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Activity of the Month

 

Colored Play Dough
Ingredients:
  • 4 cups flour
  • 1 cup salt
  • 2 T cooking oil
  • 1 to 1 1/2 cups cold water
  • food coloring
 Mix flour, salt, oil.  Add food coloring to water.  Gradually add water to flour mixture.  Knead.  Store in a plastic bag in the refrigerator

Oatmeal Play Dough
Ingredients:
  • 1 part flour
  • 1 part water
  • 2 parts oatmeal
 Mix all ingredients until smooth.  Knead.
(not-edible)

No Cook Vinegar Dough
Ingredients:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 cup water (a bit more if necessary)
  • 1 cup salt
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 2 T vinegar

 

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.  If dough seems dry add more water a teaspoonful at a time.  Knead well. 

Playing with Play Dough

Keeping children busy indoors on rainy days can be a challenge for babysitters.  Playing with play dough is always a favorite activity and it's even educational!  Children enjoy pushing, rolling, squeezing, molding, and pounding gooey play dough.  Here are some play dough tips:

  • Allow the child to just play with it without necessarily making something.

  • Children enjoy making "play food" out of play dough, but be sure they really don't eat it!

  • Hard plastic toys, such as action figures and dinosaurs, are fun to hide in the play dough or to press to make an imprint.  Be sure the toys are at least as big as the child's fist.

  • Be creative, have fun, and those showers will be over before you know it.