Snow Play dough

This week we are reading Snowy Day.  Since we have had a warmer than usually winter (which I am NOT complaining about) and no snow in the forecast, I made a batch of “snow” play dough for the kids to play with.

To make the play dough I mixed the following:

• 1 cup of flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• 1 tablespoon cream of tarter
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 1 cup of water
• lots of iridescent glitter
• 2 tablespoons of white paint

Mix in all together in a nonstick sauce pan until it forms a ball.  Turn the dough out and knead it.  Then all you need is some kids and some accessories.  We used: buttons, a piece of orange pipe cleaner (nose) goggle eyes, sticks from outside, a felt scarf and hat, and popsicle sticks.

 

We used to popsicle sticks to hold our snowman up and keep his hat on his head.

Some of the kids creations. 

May I introduce robot snowman, grandma snow, and Ms. Hollywood snow lady.

~Cindy

Pumpkin Pie Play Dough

October makes me think of……trips to the pumpkin patch, pumpkins lined up with smiling faces, and the smell of pumpkin bread baking in the oven. 

Autumn is one of my favorite times of year!  Yesterday the kids and I pulled out the fall decorations and made a batch of pumpkin pie play dough.

What You Will Need:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of salt
• 2 tablespoons of cream of tarter
• 2 tablespoons of pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
• 2 cups of water
• 12 drops of red food coloring and 30 drops of yellow food coloring

What You’ll Do:

1. Combine the dry ingredients in a nonstick saucepan. Add the oil, water, and food coloring and stir until smooth. Stir constantly with a rubber spatula, cook the mixture over medium heat until it forms a ball, about 3 to 4 minutes.
2. Turn the dough onto the counter, let it cool slightly, then knead the dough until it has a smooth texture, about 1 minute.
3. Pull out some fall cookie cutters and have fun!

I added some small sticks (stems) and pieces of green pipe cleaner, that I wrapped around pencils (vine), to our play area so the kids could make little pumpkins.

~Cindy