Ooo, gifts. I really enjoy giving gifts…and am discovering how much my enjoyment grows when I get to package it nicely! Jolie got invited to another birthday party recently; her buddy Kai was born two weeks before her and his mom, Danny, and I really bonded through our pregnancies. For his birthday present, I put together a little kit for Kai to make his very own Play-Doh (with mommy, of course).
The kit included 3 air-tight jars, filled with the flour and salt needed for the dough, plus a coloring agent; each jar was tagged with a color. I found the homemade Play-Doh recipe by googling. (FYI: I’ve indexed all of the materials I used at the end of the post!)
.jpg)
.jpg)
The jars were padded with tissue paper and packaged in a craft box. A cute label was very needed and it was necessary to use the type stamps that had come in the day before (of course!). I love the way it turned out!
Any excuse for some bakers twine and a cute flag tag!
The finished product, which cost me less than $15:
From top to bottom, where I got all of the materials I used for this cute little kit:
- jars from Ikea
- color tags from armommy
- chevron paper from Jones Design Company
- craft box from Paper Source
- flag tags from armommy
Happy birthday, Kai! We love you! (And Danny, I fully expect to be invited for a Play-Doh date soon!
)
jolie - Absolutely adorable! You could totally sell this on etsy
I’m pinning it.
sarah ashley - drea love, this is so great! i’m loving the idea of DIY projects– and learning that you can recreate almost anything yourself for less money. it’s amazing what you can do with random materials. good job!
Andrea - Thanks, guys! Seriously, I feel super complimented by you both!