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Take the Play Dough Pledge

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You are cordially invited to join Nurturestore, The Imagination Tree and Sun Hats and Wellie Boots in a week long Play Dough Play Date.

How to join in the Play Dough Play Date

Take the Play Dough Pledge with us and promise to try a new kind of play dough play with your kids this week.

Never made your own play dough before? Now’s your chance! {Print off Catherine’s Play Dough Recipe to get you started and take a look at Anna’s video showing how to make a fabulous no cook version.}

Stuck with the same old cookie cutters and rolling pins? Time to ring the changes! {Take a look at the ideas on our Play Dough Pinterest board}

Wondering how to add in imaginary play, maths or language activities into your play dough sessions? Give it a try this week!

Anna, Catherine and I will be [Read more…]

Playdough and toothpicks building

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Many of the play ideas I post here happen as a result of my children taking some everyday materials and experimenting. Having a well stocked making box (which really doesn’t mean lots of expensive art materials) and permission to help themselves to some of our kitchen supplies often leads to all sorts of creativity and learning.

Today’s post is an example of how a fusion of two materials can produce lots of thinking about maths, dimensions, construction, creativity, role-play and of course plenty of fun.

Building designs with playdough and toothpicks

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Playdough and art

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playdough and art
We’ve been mixing two of our favourite things this week: playdough and art. My girls love to make and create, especially if they can make something to play with too. Here’s their winter woodland with a forest of Christmas trees. [Read more…]

Play dough recipe

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play dough recipe

Need a play dough recipe? Salt dough recipe, bread dough recipe, no cook play dough recipe?

How about a year’s worth of playdough play ideas – including math, literacy and creative play.

Now available: an all-new-and-improved Homemade Play Dough Recipe Book!

come and take a look!

The Homemade Play Dough Recipe book : recipesa dn ideas for a whole year of play

 

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