Look What I Did with Playdoh!

[Alysser]

Kalei, that is so cute. What a nice picture of you and Bobo

[catnapper]

Know what I did at Christmas? Take a large cookie cutter then around the paw prints. Press it halfwayt into the playdoh and then pour plaster of paris into the cookie cutter shape. Wait a million hours til the whole concoction is dry them pull the playdoh off the back, Viola! A 3-D impression of your pet's pawprint. I made start shaped ones of Flutter. I never got around to the others though -- they weren't too impressed with making what I deemed "perfect" paw print in playdoh! LOL

[Killearn Kitties]

What a lovely thing to make! I love those pawprints.

The question is though .... did you add peanut butter, and did you eat the trimmings?!!

[elizabethann]

That is so cute!

I actually have Playdoh on my desk. When I get stressed, I open it up & take a whiff. It brings me back to my childhood & relaxes me.

[Kalei]

That is so cute!

I actually have Playdoh on my desk. When I get stressed, I open it up & take a whiff. It brings me back to my childhood & relaxes me.

Thanks so much everyone, I'm glad you like it And Catnapper that is a really great idea, so just so I understand more, what is plaster or paris? Did the pawprint come out as a cookie? lol I guess I don't cook that much.

And elizabethann, that is such a great idea. I've never thought of that, but I always love the smell of playdoh too, and I think its because it does bring back your childhood, great idea

[catnapper]

Thanks so much everyone, I'm glad you like it And Catnapper that is a really great idea, so just so I understand more, what is plaster or paris? Did the pawprint come out as a cookie? lol I guess I don't cook that much.

And elizabethann, that is such a great idea. I've never thought of that, but I always love the smell of playdoh too, and I think its because it does bring back your childhood, great idea

Plaster of paris is a clay-like substance where you mix this chalky powder with water. It then becomes a thin paste. Once dry it is hard like ceramic. It doesn't need to be heated in a kiln like ceramic. Then you can paint it or leave it white. I can certainly do a step-by-step thread on it. It was a lot of fun making the footprints.

[Kirsten]

Wow, that is a great idea.

I have paw prints of my girls, too, I made them in some kind of clay. I also still have Katz's pawprint, and it is very precious to me.

Kirsten