Playdough activities

Threading Beads on Uncooked Spaghetti – Fine Motor Activity

Jackie Currie — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 12:59:00 +0000

Need a quick and easy activity for your toddlers to do today?

This is a fun way for young children to strengthen fine-motor skills and pincer grip.

Click the link below to check it out!

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Vibrant Clay Dough Butterfly Ornaments

Jackie Currie — Thu, 16 May 2019 05:29:48 +0000

We've done it again!

We've used our easy 3-ingredient clay dough recipe to make vibrant butterfly ornaments for spring.

This might be my favourite clay dough craft yet!

Click the link below to see them. They're GORGEOUS!

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Painted Clay Dough Easter Egg Ornaments

Jackie Currie — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 06:20:32 +0000

Happy Easter, Lovelies!

I have one last Easter craft to share with you this season, and it's GORGEOUS!

We used our 3-ingredient white clay recipe (It's awesome!) to make these beautiful painted clay dough Easter egg ornaments.

The kids loved decorating them!

They'd be perfect to hang on an Easter tree, but they'd make great gifts too. Maybe one at everyone's place setting at the Easter table?

Goodness, I just love them. They were so fun and easy to make!

Click the link below to check them out!

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Glittered Heart Valentines Ornaments with Homemade Clay Dough

Jackie Currie — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 11:43:36 +0000

Eeee! Ok, this might be my favourite Valentines craft so far this year!!!

We've used our infamous 2-ingredient white clay dough to make these dazzling Valentines ornaments! I just LOVE how they sparkle and shine! And the colours... oh my WORD! They're gorgeous!

I love this clay dough so much. It's SO easy to make! It's just baking soda and corn flour, so it dries to this brilliant, bright white which looks stunning with the sparkly colours we've topped them with! Have a look! Aren't they just beautiful?

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White Clay Dough Ornaments for Kids to Make (2 Ingredients)

Jackie Currie — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 05:02:39 +0000

These ornaments are adorable for toddlers and preschoolers to make. They'll be treasured keepsakes for years.

This 3-ingredient clay dough recipe uses just baking soda, corn starch and water. It's super-easy to make, and it dries pure white.

Kids can paint their ornaments or add glitter, or press beads and gems into the dough like we did here.

You have to make these for the tree this year!

Click the link below to see them and to get the clay dough recipe!

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Christmas Cookie Play Dough Activity for Toddlers and Preschooler

Jackie Currie — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 06:26:46 +0000

Pssst! Want to keep your kids busy for a couple of hours while you're baking and wrapping and prepping for the holidays?

Set them up with this gorgeous play dough Christmas cookie activity.

They can play with this all month long because this homemade play dough lasts for months before drying out.

My girls pretended they were baking Christmas cookies for two hours this morning!

TWO HOURS! Think of all the things you could get done!

CLICK THE LINK to check it out!

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Gingerbread Play Dough Cookie Decorating Activity for Kids

Jackie Currie — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 06:55:58 +0000

I'm so excited! Take a look at this simple Gingerbread Cookie Decorating Station I made for the kids.

It's so pretty and inviting, and they'll play with it all month long.

The no-cook dough is really easy to make and it stays super-soft even if you leave it out for hours.

The kids have a ton of fun rolling, cutting and decorating their cookies with odds and ends from the craft cupboard.

It's the perfect Christmas activity keep little ones busy and having fun at home, daycare or preschool.

Just click the link below to check it out now!

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Toddler-Safe Cloud Dough Recipe (No Baby Oil)

Jackie Currie — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 01:43:57 +0000

There’s no doubt about it, our regular 2 ingredient cloud dough is amazing for sensory play. Recently however, we figured out how to colour our Cloud Dough, and even more recently, we tweaked that coloured cloud dough recipe to make it toddler-safe. This is great news because I often hear from parents who are concerned...

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Coloured Cloud Dough – How to Colour Cloud Dough for Sensory Play

Jackie Currie — Wed, 14 May 2014 05:55:08 +0000

How to make coloured cloud dough with 3 easy ingredients. We’ve done it! We’ve successfully made a batch of vibrantly coloured cloud dough! If you’ve never heard of it before, you can find out how amazing cloud dough is here, in an article I wrote a couple of years ago. If you are familiar with...

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Easter Playdough Activities for Toddlers

Jackie Currie — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:04:54 +0000

Hey Lovely!

I wanted to share my favourite recipe for homemade play dough with you.

This dough is silky smooth, and it will last for months when you store it in a sealed ziplock bag or plastic container.

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Play Dough – Potato Head Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Jackie Currie — Sun, 23 Feb 2014 04:20:32 +0000

A Homemade Play Dough Activity that combines Play dough with Mr. Potato Head! Homemade Play dough is one of those classic activities for kids. We almost always have several batches on hand here in my daycare; the hooligans never tire of it. I love is how versatile play dough is when you make your own. You can colour...

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Valentines Play Dough Activity – “The Candy Shop”

Jackie Currie — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:05:57 +0000

Here’s a super Valentines activity for toddlers and preschoolers! Your kids will have a blast making and creating with this playdough “Candy Shop”. The hooligans have been playing with our homemade play dough every day lately. We’ve had all kinds of neat play dough activities going on, and I’ll write about those in the days...

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Homemade Chocolate and Strawberry Play Dough

Jackie Currie — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 04:10:58 +0000

Chocolate shop play dough activity for Valentines Day! We are huge fans of homemade play dough activities here. I’ve never met a kid who doesn’t love to play with playdough. It’s so therapeutic and it’s terrific for building fine motor skills and hand, finger and upper-arm muscles. Some say that offering play dough every day,...

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Ghost Mud Sensory Dough with Toilet Paper, Soap and Water

Jackie Currie — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:52:35 +0000

Ghost Mud (also known as Clean Mud) is the most fun you can have with a bar of Ivory soap and a roll of toilet paper. This incredible homemade sensory dough is easy to make and it’s a wonderful sensory activity preschoolers. Ghost mud smells fantastic, and it’s delightfully ooey and gooey when you squeeze it...

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Play Dough Ice Cream Shop – Pretend Play Activity

Jackie Currie — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:28:28 +0000

Kids love ice cream, and kids love play dough, so we’ve combined the two, and come up with this Play Dough Ice Cream Shop! It’s a terrific pretend play great for keeping toddlers and preschoolers entertained, learning and developing their fine motor skills! The hooligans LOVE homemade playdough, and we’ve done a ton of creative...

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Easy 2 Ingredient Cloud Dough – Ready in 5 minutes!

Jackie Currie — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:42:43 +0000

2 Ingredient Cloud-Dough: the ultimate sensory dough! Cloud dough requires only 2 common household ingredients: Baby Oil and Flour, and it’s ready in minutes. It smells heavenly, and it’s a delight to run your fingers through! I’m a sucker for a good, homemade sensory play activity, and this flour and baby oil Cloud dough is...

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Homemade Playdough in a Rainbow of Colours

Jackie Currie — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:50:08 +0000

I made a big batch of rainbow play dough the other night by dividing it and colouring into 6 different portions. I’ve made a LOT of playdough in my day because it’s one of my favourite sensory activities to offer my toddlers and preschoolers. This is my very favourite recipe. You can make it in...

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