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I just love these cute little handles.

1/2 cup cornstarch.1 1/2 cups salt.

The only difference was that we added a few pumpkin pie type of spices to the cornstarch.We just used whatever was on hand.So this time it was cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger, and nutmeg.

I don’t think the amount you use really matters.. We mixed the salt and the water first.Then put it on the stove on medium-ish heat and gradually added the spicy cornstarch.

We kept heating and stirring until it looked like dough.

Then we let it cool for like a minute and I burned my hands a bit playing with it cause I couldn’t wait..We don’t usually get the kind of horrific storms and natural disasters around here that end up on the evening news, but we do get them predicted for us a lot and you never know when “the big one’s” really going to hit, do you?

Most often, the worst that happens is that we lose power for a few hours and we get a few big branches down in the yard, but even then, having a few supplies nearby would be really handy and comforting too..So what I’ve done is I’ve put together a really simple, straightforward kind of list that you can use to get you started and tailor to your own needs.

And it’s cute and you can print it out for free.For instance instead of saying “You need such-and-such amount of certain specific non-perishable foods”, I just say “food”.