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"This is the best homemade playdough. Kids love it."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, food coloring...

"I used to make this for my daughters when they were little. It's non-toxic and the gunk washes out easily. Adults have just as much fun, if not more."

Ingredients: unsweetened Kool-Aid powdered drink mix, oil...

"This is my mom's playdough recipe that she originally got from an old friend. My mom is the one that started adding the different extracts to the playdough to make such wonderful smelling playdough. My kids and I both love this recipe! It makes a very smooth playdough that will last a very long time. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: cooking oil, extract...

"I made this often as a preschool teacher and now make it regularly with my own children. Smells great and you can vary the colours depending on which flavour kool-aid you choose. My little girls current favourite is grape as it makes "purple playdough!" At Christmas we make it red or green and add peppermint extract and glitter! Orange at..."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, Kool-Aid, oil...

"Easy inexpensive one."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, food coloring...

"KIDS LOVE THESE!!! So much cheaper and easier than the kind you buy at the store."

Ingredients: cornstarch, food coloring...

"This spray works equally well on monsters and bad dreams. We spray it as part of the nightly bedtime ritual, while DD chants, "Monsters, Monsters, stay away." The lavender scent is calming and everyone knows that monsters and bad dreams hate that smell. This spray saved us from lots of tears and terror at bedtime and in the middle of the..."

Ingredients: lavender oil, water...

"This recipe makes the best bubbles!"

Ingredients: Joy dishwashing soap, light corn syrup...

"An inexpensive way to make playdough. I have made this up and given it as birthday treats with a cookie cutter to go along with the playdough."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, food coloring...

"I know that there are a lot of young moms out there that can use this recipe. It is just like the real play dough and a lot less $. The big plus is when its gets crumby and icky you can throw it away and make more. My kids are both in their 20's and I used this when they were little. Now I have grandchildren and I will make it for them!"

Ingredients: oil, salt, water...

"What happens to the Flubber when... it is stretched? it is rolled into a ball and bounced? it is stretched over the opening of the jar? an object (golf ball, etc.) is rolled on it? What else can you do with flubber? ...make it and find out! A Closer Look: Flubber is a polymer made by a chemical reaction. Polymers are very long chains of repeating units...."

Ingredients: food coloring, borax, glue...

"Play clay that's smooth, silky and feels really good in your hands! Easy to work with. Dries hard overnight to a pearly porcelain like finish that has a soft shimmer! Great for making gifts! Roll out and use cookie cutters (use a straw to poke a hole in the top) to make Christmas ornaments!"

Ingredients: cornstarch, food coloring...

"My daughters and I make these every year. You can change the look of the crystals by using different color and textures of pipe cleaners (chenille stems). Just choose your color and choose your shape: stars, snowflakes, trees, gingerbread men. The girls especially love using glittery white and silver ones to make 'snowflakes'.

We..."

Ingredients: borax, pipe cleaners...

"This NON-EDIBLE recipe is named after the strange material that falls from the sky in Dr. Seuss' book, Bartholomew and the Oobleck.

It's a really fun recipe to be used as a science experiment of sorts with young children. ----Is it a solid? ---- Is it a liquid? **It's a liquid until pressure is applied. Hit it hard and it feels..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, food coloring...