Save Money and Cool Kitchen Products! Oh and a great Playdough Recipe!!

I’m about to head out for a morning show tour to talk about making your first place a home.  Some of the ideas I came across putting this tour together are fantastic Parent Products as well, so I wanted to share them here.  The First involves saving $$$.  I’m not a guy who will sort through the paper or piles of junk mail for the 5 coupons I always wish I had when checking out the staple products I use religiously as a parent.  Thanks to Proctor & Gamble, the products themselves are now starting to come with piles of coupons in the products.  Open up a box of Tide and score – anywhere from $2 -$55 worth of coupons for the stuff you’re gonna buy again anyway….  Boom Done – Now I can afford college for Garrison….ok maybe a stretch but that’s the idea anyway.

If you love to cook for your family like I do then it’s worth checking out some of these SmartGadgets from Copco.  I just got the Scraping Wisk (works better than any other wisk I’ve had and we made playdough yesterday with it – recipe at bottom) and Bag Caps which will keep my mini marshmallows nice and mellow instead of hardening into mini weapons.

Lastly, as a new parent, I have hung my tool belt on a hook a little higher these days, and being a perfectionist I have to say I’m always a little hesitant to hire out for projects I used to do myself.  I have started using the Superpages search engine because its local, but mainly because its the only one that offers the Supergarantee program which basically guarantees that if the job isn’t done right, Superpages will make it right.  I’m thinking that to qualify for their program most contractors have to pass some fairly stringent standards since I’ve always been pleased the first go round, but since it’s a 100% free program, it just makes me feel a little better….

Mom’s PlayDough Recipe:

1 Cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup salt

1 Tblsp. oil

1 cup water

1 small package kool-aid (for great color and smell)

Mix all ingredients in a saucepan.  Cook over med Heat, stirring constantly until you can no longer stir (this is where I swithed from the scraper wisk to a spoon)  It will look like a clumpy mess!  Turn out on counter top and let cool enough to handle.  Knead into a smooth ball and store in an airtight container.

Enjoy!

~Evan Farmer

Ps – Sorry I wasn’t able to load pics or hyperlinks – On the road with my ipad….