Kids never get tired of playing with playdough.

Here are some easy and interesting recipes I found for different kinds of playdough.  Based on the ingredients, they look safe enough to eat!

Nutty Butter Playdough

Ingredients:

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup powdered milk
• 1 cup honey
• 1 cup oatmeal

Mix together and play. [Read more...]

I’ve never seen this kind of sand art before.   I wouldn’t mind having my kids play with sand like this.  At least the sand won’t be in their hair or clothes.

I’ve been blogging lately about digital scrapbooking so I thought I would recommend some websites.

Most of these sites have freebies that you can download to get you started right away.  Some even have free video tutorials that will help newbies.

Yesterday, I blogged about how digital scrapbooking is a way to document your family’s history.  Most people buy some kind of software like Adobe Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro for digital scrapbooking.  If you are just starting or don’t want to spend the money on a software program, you can try out a free graphics editor called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program).

GIMP is an image retouching and editing tool.  It offers freeform drawing and retouching tools.  GIMP can accomplish essential image workflow steps such as:

• resizing, editing, and cropping photos
• combining multiple images
• converting between different image formats
• can be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

One of my favorite hobby is digital scrapbooking.  Even though I don’t have much time to spend on it, I’m trying to make it a priority to work on it a little at a time.

I don’t remember who told me but that person saw digital scrapbooking as a way to document your family’s history.  A person putting memories of his life in a book is like being the family’s historian.

Some people like the paper scrapbooking but I like digital scrapbooking for several reasons: [Read more...]