Sugar Cookie Playdoh - a Frugal Kid Entertainment!
Posted by: JoyToday my little girls, ages 6 & 8 each got to have a friend over. Rain prevented a lot of outdoor play, so I mixed up a batch of sugar cookie dough! I gathered a cookie sheet, some flour to powder hands for each set of girls and set them and their imaginations free. You should see the creations they came up with! We had butterflies, ice cream cones, snowmen and flowers from the older girls. The younger ones made a nest (a bit thick, but it’ll be okay ), an ice cream cone, a teddy bear face, and numerous odd shapes.
I used this recipe:
3/4 C. margarine or butter
1 C. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of vanilla or lemon flavoring
1 tsp. baking powder
2 1/2 - 3 Cups flour
Mix together the margarine & sugar, add the eggs & flavoring. Sift flour & baking powder. Mix into creamed mixture. Because we were handling it with our hands, I added a tad more flour to make the dough less sticky and to avoid the 1 hour chill time that I usually do. When shapes are finished, bake at 350 degrees for anywhere from 7 minutes to 15 minutes depending on how thick your creations are. YUMMY!
This activity for this age was really easy to supervise and about as inexpensive as you can get! The BEST plus, is that the activity turns into the snack as soon as they bake!
Enjoy watching the creativity! (Now scoot over & let the KIDS have room to work! lol )