I haven’t always made my own play dough, but this past year I have. Thanks to a wonderful play dough recipe {I got permission from the original author to share the recipe with my readers, find a printable too!} that even a non-cook like me can handle and remember, I have made several batches and my children are oh-so-thankful.
Of course, I had to pull out some Christmas-y play dough. But why stop with just play dough? My organizational freak of a brain got going and came up with a little solution to our play dough playing dilemma.
Dilemma # 1 ~ dragging out the play dough tools and remembering to clean it all up and put it all back.
Dilemma #2 ~ remembering to add in my themed dough cutters when we switch themes/holidays.
Dilemma #3 ~ “Mommy, I can’t get the baggie open, {top off of the play doh}.”
Solution…The Busy Hands Box!
I had this awesome box, and put it to work. I made a space for our tools and also spaces for our current play dough {a home made batch usually lasts us about a month}. The box lid shuts tight and seals so the play dough stays fresh, but each individual color doesn’t have to be in a separate {and difficult for a 2 year old to open} container/baggie.
You can surprise your kids for Christmas, give one as a gift, or just make your own life a bit better by organizing your own play dough supplies in a fun new way. If you haven’t busted out some Christmas-y play dough, here’s some ideas to get your creative juices flowing.
- Green ~ add green glitter & peppermint extract
- Red ~ add red glitter and cinnamon or peppermint extract
- White ~ add silver glitter and vanilla extract or French vanilla coffee cream powder gives it a nice sugar-cookie scent.
- White ~ add red and green glitter…peppermint extract too!
- Yellow ~ add almond extract and gold glitter
The scent is always a very big deal for my kids and this set was a big hit. Notice Ladybug’s joy in her smelling…
As a special surprise, I added a new set of tools to the box for my kids, I got them this neat Melissa and Doug set and I am happy with it.
Additionally, in our box…
- small dough stamps from our Grasshopper Preschool Prep Kit
- ABC Cookie Cutters
- Christmas Cookie Cutters also from this set {I will change them out for seasons/holidays}
- Plastic Scissors {from an old Play Doh set}
In case you like my box label, I made it in pdf form so you can use it too. There are also 2 play dough alphabet pages, I laminated mine to keep with the box.
Download the Busy Hands Box printables here!
Find our Play Dough Recipe here!