{"id":22021,"date":"2013-05-09T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=22021"},"modified":"2015-03-30T21:08:39","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:08:39","slug":"edible-peanut-butter-play-dough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/edible-peanut-butter-play-dough\/","title":{"rendered":"Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by contributing writer\u00a0<a target = \"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/WvA0b8\">Colleen<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have a love-hate relationship with Play Doh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I love:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that\u00a0my kids have fun with it.<\/li>\n<li>that\u00a0it is great for sensory and imaginative play.<\/li>\n<li>that\u00a0it works my little ones&#8217; fine motor skills\u00a0and finger\/hand muscles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>I hate:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">everything else about it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>the mess.<\/li>\n<li>the little pieces that get all over.<\/li>\n<li>the dried and impossible-to-remove Play Doh that gets in the rug under the table no matter what precautions I take to have my kids keep it on the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>This edible peanut butter play dough is one play dough I don&#8217;t mind though<\/strong>, and one that can do double duty as a sweet protein-packed snack. (Okay, is also pretty sugary, but once in awhile is okay, right?)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-22022\" alt=\"Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough.jpg 877w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-600x386.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It takes three\u00a0simple ingredients &#8212; peanut butter, honey, and powdered sugar &#8212; and some muscle power from your little helpers.<\/p>\n<p>Call it a homeschool math lesson, and you&#8217;ll be the best. mom. ever.<\/p>\n<h2>Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough<\/h2>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">1\/2 cup peanut butter<\/span><\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup honey<\/li>\n<li>1 cup powdered sugar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<p>1. Have your kiddos measure the ingredients and put them\u00a0in a large mixing bowl.<\/p>\n<p>2. Give them a wooden spoon and let them mix it all together. If it gets to be too tough to mix, have them use their hands &#8212; it&#8217;s play dough, after all. \u00a0(Or you they could just forget the mixing all together and just eat it straight from the bowl like my little one did.)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-22023\" alt=\"Making Peanut Butter Play Dough\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Making-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Making-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Making-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Making-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Making-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. \u00a0Once the ingredients have all been incorporated, they&#8217;ll be left with a ball of peanut butter play dough. Break out the rolling pins, cookie cutters, and plastic knives, and let them play and eat until they&#8217;re tired of it (or wired from all the sugar).<\/p>\n<p>You can store the play dough in the refrigerator for about a week and pull it out to play with from time to time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-22025\" alt=\"Playing With Peanut Butter Play Dough\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Playing-With-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-1024x512.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Playing-With-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2013\/04\/Playing-With-Peanut-Butter-Play-Dough-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you give it a try &#8212; or if you have other ideas for edible play dough. I&#8217;d love to have some new rainy day activities to pull out with my kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might also like:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/jello-play-dough\/\">Jello Play Dough<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/incorporate-play-doh\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Easy Play Dough Activities for Your Homeschool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/4-benefits-of-play-doh\/\" target=\"_blank\">4 Benefits of Play Dough<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/cookie-dough-geography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cookie Dough Geography <\/a>(could sub cookie dough for play dough!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/author\/colleen\/\">More Posts from Colleen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by contributing writer\u00a0Colleen I have a love-hate relationship with Play Doh. I love: that\u00a0my kids have fun with it. that\u00a0it is great for sensory and imaginative play. that\u00a0it works my little ones&#8217; fine motor skills\u00a0and finger\/hand muscles. I hate: everything else about it. the mess. the little pieces that get all over. the dried and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[2808],"class_list":{"0":"post-22021","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-projects","8":"tag-play-dough","9":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v15.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough - The Happy Housewife\u2122 :: Home Schooling<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/edible-peanut-butter-play-dough\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edible Peanut Butter Play Dough - The Happy Housewife\u2122 :: Home Schooling\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"by contributing writer\u00a0Colleen I have a love-hate relationship with Play Doh. 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