spices as nature’s glitter.

3 Dec 2013

I cleaned out my spice cupboard and discovered… a whole mess of spilled spices and old herbs that I needed to throw away. Before doing so though, I offered the spices to my children to glue onto paper as decorations. They had just as much fun as glueing glitter would have been.

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Heather

4 Dec 2013 at 11:11 pm Reply

I love this idea! My youngest daughter usually claims all outdated spices for play cooking, but I’m going remember this to suggest next time.

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