Play Dough

1 cup flour
1 cup warm water
2 teaspoons cream of tarter
1 teaspoon oil
1/2 cup salt
Food coloring

Mix all ingredients (add food coloring last). Stir over medium heat until smooth. Remove from pan, let cool slightly, and knead until blended and smooth. Store in a plastic bag or airtight container when cooled.

Bookmark/Placemat

Artwork
Clear Contact Paper
Scissors or Craft Knife
Ruler

Carefully cut out the artwork (for a bookmark a good size is about 1.5” x 5”). You decide on the size or maybe the artwork will decide for you. Take a piece of clear contact paper a little bit larger than twice as wide as the artwork and a little bit longer. The easiest way to sandwich artwork into the contact paper is to fold the contact paper in half leaving a gap between the fold line and the artwork, it doesn’t matter how big the gap is as long as the artwork is completely sealed within the contact paper. Smooth any bubbles out with the ruler and the cut out around the artwork again. To further embellish, place a hole up at the top of the bookmark and tie a ribbon through it or a tassel.

The same principles can be applied to making the placemat just on a larger scale. You may want to round the edges. Try taking pressed flowers and creating a collage then covering with contact paper.