We loved making this cherry scented homemade playdough to play with and create with and explore!! This smelled absolutely amazing, and feels so soft and pliable!! The kids loved to add the ingredients to the big pot and counted the cups of flour and water and salt — this is incredibly easy to make, so check out…
Edible Snow Dough
Children love to have opportunities to use their hands and explore various textures and tactile experiences! This edible snow dough is safe for little hands — it is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners alike because if they sneak a taste, you don’t have to worry! We created a little small literary world with various small…
best scented salt dough ornaments
The kids and I made many beautiful scented salt dough ornaments today. We are excited to decorate our house with them and give them as gifts. Our easy and simple scented salt dough recipe provides a wonderful tactile and olfactory experience for little ones. This post is the last in the 12 Months of Sensory Dough…
best salt dough recipe
We are so excited to bring you our salt dough recipe today! Our salt dough for baking is a very easy, tried and true recipe for making ornaments or other keepsakes with children! We created salt dough gingerbread men ornaments this month as part of the 12 Months of Sensory Dough! We made gluten-free salt dough…
reggio inspired play dough and math play
Play dough on the floor with small parts has become a norm here in our household. John asks to use the play dough quite a bit. Ever since we brought it onto the floor, with a mirror, on a board, John has gravitated towards scuplting and creating and thinking with it. You’ll notice that our…
best no cook play dough for fall
We made the easiest and best no cook play dough this week for fall. This play dough is very simple and quick to make and provides a wonderful time of imaginative play and exploration for children. We explored No Cook Play dough for our 12 Months of Sensory Dough this month, and wow, is this…
reggio inspired playdough exploration
We have been enjoying child led playdough exploration around here lately. Mirrors, objects from nature, and small parts can make play dough an inviting time of open ended learning and creation for little ones. {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.} We shared 5 ways to make letters using playdough, and now we…
baby safe edible slime
This month for 12 Months of Sensory Dough, we are exploring Slime Dough. Myself, along with 11 other bloggers explore different recipes and share their results, so make sure to scroll down and check out all the other posts in the linky!! We explored slime about a month ago, and I think I was…
lavender fizzy sensory dough
Today is the seventh month for the 12 Months of Sensory Dough series!! I did not know what to do for “Fizzy Dough”, but we made a volcano back in our Letter V Tot School, so I took the easy route and went with a good ol’ baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction. Check out the other…
best homemade playdough recipe
I am sharing my favorite playdough recipe over at Hip Homeschool Moms today!! We made this recipe when we were kids, and now that my son is no longer allergic to gluten, I can make our homemade playdough recipe for my own children! In my post, I also share: tips for adding color variations for…
ice cream play dough {12 months of sensory dough}
It’s that time again! Time to try a new play dough :) We had a blast making this month’s Ice Cream Play Dough for the 12 Months of Sensory Dough series. This month we are exploring Ice Cream Play Dough. What is it, you ask? Well….. it can be anything you want it to be! There…
dandelion playdough recipe
The most amazing news …. you may want to sit down …. my son grew out of his gluten allergy!! Not only can he eat my homemade bread, but he can also (more importantly) do sensory play with flour now!! I am beyond thrilled. He used to react to even the touch of flour, so…
