Play Dough Construction Kit

For February’s play dough set I wanted to use the stones that Little Miss liked so much in the Arctic Animal box. I found this idea and decided to make a whole  play dough construction kit.

Construction themed play dough set. Simple to set up with basic household equipment. Great for toddlers, preschoolers and older children. Good for STEM challenges.

Contents

  • Play dough – this is the recipe I use.
  • Stones – these are polished stones but any old stones will do
  • Sticks (from the garden)
  • Pasta
  • Milk bottle lids
  • Glass pebbles
  • Play dough tools – I went for rolling pins, knives and scissors. Play dough tools are great for developing cutting skills because they’re totally blunt so safe for little ones.

How did we get on? 

(Thanks to Karen from Two Tiny Hands for the heading suggestion 😉 )

  • As expected Little Miss was basically uninterested in the ‘point’ of the set! She likes to push things into play dough and to be honest it doesn’t really matter what I give her with play dough at the moment.
  • She was however, very excited by the scissors. Up until this point she’s rarely been allowed to touch scissors so she obviously thinks they are things of wonder!

Construction themed play dough set. Simple to set up with basic household equipment. Great for toddlers, preschoolers and older children. Good for STEM challenges.

  • E on the other hand really went for it. We’ve made various structures and had some great discussions. Since it’s half term having an activity they will both do together is a major plus. 🙂

Construction themed play dough set. Simple to set up with basic household equipment. Great for toddlers, preschoolers and older children. Good for STEM challenges.

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20 Responses to Play Dough Construction Kit

  1. Fee Shaw says:

    This is such a fab idea. I am going to gather up supplies and make this for my boy and report back. I’m pretty sure he is going to love it! #littlemakes
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  2. Oh wow what a brilliant idea! My girls are always collecting stones and twigs and other bits and I never know what to do with them.
    #LittleLoves

  3. Vicki Coombe says:

    That’s some great imaginative play there – I never thought about combining it! Am totally going to be giving this a go at some point #littlemakes

  4. Fantastic idea 🙂 We are big fans of Play Dough in our house!

  5. Great ideas! Especially using natural elements. We’re going to try this in our tuff spot. Thanks for sharing on #littlemakes I was fascinated with scissors too when I first started using them!

  6. Sonia Cave says:

    This is a great idea. My mini men love constructing so I will give it a go #littlemakes

  7. Great idea. My girls LOVE scissors too. In fact I threw a pair away in temper yesterday because they decided to try cut up a dish cloth! Why?
    Thanks for sharing the ideas.
    #familyfun

  8. I need to remember #littlemakes! Thanks for the shout out btw! I see play dough kits on Pinterest all the time and tried something similar with my munchkin the other day. Complete fail, I ended making aliens but as you say your daughter is only interested in the scissors really and she’s a couple of months older than mine so I think I’ll have to wait a bit longer for elaborate creations!! ‪Thank you for linking up to the #familyfunlinky‬
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  9. Helena says:

    It would be lovely to do this with my little ones but the youngest tries to eat everything and the eldest wasn’t keen on my handmade version.#FamilyFun
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  10. Jemma says:

    Looks so much fun- I would like a go! I always forget to do things like this and just give the kids some play doh! But then they always try to take it round the house so this idea is so much better, they’ll love it! #littlemakes

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