Refrigerator Magnets

I'm home with my 5 yo daughter today because she has the flu.  I was thumbing through a magazine from school and ran across a recipe for "Refrigerator Magnets." I suggest you try this activity with your own child. It does fill an hour of time and you can find everything in your own kitchen cabinet. Right now, she seems to be feeling better. It's during this time when parents ran sack their brains to find some meaningful activity. Here's the recipe taken from a Kleenex ad on the cover of Scholastic Parent & Child magazine, Sept. 2010 edition.

Hands On!

DIY play dough kitchen magnets. Make them together.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup flour
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 1/4 cup salt
• food coloring

How To:

Mix ingredients in order in saucepan over medium heat; stir until smooth. Remove from pan and slightly cool.  Knead. Cool before using.  Roll out dough about quarter inch thick. Use cookie cutters to shape. Lift shapes out to a try to dry. When the cut outs are fully hardened, glue the back with blank magnets and decorate on refrigerator.

Suggestions: Use wax paper to avoid play dough sticking to your counter surface and for easy clean up. The recipe suggests 1/4 Cup salt. By accident, I only put 1/4 tsp. salt. I'm not sure how this will turn out but please post you review of this hands on activity.