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Using Play Doh to Teach Preschool Lessons

Play Doh is one of my favorite preschool activity toys and art mediums. Mashing the dough can creating people, ice cream cones, pizza, and animals, is as much fun for me as the kids.  I am not sure what came first, the lessons I developed using Play Doh or my desire to play and the need to make it count as part of my lesson plan.  Nonetheless, I have come up with a way to play and learn.  Now, when my husband comes home and finds Play Doh mashed in the carpet its all good. In all seriousness, using a … Continue reading →

Simple Snow Day Crafts for Kids

For parents, who have been affected by this week’s dangerously cold Artic blast, today marks the third day in a row that your kids have been cooped up indoors. By now your sanity may be as compromised as your video library. If so, you might consider the following simple craft ideas. They may not be as liberating as a sunny 80 degree day, but they will keep your kids busy for a few hours and perhaps preserve the last remaining hairs on your head. EDIBLE PLAY-DOH Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2 cups warm water 1 cup salt 2 tablespoons vegetable … Continue reading →

Play-Doh – An Oldie but a Goodie

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My new baby is five days old and my three-year old gal is still adjusting to the presence of her built-in best friend. This morning, I broke out the Play-Doh and spent over two hours rolling, cutting, shaping and growing hair with the world’s most famous colorful compound. There is so much to love about this stuff. It is readily accessible, fairly affordable, safe and non-toxic and is capable of entertaining a toddler, even one whose attention span is at an all time low, for hours on end. One of the strange things about my girl’s recent behavior has been … Continue reading →

Frugal Kids: Make Your Own Play Dough

For a fun activity, why not make your own play dough? It is fun and very frugal. Playing with clay or play dough is one of the best things you can do with young children. It foster creativity, gives them lots of sensory input and allows them to be messy in a controlled way. I started my kids on play dough at very early ages. Making my own home made play dough saves me money. It costs just pennies to make. Making my own play dough from kitchen ingredients also removes the worry if it accidentally goes into a child’s … Continue reading →

How To Remove Stickers and Play-Doh From Places They Don’t Belong

My 2-year-old daughter loves stickers. Love may be an understatement. That girl is a walking sticker album. (I’m not exaggerating.) While she has many, many colorful sticker books in which to display her massive collection, she much prefers adhering them to her skin… and her hair… and her clothes… and my furniture. (Basically, anywhere BUT the sticker books.) As you can imagine this often leads to some tense moments—not in the sticking—but in the un-sticking. While I am happy to report that my daughter has gotten over the trauma of me removing stickers from her hair and skin (obviously, the … Continue reading →

Fun with Homemade Play Dough

Sure, you can go out and buy Play-Doh brand or pick up some modeling clay, but that takes all the fun out of making your own play dough. Your kids will have just as much fun mixing up play dough as they do creating imaginative objects from it once it’s ready to go. *Check out these easy recipes: Simple, No Cook Play Dough ¾-cup table salt ¾-cup all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar ¾-cup warm water Pour table salt, flour, and cream of tartar into a mixing bowl. Slowly begin adding water, mixing gently as you go. The play … Continue reading →