I’ve never met a child (and I’ve met quite a few) that loves play dough as much as my big boy. His little eyes twinkle at the mere thought of making a fresh batch of play dough and he can’t go past the play dough section at the shops without taking a quick inventory to […]
Dino Playdough – What do kids Learn from Playdough?
Hardly a week goes by without playdough making an appearance at our house. Morgan just loves playdough and while the girls may groan and roll their eyes when I get it out, they almost always end up playing with it for hours as well! Yesterday we decided on dinosaurs to go with the playdough. Dinosaurs […]
Playdough with Straws and Toothpicks
My big boy loves play dough. I mean, he REALLY loves play dough. We have more commercially made playdough accessories than you can poke a stick at. I am not sure why you’d bother poking a stick at play dough accessories, but if you did, you’d have trouble poking all of ours. Those playdough accessories […]
Playdough Alien Monsters!
We didn’t play yesterday…. Actually we did, it’s just that I was too busy to take any photos or blog about it. But we played today. We played and made Mr Potato Head plastic cup alien playdough monsters…. A day late, and a little short on details, but joining in Childhood101’s We Play link up… […]
Simple Microwave Play Dough Recipe.
Trying to keep all the Picklebums entertained on a day when it is either too hot or too wet to go outside (and we’ve had both since new years!) isn’t always easy. But sometimes I forget the joy of simple things… It had been so long since we’d made playdough, and if I remember rightly […]