I came across loads of colourful and easy looking tutorials for homemade Play Doh so I thought I would give it a go, whats the worst that could happen?
The Play Doh itself was really easy to make, all I did was mix 4 cups of flour with 1 1/2 cups of salt, added in 1 cup of water, 3-4 table spoons of oil and then a few drops of food colouring. I only had three different colours so on the last batch I added in glittery stars to jazz it up a bit. It only took about 10 minutes to make, it was incredibly messy though and took a lot longer to clean up.
I put the Play Doh on a tray and added in some cookie cutters and wooden spoons, I set up a safe Play Doh playing zone on the floor of my living room and was feeling pretty smug with myself that in the small time frame that is nap time I had come up with a genius way to keep him entertained, something that I had made myself and hadn't cost a thing. I eagerly awaited nap time to end so I could show him this new exciting wonderment to play with.
Play Doh playing started off so well, he was happily squashing his hands and feet into it and hitting it with the spoons. This lasted all of about four minutes, after that it was lobbed across the room, rubbed into the cats fur, eaten and smeared across the floor, the food colouring had even stained his hands. This wasn't the perfect Play Doh playing scenario I had been conjuring up in my head!
After around 8 minutes of Play Doh playing I removed this item and declared it contraband! I stuck him in the bath and cleaned him up and sat on the floor watching him play for ages happily, why didn't I just put him in the bath originally, then I wouldn't have had a sink full of multi coloured bowls and floury clumps.
Moral of the story, the easy option is always the best option and don't be a Pinterest Paula!
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