Pinterest adventures {homemade playdough}

We tried homemade playdough this morning (my pinspiration here) and it was pretty cool! I wanted to try it out because Kyle really likes play dough, but he also really likes to run behind the curtain and cram it in his mouth. We're working on that, but in the meantime I wanted to make some that I wouldn't feel too concerned about when it inevitable gets on his tongue (or between his teeth).

This morning I realized I had all of the ingredients in the cupboard for this version, so I gave it a shot. It took about 3 minutes to make, was super simple, and the consistency was pretty similar to real play dough. My hands got food coloring all over them from kneading it together, but by the time I was done and gave it to Kyle to play with it was absorbed enough that his hands remained clean.

I only made blue today, mostly because I only had enough rice cereal to make one batch, but this is definitely a Pinterest success and I'll be picking up more to make additional colors.

Even thought it's technically safe to eat, I didn't want Kyle getting in the habit of eating play dough so I kept it out of his mouth. He was content rolling it around on the ground, squeezing it as hard as he could and breaking pieces off to put on different paper plates. Fun and messy morning!

Ingredients:
1 c. rice cereal
1 c. cornstarch
1/2 c. unsweetened apple sauce
2 tblsp. vegetable oil
food coloring (if desired)
mix well/knead together

***UPDATE - This playdough did not hold up well the next day. Maybe I should have let it sit out of the fridge for a bit, but when I took it out on day 2 it was just hard and yucky so in the trash it went! I'll do this again on a rainy day, but not on the regular because it's messy/kind of a lot of work as a one-time deal.

Pinterest side note:
I definitely don't consider myself a "crafty" person and I hardly spend any time on Pinterest (my sad boards are here), but some times I go crazy and start pinning some crafts/learning activities for Kyle and I to try, which I like to share on this blog.

I would say that I've really only had 1 major Pinterest success in my life, and it's actually all thanks to Brian since he built our childproof fireplace/bookshelf for the living room by hand (pinspiration here). It turned out pretty cool, except I've been saying I'm going to paint the alphabet on it for about 6 months now. One day.

My favorite Pinterest FAIL was when I tried to make a handmade crib rail protector about 8 months ago after Kyle started gnawing on his crib like a woodchuck (pinspiration here - top photo):

This still makes me laugh thinking about how I got inside the crib and worked so fast trying to make it look cute while Kyle tried to get in there with me and kept pulling on the fabric :)