Not quite WIC, somewhat of a TRICK
Okay folks, the purpose of the WICness is nutrition, nutrition for healthy mamas, nutrition for healthy babes. I often mention things TO buy in the spirit of WIC, and don't much talk about what I NEVER buy... Kool Aid is one of those items I would never dream of purchasing. If my babes knew that something existed that when combined with a little water and a crap-ton of sugar became some kind of delicious, habit forming agent that also imparts its drinkers with obnoxious neon mustaches, they would be all over it like Flavor Flav on crack. But interestingly enough, Kool Aid actually has some alternative uses in this world, so this last shopping trip I DID buy some, and here is the fun that ensued:
NOTE - I AM TOTALLY NOT ONE OF THOSE PINTEREST MOM'S WHO'S ALWAYS COMING UP WITH THESE CLEVER LITTLE LIFE HACKS - NOT FOR LACK OF WISHING I WAS, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE FOLLOW THROUGH TO PULL IT OFF. I'M JUST TELLING YOU NOW, SO YOU DON'T THINK THIS BLOG IS TAKING A TURN FOR THE WORST... I PROMISE TO STICK TO WHAT I KNOW. :)
So it turns out, if you mix 2 cups of flour with 2 cups of warm water, 1 cup of salt, 2 tablespoons of veggie oil, and 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar, and you stir it up over medium heat for a few minutes, you get PLAY DOH! It's so cheap, it's practically free. (This reminds me: PSYCH FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE DAYS - I've been meaning to ask you: What does it mean when your child wants to watch Russians with hairy arms open and play with their toys on YouTube all day long. What is this voyeuristic entertainment trend all about? Playing through surrogacy? It seems to be all the rage - these videos have more views than... than... Charlie Bit Me, or whatever else the kids are into these days...ANYWAY, thanks to these videos, all I've been hearing for months now is I WANT YOU TO BUY ME PLAY DOH, and though I do obviously let my kids watch way too much youtube, I won't succumb to the buy me buy me bit, and so therefore, this post. Is someone discussing this? If not, will someone please look into this and get back with me???)
Anyway, the only real tragedy of this little experiment were my flavor choices at the market. I chose three, wanting to cleverly divide my dough into 3 parts, 3 colors, giving the children the illusion of 3 times the fun. I should have watched what I was doing a little more closely. Because A.) having to hand knead the color from the Kool Aid into each part of dough results in a very unprofessional look on the hands and nails for about 17 days post-DOH! making. B.) it turns out my people are the only ones crazy enough to think TAMARINDO is a good Kool Aid flavor. Way to be cross-cultural, Kool Aid! This flavor is poop-colored. My kids cried when I kneaded out the first 1/3 of feces colored dough.
To correct this I wound up mixing ALL my colors in to one batch, mentally resetting my order of operations if I ever undertake this again, and at the end of the day, we got one big blob of super fruity purple-ish play doh, and we couldn't be happier. Look at this kid - she is LOVING her home made play doh. Ok, this is someone else's child. I stole this pic from the recipe I used. Her mom's probably a Pinterest super star.
This was my batch, however:
Not as vibrant, not as expensive, extremely aromatic (not good, not bad, just...smelly) and my kids took about 3 and a half seconds to realize it was more fun watching other people play with their play doh, so back to the YouTube they go. But I bet you they never ask me to buy them either product ever, ever again. The End.
So it turns out, if you mix 2 cups of flour with 2 cups of warm water, 1 cup of salt, 2 tablespoons of veggie oil, and 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar, and you stir it up over medium heat for a few minutes, you get PLAY DOH! It's so cheap, it's practically free. (This reminds me: PSYCH FRIENDS FROM COLLEGE DAYS - I've been meaning to ask you: What does it mean when your child wants to watch Russians with hairy arms open and play with their toys on YouTube all day long. What is this voyeuristic entertainment trend all about? Playing through surrogacy? It seems to be all the rage - these videos have more views than... than... Charlie Bit Me, or whatever else the kids are into these days...ANYWAY, thanks to these videos, all I've been hearing for months now is I WANT YOU TO BUY ME PLAY DOH, and though I do obviously let my kids watch way too much youtube, I won't succumb to the buy me buy me bit, and so therefore, this post. Is someone discussing this? If not, will someone please look into this and get back with me???)
Anyway, the only real tragedy of this little experiment were my flavor choices at the market. I chose three, wanting to cleverly divide my dough into 3 parts, 3 colors, giving the children the illusion of 3 times the fun. I should have watched what I was doing a little more closely. Because A.) having to hand knead the color from the Kool Aid into each part of dough results in a very unprofessional look on the hands and nails for about 17 days post-DOH! making. B.) it turns out my people are the only ones crazy enough to think TAMARINDO is a good Kool Aid flavor. Way to be cross-cultural, Kool Aid! This flavor is poop-colored. My kids cried when I kneaded out the first 1/3 of feces colored dough.
To correct this I wound up mixing ALL my colors in to one batch, mentally resetting my order of operations if I ever undertake this again, and at the end of the day, we got one big blob of super fruity purple-ish play doh, and we couldn't be happier. Look at this kid - she is LOVING her home made play doh. Ok, this is someone else's child. I stole this pic from the recipe I used. Her mom's probably a Pinterest super star.
This was my batch, however:
Not as vibrant, not as expensive, extremely aromatic (not good, not bad, just...smelly) and my kids took about 3 and a half seconds to realize it was more fun watching other people play with their play doh, so back to the YouTube they go. But I bet you they never ask me to buy them either product ever, ever again. The End.
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