Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough

  

Ingredients:

1+1/2 cups natural peanut butter

1/2-3/4 cup powdered milk

Steps:

Mix! Enjoy! Eat!

(Last two steps in no particular order)

Thanks again goes out to Megan, who sent me a great list of ideas for toddlers.

I didn't have natural peanut butter on hand, so I am wondering if mine turned out a little softer than it should have.  It was still perfectly entertaining for little hands and perfectly yummy for little mouths!  I even cut up matchstick celery to stir with and got out sprinkles to roll little PB play dough balls in.

Emotion Faces

Not a new idea, but a good one.  Use paper plates and whatever else you can find to create different emotion faces.  Our public library has kits that you can check out.  It is a little themed backpack full of books, a DVD or CD, and a card full of activities and songs on the subject.  We checked out one on emotions to go along with this art project.  Great fun and super cheap!

Lunch Idea: Muffin Tin Meal

 

An idea borrowed from Megan over at The Foods We Love. 

Fill each little cup of a muffin tin with foods little fingers love.

My two-year old loves this idea because it is fun for him and I love it because it is fun for me.  It forces me to serve a variety of foods.  Megan also said it is great because you can serve a treat and if they choose to eat it first, they can, but then the only other choices are healthy ones.  She has some great theme ideas.  Give it a try!

One favorite in our house is an orange themed muffin tin lunch:

macaroni and cheese, fish crackers, oranges, carrots (+dip) and orange juice

Celebrate the Boy!

 

So inspired.

Cozy Car Caddy

I want to make one of these.

Tutorial found here on Homemade by Jill.