Dandelions are a telltale sign that spring has truly arrived. This common “weed” is one of nature’s wonderful gifts to pollinators and insects in the spring. In fact, it’s only been recent that dandelions have been viewed as weeds. For the longest time they were a welcomed flower and people would make space in their yards for them to grow! Dandelions have been loved for centuries because of their many uses. They are edible from flower to root and are packed full of nutrients. The root can be made into a type of coffee, the greens can be eaten fresh in salads and the flowers baked into delicious cakes and cookies like my Dandelion Flower Butter Cookies. And it doesn’t stop there! Dandelions can be weaved into flower crowns, used in art projects and made into the loveliest buttery yellow play dough for little hands to play with. Creating naturally dyed dandelion play dough is not the most intuitive project. Simply adding dandelion petals to a play dough recipe only adds specs of yellow throughout the dough. It’s pretty but not buttery yellow. Boiling the flowers to make a dye doesn’t work either. The trick is blending the flowers in … Continue reading Naturally Dyed Dandelion Play Dough Recipe