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Play Dough Play

When’s the last time you made homemade play dough? There are lots of ways to play and learn with play dough including creativity, fine motor skills, imagination, and counting.

Cooked Play Dough Recipe & Directions:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 Tbspn oil
t Tbsp cream of tarter
coloring

Mix and stir over medium heat.

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Gather a box of play dough supplies like cookie cutters and other things to poke, smooth, and texture!

Learning With Play Dough

* Make the alphabet with cookie cutters or by rolling the play dough into lines.
* Pretend play bakery.
* Practice fine motor skills like cutting.
* Pretend play birthday.
* Have different plastic animals make tracks across the playdough.
* Make snowmen.

Have fun!

Pretend Play with Play Dough

Play dough gives kids infinite play possibilities. Start with good dough, either homemade or store bought, add accessories, think of a play theme, and you’ll see hours of creative play!

Play Dough Accessory Ideas

cookie cutters
rolling pins
kid knives
play kitchen set
buttons
plates
paper muffin cups
sticks
wiggly eyes
pipe cleaners
straws
toothpicks
kid scissors
plastic animals
cupcake toppers (ask your local bakery)
rocks
apron and chef hat 

Play Dough Play Theme Ideas

Bakery
Restaurant
Picnic
Jungle
Dinosaurs
City with Cars
Words and Letters
Pizza
Volcano
Reading activity (listen and create)
Circuits (for older kids)
Monsters 

more Pretend, Create, and Learn Ideas from hands on: as we grow

Basic Play Dough Recipe

1 cup water
1 cup flour
1 Tbspn vegetable oil
1/2 cup salt
1 Tbspn cream of tarter
food coloring (I use the cake decorating colors b/c they’re much brighter.)

Combine in a saucepan on low to medium-low a few minutes until smooth. Knead when cool. Store in freezer bag.

Fancy Play Dough Recipes

Do you have a favorite play dough activity or recipe?