Homemade fun

At Smart Fun Toys we believe that kids learn through play and that can happen with some simple homemade fun. Kids of all ages love arts and crafts. Our two year old loves to color and play with stickers and he loves playing with flubber and homemade play dough. You will find a lot of recipes for homemade fun right here. These recipes are fun and easy to make and the best part is they use inexpensive ingredients that you probably already have.

Flubber
Mixture1:
3/4cups warm water
1 cup Elmers glue
Food Coloring

Mixture 2:
2tsp. Borax
1/2 cup warm water

Stir mixture 1 together in a bowl and mixture 2 in another bowl. Make sure both are mixed well. Pour mixture 1 into mixture 2. No need to stir, but the more you work with it the faster it is ready for playing..so stir a little. Then just reach in and pull out a glob of flubber....or yellow as our son calls it because I used yellow food coloring. Store in an airtight container. Kids will have a blast making imprints in their flubber with our blocks, scoots or really any toy. This stuff is just fun.

Play Dough
Mix in a medium pot:1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 Tbsp. cream of tartar

Add:
1 cup water
2 tsp. food coloring

Cover over medium heat and stir (about 3-5 minutes). It will look like a "globby" mess and you'll be sure it is not turning out...but it will. Store in an airtight container. Play dough comes in handy when you want to make your log cabin logs stick together to make an airplane.

Clay for Posterity (overnight drying method)
Mix:
1 cup cornstarch
2 cups baking soda
1 1/4 cups cold water

Stir in a saucepan over medium heat for about 4 minutes until mixture thickens to a moist mashed potato consistency. Remove from heat, turn out on a plate and cover with a damp cloth until cool. Knead as you would dough. Shape as desired or store in airtight container or plastic bag.


We would love to hear what you did with your homemade fun. If you have other fun recipes send them to me at angela@gigglefliggle.com.