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The girls set up this play dough bakery one morning while Johnny was at school. Lily especially enjoyed using these silicone ice cube trays from IKEA to make play dough biscuits.
Emma got quite a bit more elaborate – I never would have thought to make pink play dough eggs, but she made it work!
What pretend play with play dough do your kids enjoy?
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We actually just did a similar activity this past week (http://www.notwiddletwaddle.com/2012/04/play-dough-imaginative-tea-party.html). I love the play dough eggs!
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 7:42 am
Very fun! I’ll have to show the girls your version :)
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my kids love making worlds and habitats. i give them a cookie sheet and all sorts of natural items and recyclables (and some glitter – always). oh, and sometimes we scent the dough. even though they are getting older, they still love it.
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Because of the cooking that we’ve been doing recently making cookies that is what J wants to do – he did however go through a phase of fossil creation and burried his dinosaurs in the playdough and dug them out
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 8:30 am
So fun! My kids do a lot of buried treasure with our Floam, but not with play dough for some reason.
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Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 8:31 am
Ok I’ve got to ask what is Floam?
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 9:12 am
It’s a bit like play dough with microbeads inside for an interesting sensory experience – you can see ours in this post.
What a fun bakery! We haven’t done much with playdough – thanks for the reminder as it’s gotten rainy here recently.
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 9:13 am
We’ve had a week of non-stop rain – perfect for things like play dough!
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We have those plastic Ikea trays, so versatile. My kids love making animals out of play doh. I am a huge fan and never mind the mess because they are so creative with it.
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 11:44 am
We are JUST getting into making animals out of play dough! Emma made two hedgehogs and a duck this week
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Yummy! How many did you eat? :)
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Play dough! My kiddos love to “flip pancakes”…and I am just as happy to let them. Wonderful benefits. I also find that they enjoy having play dough mats available on occaision such as those you can find at http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/search/search.html?q=play%20dough%20mats.
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maryanne Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 2:58 pm
We’ve made some fun play dough play mats of our own using large pieces of paper under a clear plastic desk protector – so fun! Like this: http://mamasmiles.com/play-doh-play-mat/
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I really need to get our playdoh out this weekend – we haven’t played with it for a while, since it’s usually a long activity with set up and clean up involved. Anna does enjoy it when she has time – her favorite thing to do is making monsters and people out of playdoh.
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maryanne Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I bet Anna makes some fabulous monsters!
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the ice cube trays…genious!! am pinning this!
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maryanne Reply:
May 4th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Thank you, Andie!
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That’s the main use play dough gets at our house. Food.
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maryanne Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Works pretty well as play food :)
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I just love how a bit of play dough can lead to so much open ended play. My Rosie is just getting into play dough and loves making pretend cupcakes, muffins, and pies. I love the addition of the ice cube tray :)
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maryanne Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
I love watching their imaginations develop while playing with play dough! And the silicone ice cube trays work really nicely with play dough :)
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Play dough is so fun! Using those IKEA ice cube trays is such a great idea!
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maryanne Reply:
May 5th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Thanks! They work especially well since they are that nice soft silicone.
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My kids love play doh, too! Cavan got quite a few new play doh sets for his birthday, so they’ve really been having fun with it lately. They got a pizza shop set. It’s fun to see what creations they make! Only problem is Cavan still tries to eat it!
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What a fun idea! We have a whole bunch of those little IKEA trays. I’ll have to set up a little surprise bakery station in the kitchen this weekend. I actually just picked up an apron and chef’s hat at the dollar store, so this will be perfect. Thanks for the inspiration!
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maryanne Reply:
May 9th, 2012 at 7:06 am
Thanks, Didi! The trays work beautifully :)
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