Valentine's Day Mini Play Dough Sensory Kit

My daughter picked out this adorable Valentine's mailbox, but since she doesn't go to school and won't be filling it with Valentines, I wanted to make it special for her. I fell down the rabbit hole on this website of all the cheap things (details below), and an idea was born. Don't get me wrong. I love shopping local - Austin, Texas, American Made. But one thing stands out when I make play dough kits especially. Most of the small parts are made in China, regardless of where you purchase it. So I started shopping (in advance - shipping can take weeks) on AliExpress, sort of the Amazon of China. It cuts out the middle man and saves you money 95% of the time. Just be sure you look at measurements carefully - I've bought some teeny tiny items by mistake! What You Need: 1 White & Red Hearts Mailbox Tin or Red & White Hearts Mailbox Tin 1 Candy Container or This One 2 Heart-Shaped Lollipops (no hook) 10 Resin Conversation Hearts 5 Jelly Heart Resin Candies 25 Resin Candy Assorted Pieces in Pink and Red (Note: I pulled candies from here and here. But you can also buy the M's, Sugar Hearts, Jelly Hearts, Twisty Pops, etc. all separate if you want particular ones. Search "candy cabochon"). 5 Red & Pink Resin Gummy Bears 5 Pink Acrylic Diamonds 1 Red or Red/Pink Sprinkle Heart Silicone Cupcake Liner (Pack of 8 for $3 in Bullseye's Playground at Target) 1 Small Heart Cookie Cutter 1 Red Glitter Vinyl Fabric Sheet, cut to size mamapappabba's Play Dough Recipe (and ingredients) To make the braided play dough, I rolled 1/2 a recipe of the white and 1/2 a recipe of the red into thin ropes, then twisted them around each other and folded the whole thing in half to get a loaf shape. I mixed in chunky glitter before rolling and braiding. Click Here for Play Dough Tips and Tricks Disclaimer: busy bébés is not affiliated with any of the companies linked or mentioned in this post. We do not earn any money for product purchases or advertisement. All opinions are our own.