Make your own crayons, play doh, baby wipes & more
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Crayons, play doh, bubble mix, baby wipes … if you feel like you’re constantly refilling your toddler consumables, why not save yourself a trip to the shops and make your own? Here are 15 ideas for cheap and cheerful everyday essentials. (Above: recycle old crayons into fun shapes. Get the tutorial here).
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Easy peasy bath paints: combine shaving foam with food dyes. Add paintbrushes (or little fingers) and you can watch them get clean, then colourful, then clean again!
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Play doh is a kiddie winner every time, so why not whip up this homemade recipe on a rainy day. Ten minutes of preparation and suddenly you’ve got hours of creative play ahead.
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If there’s one item that gets a daily workout more than any other, it’s the humble baby wipe. They make a pretty hefty dent in your supermarket bill too, so try making your own and watch the savings mount up. Cha-ching! Get the tutorial here.
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Fun for craft, and yummy for eating! Here’s how to dye your own pasta for rainbow culinary adventures. Click here for the tutorial.
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These DIY fruit roll-ups put supermarket snacks to shame! They look delicious and the fruit combinations are endless. Sprinkle with coconut for extra yummies. Get the recipe here.
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This simple bubble mix recipe makes the ambitious claim of creating the BEST BUBBLES EVER! Give it a road test and see if they’re right. Get the tutorial here.
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Make your own giant chalk using plaster of paris and and toilet paper rolls as moulds. Click here fore the tutorial.
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Messy, messy fun. Home made finger paint – need we say more!
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Make your own glue. It might not save you a fortune, but when you find your little one licking their collage at least you know what’s in it! Get the recipe here.
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Follow this tutorial for homemade coloured rice and then get crafting: Fill up empty water bottles and seal tight to make colourful shakers, or sprinkle on sticky paper to create mosaic-style artworks. Find the instructions here.
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We go through bucketloads of yoghurt in our household every week. Turns out it’s fairly simple to make at home – it just requires a little monitoring and some tricky wizardry with temperatures. Find out how here.
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Jackson Pollock, eat your heart out! Create splattery masterpieces with these DIY spray paints for kids. Just add diluted paint to empty spray bottles.
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Good enough to eat! Here’s how to create homemade natural dyes for your homemade play doh! Get the tutorial here.
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A great activity for a sunny day. Create DIY pavement paint for temporary fun that will wash away in summer showers. Get the instructions here.
