Christmas Challenge Day #1 Sparking Snow Dough

It is so easy during the holidays to get so wrapped up in everything, that it's easy to forget to take time out and enjoy that little love bug in your life!  So my challenge to any parent, it to make sure you carve out a half of hour of your morning or evening for just some one on one time!

I'm posting 24 fun things to do with your toddler during Christmas!  Some ideas are simple, some are free, some involve minor purchases...but all are great to do without going broke!!  You can do these ideas in any order and repeat when necessary!  But the time spent will be worth it!  Day #1: Sparking SNOW PLAYDOUGH!

SPARKLING SNOW DOUGH
2 cups water
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 tsp. cream of tartar
4 tsp. oil
Iridescent glitter (we used silver...but any color will work!)

1.  Combine ingredients in a heavy saucepan.
2.  Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon- until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of pan. 3.  Form dough into a ball, place on waxed paper and cool.

Recommendations:

Stoves and Samuel do not go well together!  Samuel loves to be a BIG helper!  But I always worry he will get burnt, so I made this during nap time for him to play with when he wakes up!  But if you are a parent of an older child, then this would be great to make together!

Here's the website where I found this recipe (and 39 other recipes for homemade playdough!!!)  If you don't have all these ingredients you can substitute another recipe and just add glitter!

Home Made Play Dough Website