I love it when the mailman surprises me. Yesterday I received a parcel from far off Minnesota, from our shoebox swap friends at Dandelionend. What joy!
Under the guise of awarding a prize for choosing a cute name for a new cow, Dandelionmom sent us out smencils – a 100% recycled newspaper pencil, with delicious smells permeating from them. It was a challenge not to chew the end of the cinnamon flavoured one, smelling as it did just like the Big Red chewing gum we used to buy at school. There was also a sugar-cookie flavour, watermelon, and gingerbread. Delicious!
Arising from a conversation about my favourite playdough recipe, Dandelionmom shared her favourite Kool-Aid playdough recipe. Because she is such dear, generous, thoughtful friend, she included several packets so we could try out some kool smelling, brightly coloured, foreign play dough!
We had fun!!
Here’s the recipe:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
3 Tbs oil
1 small pkg unsweetened drink mix
1 cup boiling water
Instructions:
Mix dry ingredients;
add water and oil;
stir; then knead with hands.
Play!
Nov 29, 2008 @ 21:44:26
Wow! What a wonderful surprise package. I love the Australia and animal shapes your girls made with the play dough… very clever!
Love Amanda
Nov 30, 2008 @ 14:03:49
We had a lot of fun with it. Of course we couldn’t leave such an opportunity for a geography/social studies lesson pass by, and were actually going to do a North America map and animals in honour of our Dandelion friends, but you know how many states those people have, lol! My playdough skills don’t extend that far…
There is no link in the “Pearls of Truth” name: would there by any chance be a site I should be investigating, or have you just been more creative today?
You wouldn’t hold out on your web buddies would you?
Nov 30, 2008 @ 14:14:44
Me!??! Never! I obviously haven’t got something ticked in my new blog setup… oh boy, there are more boxes to tick than smiths in the phone directory, lol…
my blog is pearlsoftruth.wordpress.com
I would love you to stop by… not much to see yet, but I am just warming up,
Nov 30, 2008 @ 14:50:20
Dec 02, 2008 @ 03:23:14
This post did not pop on my reader! I only just now noticed it! How great is it to see your name in play-dough!! I am glad you had fun with it!
Dec 02, 2008 @ 23:25:46
You know Dandelionmom, I wouldn’t admit this to just anyone, but your playdough, while not necessarily better than mine, no, I can’t give that much ground,
it is certainly easier, and faster to make, with less mess to clean up. (yeah, I know that sounds like it’s better, lol!)
Thanks for sharing both the recipe, and the ingredients with me
Dec 05, 2008 @ 00:25:16
LOL!! SEEEE—sugary drink mixes ARE useful at times! I like that the kids can mix it and no stove is needed too! The little bit of oil helps keep the salt dough from drying out hands. Yours will dry and bake better if you want to keep creations around -the Kool-aid colors sort of fade when they dry out–and I’ve always been afraid they would attract insects etc if left out to dry. LOL
Jan 04, 2009 @ 16:30:18
Oh, we are such the fans of koolaid playdough! When we lived in Ukraine, it was a big treat to have someone mail us koolaid — and not to drink!
Jan 05, 2009 @ 09:47:15
I have to confess to being converted to koolaid playdough too. But shhhh, don’t tell Dandelionmom, I don’t want her thinking that all things American are better than all things Australian…
May 07, 2009 @ 11:41:37
Mar 09, 2012 @ 04:01:24
Thanks for the Smencil shout-out!
We wanted all of our loyal Smencils fans to be the first to know that we are now bringing “Smanimals” to life. Pink Llamanade, Kangarootbeer, Mint Chocolate Chipmunk and friends are on a journey to become real scented stuffed animals. You can track with their busy lives at at Smencils.com or SmanimalWorld.com
Thanks again for all the Smencil love!
The Smencils Team