Crafty Moms are Making Toys!
by: Mara Hernandez-Capili on Thu, 9 Apr 2009 at: 11:13 AM Go to: Previous Article Next Article
Practical moms will always device a lot of ways to save money on household requirements. There are a lot of do it yourself household remedies which types spreads from cleaning agents, soaps, shampoos, body washes, baby diapers, baby toys, etc. Allowing yourself to be practical will allow you to save a lot of money from household items. A practical mother would then turn to creative ideas on how to be practical yet have fun.
Homemade toys are slowly becoming the trend for mom at home to save or cut on the budget. Homemade toys such as play dough are very easy and very economical to do, and to add to that it is also play-safe for babies. Making homemade play dough is quite easy to prepare as the materials can be avail at the comfort on a kitchen. The ingredients are as follows: 1 cu of table salt, 1.5 cups of flour, 4 table spoons olive oil, 4 teaspoons cream of tartar, food coloring and flavor oil (vanilla, peppermint, almond, etc) for scent.
Put all the ingredients together to form a huge paste like "dough". Grab a handful, indent a side with your finger and add food color after which start molding it in your palm to show the achieved color. Add more drops of food color until you were able to reach your desired color. Do this with the rest while putting a new color so you could have play dough of different shades.
Storing the play dough is a piece of cake as it can be stored in air tight glass containers and could last for months. You need not to worry if your child was able to accidentally eat some since the materials that you used are safe and edible. If the dough dries out, try wetting it with few drops of water and it will be just fine.
Get up one notch and be more creative and start to sell your product! Try printing cute labels for your play dough jars. Remember to put you business name and contact numbers into the labels because people at the craft fairs will surely hound you for orders. Homemade toys are definitely a craze and many would be interested to try one of those!
About the Author
Mara Hernandez-Capili is a writer and a researcher on events in Travel and Leisure. Visiting events such as the South Dakota craft fairs will open ones spirit on the beauty of the world beyond home's borders. If youre staying in South Dakota, the author suggests checking out the South Dakota craft shows for entertainments to make your stay memorable.
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