Cool peanut butter trick
I wish I had taken a picture. Right before lunch today, my youngest daughter came out of the bathroom with her gum in her hair. Not exactly sure how it happened, but I remembered hearing that peanut butter could help remove it. So I presented the idea to her.
Daughter (age 4, running away from me & the peanut butter jar): “NO!”
Me: “How about you eat a peanut butter spoon while I use the peanut butter to take the gum out of your hair?”
She was ok with this tactic. It was, after all, lunch time. Lo and behold, it worked! I don’t know what I was expecting, but something about the peanut butter just seemed to break down the stickiness of the gum. Of course, we had to wash her hair afterwards, but at least we didn’t have to break out the scissors! (I realize this isn’t really a “skin” care recipe, but more like a “hair” care trick!)
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What a great tip! I’m fortunate not to have had to deal with this yet…and hopefully my kids are old enough that I wont have to at all. But good info to know!
PS I’m thrilled to see that you have a blog. This’ll be great fun!
Glad this worked for you. I tried it on my daughter a couple years ago, but I don’t think it worked. I think I was afraid of the peanut butter and probably didn’t use enough of it. You know, mind over matter. I’ll be brave next time and use more or be patient enough to get it to work.
Do not be afraid of the peanut butter! It is your friend! I did use quite a bit, and just worked it in there really well. 🙂