Salt Dough Snowman

The other day I wanted to get our playdough out and make snowmen with Hailey.  But when I went to get it I realized that we only had one small container of white playdough.  So, we made our own.

Salt Dough Recipe

Ingredients
4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1-1/2 cups hot water (from tap)

Mix the salt and flour together, then gradually add the water until the dough becomes elastic. 

I actually cut the recipe in half because I didn’t want that much.

Mix everything together.

After you roll the dough into 3 balls, make a snowman and then make a silly face at the camera.

If you want to be able to keep your snowman you can put him in the oven to harden the dough.  If you do that- make sure to poke some holes in his sides first for his arms.  I put our snowman in the oven at 350 for 30 minutes.  He started to crack a little bit so I had to take him out.  The outside of the snowman was hard but the inside was still soft.  If you try this- I would probably do it at a lower temperature for a longer time.  I let the snowman sit out for a few days before we decorated him so the dough would be a little more set.

We added wiggle eyes, a piece of orange felt for the nose, some pink yarn for his mouth and pipe cleaner for his arms.  We also added pom poms for his buttons.

For the snowman’s hat- I took one of Hailey’s old socks and cut it.

Then I folded it up- and had a hat.

For the scarf I just braided some yarn.
(The idea for the hat and the scarf came from Just for Fun.)

And here is our finsihed snowman.  Isn’t he just the cutest?

Letter of the Week- Letter H

Our letter this week is the letter H- which is Hailey’s favorite letter.  When I told her we were doing the letter H she said, “That’s for Hailey.  ‘H’ is in my name!”

Here is our art project for the letter H this week, which I once again found at No Time for Flashcards.

Here’s what you’ll need: the letter H on construction paper, another piece of construction paper to glue your finished H on, some glue and some hearts.

Glue the hearts onto the letter H.

The completed letter H.

Tot School- Week in Review

It’s been quite a while since I’ve participated in Tot School but I am going to try to get back into posting our Tot School activities every week.  Here are some of the activities we did last week with links to the activities I posted about. 

 Our letter of the week this week was G.  So Hailey made this Glittery Green G.

It’s been too cold to play outside so we made this fun indoor boxy snowman.

Hailey made this simple snowman.

Hailey loved working on her Melissa and Doug sound puzzle.

Hailey does very well at spelling her name.

Hailey loves working on her shapes.  When she got this puzzle back in October she had a hard time getting the triangle pieces in.  Now she has it all figured out and finishes very quickly.

Hailey painted a snowstorm.

We baked some yummy cutout cookies.

Hailey worked on her letter puzzle.

We had a fantastic, fun filled week!  Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see more Tot School participants.

Cutout Cookies

Almost every day Hailey looks through her cookbook (The Toddler Cookbook by Annabel Karmel) and picks out recipes that she wants to make.  So earlier this week we made the Cutout Cookies.

Ingredients:
2 sticks of softened butter
 3/4 cup superfine sugar
1 egg yolk
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt

Directions:
Mix butter, sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a large bowl until well mixed.
Add flour and salt and mix together.
Roll our the dough and cut out shapes using cookie cutters.
Bake at 350 for about 14 minutes.  Makes about 30 cookies.

Get everything you need.

You’ll need one of these too- a happy toddler who loves to bake!

Hailey mixing the ingredients together.

Hailey crying while she had to wait for the freshly baked cookies to cool.

Happily enjoying the yummy cookies she made.