Green Options » cooking with children http://greenoptions.com/tag/cooking-with-children Posts tagged 'cooking with children' Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Make Modeling Dough from Dryer Lint: A Tutorial http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/03/make-modeling-dough-from-dryer-lint-a-tutorial/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/03/make-modeling-dough-from-dryer-lint-a-tutorial/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:25:38 +0000 Julie Finn http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/03/make-modeling-dough-from-dryer-lint-a-tutorial/ Author's photograph of her daughter playing with dryer lint modeling doughAs much as I love many things about autumn, moving my clothes drying indoors is not one of the things I love. My clothes dryer holds fewer clothes than my clothesline does, it takes longer to dry them than a really sunny day does, it doesn’t leave my clothes smelling all nice and fresh and outdoorsy like the actual outdoors does, and it costs me money! And dryer lint? That just pisses me off.

My kiddos, however, love themselves some dryer lint. It’s the older one’s special job to help me by emptying the lint catcher in the dryer, and when she fills her little pail full, we make dryer lint modeling dough. Here’s how:

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