl of oil

6 tsp of cream of tarter

1.5 cups of salt

food coloring

Mix it all in a big pot until it starts to come together and look like a big ball. Turn out onto cling wrap.  Let it cool for several minutes and then play away!

Let your children help make it so they feel they have helped with this special gift.

To wrap mine I used parchment paper and red and white baker's twine.  The little flower is made from two mini cupcake liners and a button.  You could easily add a cookie cutter.  Don't forget to attach the recipe!

 

Paper Mache' Holiday House

 The first house of our Christmas village was constructed today by my daughter Abby.  These houses are so fun to paint and add glitter too.  You can find them at Hobby Lobby for only 4.00.

You can't tell in this picture but we added battery operated lights inside and it lights up.  The top comes off and you can even use this as a gift box. 
  We used German Glass Glitter for the roof and miniture ornaments for the front of the house.

 The glass glitter was purchased online at castleintheair.biz.  They have great double sided crepe paper too.  We also used Martha Stewart's glitter from Michaels.  She has some of the most beautiful colors. 

Right now the little house sits amongst turkeys and pumpkins but will soon be surrounded by snow and trees. Happy Holidays!  This is a great project to do with your kids at any age!  It took us an hour to make this little creation.