All kids love PlayDough, but for the parents out there who would like to save a little money or looking for something to do with your little ones, this is for you:

* PLAYDOUGH (keeps for a long time)
1 cup of plain flour
Half a cup of salt
1 cup of water
3 dessertspoons of cooking oil
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar

Mix it all together, (with a few drops of food colouring if you want it coloured). Keep mixing it until all the lumps have gone, then put it in a saucepan & very slowly cook it. Keep stirring. When the dough starts to come away from the side of the pan take it off the heat. When it is cool enough take it out of the pan & knead it for 3 minutes or so. When it cools it begins to feel more like playdough. By the way..put the pan into soak straight away.

Smells: You can add smells to the playdough by using vanilla or peppermint essence.

Storage: Store this playdough in a sealed bag and it will keep for months. Keep those plastic Easter eggs, they make great containers.

* PLAYDOUGH (doesn't keep very long)
2 cups of plain flour
1 cup salt
1 cup of cold water
1 tablespoon of oil

Mix it all together, and have fun!

* Bubble Solution
1/3 cup Dish soap or baby shampoo
1 1/4 cup Water
2 ts Sugar
1 Food colouring

Combine ingredients & pour into an unbreakable bottle. To blow bubbles, experiment using plastic straws, pipe cleaners formed into loops, strawberry baskets from grocery store, spoons with holes in them & other items you think of.

* Giant Bubble Liquid
1/2 cup Joy or Dawn dish detergent
5 cup Water; distilled is best
2 tb Glycerine

Mix the dish detergent with the water. (Measure carefully, it makes a big difference. Stir. Add the glycerine (you can usually get this in a drug store), this makes more durable bubbles. You can bend a wire coat hanger into a circle & wind a string around it. Depending on how big you make your circle, you get great big bubbles. The string helps in getting the liquid to stay on the circle. You can also use straws & string-Tie a 2 1/2 foot length of string through 2 straws & unleash square bubbles. The trick is to dip your string & straw thing into the solution, then wave it through the air. Break the bubble off by flipping the apparatus up a bit. Plain straws make good bubble pipes. Also try using the plastic strawberry baskets, they make lots of little bubbles. It is fun to experiment with all different bubble makers. Big-time bubble making is a bit like fishing. You'll have much better luck in cool wet weather. Early evenings, nighttime & early mornings are often good. Just after a rain is ideal. Don't throw any leftovers away. The longer your solution sits, the better it gets.

* The Best Home-Made Bubble Stuff
6 cup Water
2 cup Crystal Octagon dishwashing liquid
3/4 cup Light corn syrup
Mix all the ingredients together in a dishpan. Put in a jar & give it to your kids. It should be used right away.

* Beluga Bubbles
1 cup Warm Water
1/4 cup Blue Dishwashing Liquid
1 Tsp. Salt
Combine all ingredients. Mix well until salt dissolves.

* Bubble Mix #2
1/2 cup Water
1/2 cup Liquid Detergent
1 Tbl.
Cooking Oil Mix together & use

* Best Bubble Solution
1 c Water 2 tb Light Karo syrup OR 2 Tablespoons Glycerin 4 tb Dishwashing liquid Mix together & have fun!