Kindness Elves Day 3

My apologies, I've been remiss in blogging the exploits of our Advent Helpers aka Kindness Elves. Rather than inundate you with all the missed days in one blog post though I've decided to keep just adding one day's exploits at a time.

On the third day our Advent Helpers visited our home they appeared at our front door in a basket full of leftover Candy Cane playdough we had made for our Mainly Music friends earlier. Our Advent Helpers asked Bubbles to take the playdough to parents group and hand it out as it was our last week.

 Bubbles had so much fun carrying the basket and handing out everyone's little gift-she even insisted on taking our helpers along to group so they could join in and as I'd used the word 'presents' in the helpers note rather than just playdough she decided it was her job to hand out the presents under the tree. :) It was a fantastic end to this year's group especially as we had the most kids come ever. :)

Candy Cane Playdough Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups plain flour (we used Organ's Gluten Free)
4tbs Cream of Tartar
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2tbs cooking oil
2-3 drops red food dye
Peppermint Essence (We used half a bottle but that's because I let Bubbles pour-a few drops should be enough)

Method:
To make the red: Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat for 3-5minutes or until the mixture congeals. Remove from heat and dump on a lightly floured bench and cool slightly. Once cool enough to touch knead until smooth.

To make the white: Mix all ingredients except food dye in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat for 3-5minutes or until the mixture congeals. Remove from heat and dump on a lightly floured bench and cool slightly. Once cool enough to touch knead until smooth.

To make into candy cane playdough: Roll red and white playdough into long sausages about an inch wide. Press ends together and twist around one another, pinch together at the end.

Once we'd made our Candy Cane playdough we divided it into 30 portions and placed them in cello bags, at first I tried to be fancy and make them into candy canes but the playdough kept slipping and Bubbles had a little trouble manipulating it so in the end I settled for little squished balls-I wasn't a hundred percent happy with the presentation but decided it didn't matter in the end. Once all the playdough was safely in the bags I attached these labels which I download from here and altered to include the Candy Cane story. Bubbles signed them with an 'I' and I stapled them to the bags.