Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Trick or Treat Milton!


Oh my... our momstown Hallowe-en party today was filled with loins, monkeys, bumble bees, princesses, dinosaurs, skeletons, butterflies, Minnie Mouse, a bride, a scarecrow and even Thomas the Train! The kids made painted egg carton spiders, created pumpkins, bats & ghosts and played with orange playdough. After circle time we had a Halloween Parade down the community centre hall and "trick or treated" at the door to take home a goodie bag with homemade Pumpkin spice playdough (we know it looks like a timbit but it's to play with, not eat!).
Have a Happy & Safe Hallowe'en Everyone!

PS: here's the pumpkin playdough recipe if you want to make a bigger batch at home. We borrowed the recipe from the No Time for Flash cards blog.
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
3 Tbs. oil
1 Tbs. alum
2 cups boiling water
food colouring
pumpkin pie spice
Gather your materials. You will need the ingredients – separated into individual bowls, pumpkin pie spice, food color is you want, a cutting board, and fall cookie cutters for playing after!

Start by pouring your flour into a large bowl, I don’t suggest having it at kid level until you are ready to mix… my camera batteries died and in the 2 minutes it took to get new ones there was a nice dusting of flour all over.
Pour in the salt, oil, alum then spice.
Pour the boiling water in ( adults only please- the water needs to be boiling not just hot)
Mix.
Pop onto the cutting board and knead, add food color if you want
Let cool a few minutes.
Play! The addition of seasonal cookie cutters make all the difference for us. Plain old playdough becomes extra fun with these $1 cookie cutters!


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