I remember my mom making playdough when we were little. I found an easy recipe here:
Uncooked Playdough
Materials
- Bowl
- 1 cup cold water
- 1 cup salt
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- Tempera paint or food coloring
- 3 cups flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- In bowl, mix water, salt, oil, and enough tempera paint or food coloring to make a bright color.
- Gradually add flour and cornstarch until the mixture reaches the consistency of bread dough.
- Store covered.
Ours was a little sticky, so we had to use extra flour. |
The boys loved it! They spent the rest of the afternoon "making cookies." |
The next activity we did was a rainbow collage. Ben got bored pretty fast, and preferred to color his rainbow, but Abraham stayed at it a long time and said over and over, "Isn't this a fun art project, Ben?"
We also had a fun "music time," where we got out our music instruments (including the parents, which made it more fun for everyone) and played away for a while.
Here you can see Ben lounging with a recorder in the back and Abe "selling music" from behind his desk. |
What great ideas. We've got a rainy day here ourselves! I'll have to draw Peter's rainbow for him though...
ReplyDeleteYour boys make me smile.
I want to play at your house.
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