Play dough with loose parts decoration!

Adding other elements to our homemade play dough enables a variety of learning opportunities for children to explore. Poking, rolling and pulling out different objects strengthens finger muscles, hand-eye coordination and concentration.

Playdough can help children to

• develop hand, eye, arm and body coordination and finger and hand muscles through squeezing, patting, pounding, rolling, poking and pinching, cutting with scissors

• dramatise about food and cooking and identify with the role of the family cook

• be successful – playdough is easy to mould and manipulate

• be creative

• learn about science and maths – preparing, weighing, measuring

• feel settled and safe.

Homemade Playdough Recipe

1. 2 cups flour.

2. 1/2 cup salt.

3. 2 tablespoons cream of tartar.

4. 2 tablespoons oil.

5. 2 cups boiling water.

6. 1 teaspoon food colouring.