homemade playdough

Make homemade playdough:
You will need:
1 cup of salt
1 cup of flour
1 cup of water
rolling pin
cookie cutters
Put salt and flour in a deep unbreakable bowl. Dress your child in an old t-shirt to protect his/her clothing. Have your child mix the dry ingredients thoroughly with hands or a wooden spoon. Slowly add water to which some drops of food coloring have been added. Continue to mix, then knead dough until it is smooth and elastic without being sticky. Dump the playdough onto a flat floured surface and roll it out with the rolling pin. Use cookie cutters to make shapes. You can also use store-bought playdough and all of the many accessories that they offer to go with it.

On a rainy day...

What to do on a rainy day:

bake cookies

watch movies

play marbles

play Monopoly

catch up on laundry

play hide and seek

scrapbook

act out a play (kids)

act out a puppetshow (kids)

fill a box to donate to Goodwill

do a craft

set up a tent in the living room and have a pretend campout

learn something interesting about history

decorate the inside of the windows to look sun-shiney :)

make homemade playdough