Home Made Play Dough
Make home made play dough and help your child learn colors.
This is one of the fun craft ideas for preschool, science games for kids and preschool kids games.
Ages 2 - 5
Need: 1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
1 cup of water
1 - 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Food coloring in different colors
Combine the first 4 ingredients in a bowl with your hands.
Make as many dough balls as you have different food colorings.
Put some food coloring onto each dough ball and knead until the desired color is achieved.
Ask your child what colors the food colorings are. Ask him what else he knows that are that color as you make the dough together.
Let your child mold any shapes he wants. If you have cookie cutters, these are fun for your child to make shapes with.
Why should you make the dough and not just go and buy it? Lots of reasons!
Your child is learning more by making it on his own.
You and your child are bonding and enjoying an activity together. It's fun to create with your child!
And, it's probably cheaper to make your own dough instead of buying it!
Your dough will be unique since you will be using your own food coloring. Your child can pick his favorite colors and have his dough come out that color.
He'll feel a sense of accomplishment that he can make his own playdough!
Have him create an object out of each color of dough. Let him use his imagination. Who says a dog can't be red? Or a cat blue?
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