{"id":571,"date":"2009-05-31T18:08:03","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T01:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=571"},"modified":"2009-11-27T15:30:51","modified_gmt":"2009-11-27T22:30:51","slug":"make-it-shape-it-give-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=571","title":{"rendered":"Make It, Shape It, Give It"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"margin: 12pt 0in 3pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">This easy salt dough project encourages imagination and gift-giving.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01 cup flour<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01 cup salt<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01\/2 cup water<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Food coloring<\/span><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00c2\u00a0Mix the flour, salt, and water. If necessary, add more flour until mixture has a doughy, but not sticky, consistency. Add food coloring for vibrancy. (Dough can be stored in a plastic container for a few days.)<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00c2\u00a0Talk about giving gifts. Invite your child to think about the person he will be making his gift for. What colors does the recipient like? What are some of her favorite things? Does she have any collections, special interests, or hobbies?<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00c2\u00a0Let your child work with the dough, shaping it into a sculpture, candleholder, small decorative plate \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or anything he would like to make.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00c2\u00a0Allow to air dry and give as a gift.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\">Learning benefits: <\/span><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Promotes creativity<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Encourages generosity<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Builds fine-motor skills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This easy salt dough project encourages imagination and gift-giving. \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01 cup flour \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01 cup salt \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a01\/2 cup water \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Food coloring 1.\u00c2\u00a0Mix the flour, salt, and water. If necessary, add more flour until mixture has a doughy, but not sticky, consistency. Add food coloring for vibrancy. (Dough can be stored in a plastic container for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,40,42,16,38,15],"tags":[168,173],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}