Keeping Children Safely Occupied Part 3
By Stacey | Posted on May 25, 2009 | No Comments
Playdough is so fun but so messy! We “abstained” from it for awhile, but, the squishy stuff won my heart back. Our kids still get excited when a brand new pack of playdough comes home from the store. I have collected things over the years that are fun to use with playdough. Collect an assortment of items like plastic silverware, rollers, cutters, safety scissors, wooden sticks, stuff to “draw” shapes or designs in the dough, etc. Also, you can draw letters, numbers and shapes on index cards and encourage your children to roll “snake” shapes and lay the dough over the letter to make the shape. What about those Mr. Potato Head pieces you have floating around the toy room? Recycle them, roll a large glob of playdough, and make a face. Actually, any lids, beans, macaroni, and the like would be fun to press into the dough like a collage. Squish away!