Eco-Dough

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Dig your hands into some eco-dough. Credit: ecokidsusa.com

In honor of Earth Day, we will be sinking our hands into a little eco-dough from eco-kids.

The eco-friendly molding dough is handmade using flour, salt, cream of tartar, organic rosemary oil, vitamin E oil, soybean oil, coconut oil, potassium sorbate, citric acid, natural and organic fruit, plant and vegetable extracts from annatto seed, beets, blueberries, carrots, paprika, purple sweet potato, red cabbage and spinach.

We're kinda hungry now, too.

Get it at ecokidsusa.com for $25 for five 4 oz. containers.

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