DIY Moon Dough

The girls and their DIY Moondough

I got this idea from the blog Flights of Whimsy and thought, "It couldn't really be that easy?" but it is! You can make your own Moon Dough in about 2 minutes for very little money.  Simply mix 8 cups of white flour with 1 cup plus a little bit of baby oil.  Then mix until the consistency feels right.  I used generic aloe scented baby oil so it was a multi-sensory experience for the girls.  I worried that my one year old E would eat it but she put one dob on her tongue, realized it tasted awful and never did it again. My five year old M helped me measure and pour the flour I then divided the mixture into two big bowls and both girls mixed their own.  They then got down to the serious business of play.  E was happy mixing and squishing it with her hands but M ended up creating her own bakery using a deep cookie sheet and several cookie cutters.  We also created indoor snow people as well as sand castles. E was very excited to smash the towers and  crumble the shapes we made.