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.
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!
- 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. 🙂
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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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I’m glad you think so — I hope you both have fun x
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.
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I’m glad you liked it, let me know how you get on
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
Aw I’m glad you think so, let me know how you get on x
Fantastic idea 🙂 We are big fans of Play Dough in our house!
Here too! x
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!
That’s a good idea – I must get ours out!!
This is a great idea. My mini men love constructing so I will give it a go #littlemakes
I’m glad you think so, let me know how you get on x
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.
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Haha – my big one decided to cut three little holes in his school jumper!!
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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I’ve realised the fancy sets are more for my benefit than theirs! 😉
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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Lol,they can be fickle can’t they 🙂
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
I think the kids would be happy with just the play dough – I like making the sets 😉