{"id":1702,"date":"2011-09-22T18:20:10","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T18:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.wordpress.com\/?p=1702"},"modified":"2011-09-22T18:20:10","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T18:20:10","slug":"watermelon-playdough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/22\/watermelon-playdough\/","title":{"rendered":"Watermelon Playdough!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a fun craft that we’ve been making for a few years now — watermelon playdough.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a craft that is great for Sensory Integration work (with the bumps, the scent, the squishing and the warmth when you first make it) and it\u2019s just plain fun.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Steps\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Save watermelon seeds, rinse and bake until dried and slightly darkened.\u00a0 We do this since it\u2019s supposed to keep birdseed from sprouting and we don\u2019t want sprouted seeds in our playdough.\u00a0 You can also just use black pony beads or leave the seeds as is.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Mix 1 cup flour, \u00bd cup salt, 1 cup water, 2 Tablespoons oil, 2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar and 1 (3 \u00bd ounce) package watermelon jello in a saucepan.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t have watermelon flavor (I never buy jello but people always seem to give me enough that I have a perpetual stash for crafts) so we used strawberry.\u00a0 Any red variety will give you the right color, though it might smell a bit different.\u00a0 Koolaid should also work.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Cook over medium heat until it thickens into a ball that pulls away from the side of the pan, stirring constantly (about 5 minutes).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Dump onto a floured surface and cool until you can touch it.\u00a0 Dump watermelon seeds on and knead well.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Play!\u00a0 Store in an airtight container.\u00a0 We keep ours in a ziplock bag in the fridge and it lasts a very long time.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Note:\u00a0 This won\u2019t taste good since there\u2019s no sugar but it\u2019s nontoxic in case anybody tries to lick it!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> \";)\"<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a fun craft that we’ve been making for a few years now — watermelon playdough.\u00a0 This is a craft that is great for Sensory Integration work (with the bumps, the scent, the squishing and the warmth when you first make it) and it\u2019s just plain fun. Steps\u2026 1.\u00a0 Save watermelon seeds, rinse and bake…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[68,69,176],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/magicalchildhood.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}