Crafts & Chaos

So, I got this great idea from one of the blogs I follow, Flip Flops and Applesauce, to make some clay-dough type crafts with the kids. View her recipe and pictures here.

That being said, here's the Rice version. Stay with me now, it's kinda long, but well worth it!

I microwaved each plate for 2 minutes, decided they weren't ready yet, and did another minute each, and then another minute each (total of 4 minutes).

After they had cooled off, I let the kiddos each pick a paint color and start painting.

Evan opted for pink

Gracie, since Evan stole the pink, chose red

(they had decided that they couldn't have the same color stars)

Now for the fun part of the story.

While they were painting I decided to make a couple of stars with the leftover dough for myself.

As I was making my stars, I noticed that something was stinking up the kitchen. Being the great detective I am, I figured out that my sweet little daughter, who refuses to use the potty, had done a #2 in her pull-up.
Before changing her, I placed the 2 stars I had made on a plate, stuck it in the microwave and hit 4 (for 4 minutes, remember how it took 4 minutes total for the first two batches?), so they could cook while I changed her diaper.

Sooo....before actually getting the chance to complete the changing process, I smelled yet another terrible smell. My thought process-"What is that? Smells AWFUL. Smells like, like, OH NO! Smoke!!!" I hopped up off the floor, ran into the kitchen, which was quickly filling with smoke, and over to the microwave. I opened the door, expecting it to be filled with fire. Thank God there was only more smoke. Oh, and two burnt clay-dough stars, and a melted plate.

Being the smart cookie that I am, I had put my two stars on a plastic plate.

And now for the zoomed out version:

Yes, it is sitting on my deck in the snow...where else was I going to put a melted, smoking, burning plate???

Good one, huh? Sometimes I wonder where my brain went...