Gingerbread Play Dough

Both my children began their Christmas break on Dec 23 and all joking aside, about 2 hours after they awoke my son made the official announcement..."I'M BORED!!! THERE IS NOTHING TO DO."  Seriously, you have been awake for 2 hours on your first day of Christmas break and this is how we start off? Oh boy!  In my madness and desperation to finish up my own baking to share with family and friends in the following weeks I had to think fast...what could we do?   So, I resorted to a never fail staple in my house (...for me): May I (re)introduce Callye (yes, again...)  from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle and her WONDERFUL festive spin on an old necessity for parents of small children - PLAY DOUGH... but not your everyday playdough, G-I-N-G-E-R-B-R-E-A-D scented.  Note how I said scented, NOT flavoured, yup...still tastes gross, so don't let your little kiddies eat it... {or the dog}.

Merry Christmas Molasses Cookies

A while back my kids helped me whip up a batch of our Merry Christmas Molasses cookies.  I had prepared some of the dry ingredients and paired them up with some of my hand made gingerbread ornaments to sell at this years craft shows.  There was a few bags left over so we made them into cookies as a family activity one afternoon.