Activity #6 Introduction to Play Dough

01 Mar

Posted by Little Mummy as 5-7yrs, Activities 2007, Pre-school Activities, Preschooler, Toddler, Toddler Activities

We had fun yesterday with our first foray into the world of play dough. With only one attempt at ingestion I thought it went pretty well.

Erin enjoyed investigating, throwing it on the floor (!) and ripping it into small pieces.

The guide on the tub said two years upwards but having worked at a nursery prior to having Erin, I felt confident she would be fine with my full attention

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5 Responses

t-bird

March 1st, 2007 at 1:16 pm
1

You BOUGHT playdough??? but it’s so easy to make! (1 cup plain flour, half cup salt, stir together in a bowl, pour over 1 cup BOILING water, 1 tablespoon vege oil and a big glug of food colour then stir for all you are worth. You kneed it as soon as it’s bearable to touch which is mega soothing for your hands then once it’s safely cooled to pleasantly warm you hand it over!)

We still love play dough now and Aprilia is 6 (and I’m a lot older!!)
Little Mummy

March 1st, 2007 at 2:36 pm
2

I know, I know I am bad

We used to make it at the nursery but it didn’t last very long, perhaps I’ll give your recipe a try
t-bird

March 2nd, 2007 at 12:34 am
3

if you want it to “keep” longer then add a tablespoon of cream of tartar, between that and the salt *nothing* will gorw in it! The recipe I use is by far the easiest one I’ve found, and doesn’t mean making an awful mess in a pan either (always a bonus - wink)

Have you tried her with corn flour and water yet? I bet she’s just about ready to enjoy that one!
Little Mummy

March 2nd, 2007 at 12:46 am
4

Funny you say about the cornflour and water t-bird, someone (?) told me about it a couple weeks ago…..hmmm I actually have some cornfour in the cupboard….watch this space !!
Michelle

March 3rd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
5

I’ve seen recipes for peanut-butter based playdough too, great for small kids that might want to sample the dough