Hopefully both students and parents are settling in their work and school schedules well! 

I can't believe we're approaching fall already. But I am surprised to hear myself say that I'm kind of looking forward to it (I'm surprised because I am very much a summer gal). And with the changing of seasons, we prepare to welcome the seemingly perpetual rainy days. With that in mind, I got my hands on a super easy play dough recipe to test out with the kids in the hopes of occupying some boredom as the weather gets gloomy. I liked this recipe because many play dough recipes call for cream of tartar, something that I know is not a commonality in all kitchens, but this recipe doesn't use it at all. I did find when making this with the kids is that you will need more flour than it calls for, but that's easy enough to tweak as you're kneading. I also noticed that it didn't make enough for our kids in one batch (however I did have about 10 kids in my group), but it'd be plenty for 2 or 3 kids. 

Here's the recipe for any parents who might want to bust some boredom in the future...

Ingredients:

1 cup flour (will likely need more, but easily tweaked)

1/4 cup salt

1 packet of Kool-Aid (for colour and pleasant scent)

2/3 cup hot water

1 tbs oil

Instructions:

1. Mix the flour, salt and Kool-Aid together.

2. Boil the water. 

3. Add oil to the water.

4. Pour some of the water into the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon or spatula. Keep adding water and work the dough until the colour is even and feels like play dough. 

The Junior OSC kids had a lot of fun with this play dough, making all sorts of shapes and creations with cookie cutters and 'play dough tools'. 

Sara