Father's Day gift

For one of DH's Father's Day gifts, I hauled out my sewing machine and made him one of these:

Inspiration and directions were found here.  The print side is from a jelly roll collection I bought a couple of years ago, the backside is a light blue wool felt leftover from a school project. (Yeah! Using what I had on hand!) Now DH can sleep as late as Turtle will allow, without the sun bothering him.  He also got a remote control Ferrari, so it wasn't all practicality and scraps this Father's Day. Did you make anything special for a Father's Day gift?

Chocolate Playdough

I found a great recipe for chocolate playdough!  We whipped up a batch this morning and now Turtle is happily using her cookie cutters to make her own Christmas "cookies".  It has a similar texture to playdough that is cooked on the stove, but it was much easier on the arms as I mixed it all in the KA.  This will be a better recipe to use in the classroom when we need to make playdough. 

The same author has a wonderful gift idea using her chocolate play dough as well.  Maybe I'll get myself on the ball next year & do this as gifts for my students!







Warning:  The dough smells really good.  Be prepared for your child to ask to put the "cookies" in the oven!  Good thing Turtle has her own oven to use  :D