How To Make Edible Peanut Butter Playdough with Just 2 Ingredients

My kids are obsessed with play dough. They love everything about playing with it. And they absolutely love when we make play dough at home.

So I thought it would be fun to try to make a playdough that I remember my mom making for my brother and me when we were kids. It is super easy and we had all the ingredients.

Here is how you can make this winning sensory experience at home with your kids. Here is how to make peanut butter playdough.

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Review of the All Things Early Learning preschool subscription box from New Generation Kids.

There are a ton of great subscription boxes for kids out there. You can get art projects, STEM experiments, creative play, sensory play, literature ideas, basically any kind of activity delivered to your home for your kids.

While I am big into doing activities and projects with at-home items, I think boxes like these are amazing. You don’t need to find an activity or the components, it is all in the box. That’s a win.

But with all the boxes out there, how do you know which one is right for you? I found a box that I knew I just had to try, and I think preschool moms everywhere will love.

Here is my review of the New Generation Kids All Things Early Learning Box.

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Preschool Shape Activities: DIY Independent Learning Activity

Craft sticks are an amazing learning tool. I’ve written about my love of them before (The Best On The Go Activities), and I stand by that. Hand a kid some sticks and they will find a way to play and learn.

It can be easy to add a little direction to the learning while still giving your child an independent activity to play with. And it can be amazingly cheap. (I got my supplies from the Dollar Tree.)

So let’s make an independent activity all about shapes for preschoolers and toddlers.

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Sensory treasure hunt activity for toddlers and preschool.

Sensory bins? Kids love them. Number sense activities? So important for building math skills. Fine motor skill practice? A necessary part of toddler and preschool life. Keeping kids busy for a long time? Every mom’s goal.

And we can do all of these things in one simple activity.

I’m not kidding. This was such a hit with my kids, and we can customize it to make it new and fresh over and over (without more work from me).

Let’s build a number sense treasure hunt.

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How to make DIY stress balls for kids using non-Newtonian liquids.

It can be easy to forget how stressful life can be for little kids. As adults, it can seem so simple. Go to school, keep your room clean, you’re good.

But as parents, we know that our kids face all kinds of stressors and challenges every day. Starting school remotely can add even more challenges as kids have to sit still in front of a computer for way longer than they normally need to.

I have been looking at ways to help Ben sit still, not get overwhelmed, and just learn to handle his stress. One way I thought would help was to have a stress ball to squeeze. Now, we didn’t have one on hand. But I did think of a way to make one super quickly.

So here is how to make DIY stress balls for kids, plus a little science behind how it works.

(And scroll down to the bottom for a list of more ways to help your child deal with frustration, stress, and big feelings.)

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