We decided to skip color today and have some fun with black and white. I was originally going to set up a painting invitation so they could have fun mixing. However, paints have been short-lived lately, especially for my 17M old.
Food coloring of your choice
Add-ins of your choice (i.e. spices, extracts, glitter, etc.)
Mix dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix. Add to a pan (I just used a non-stick deep frying pan) and cook over medium-low heat. Stir constantly until dough forms into a ball and isn't wet anymore. This took maybe 2 minutes?? It may sound like a pain in the butt but it was super easy. Take dough out after you have your ball (it will obviously be a little warm) and knead for a minute or two. Greatest homemade playdough ever!
I made a ball of black and a ball of white. You can see how much you get from the recipe in the pictures below. More than enough for both my daughters.
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The invitation |
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White materials (displayed on top of a piece of black construction paper): white playdough, bottle caps, lima beans, buttons, googly eyes, and feathers.
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Black materials: black playdough, pipe cleaners (also had these in white), buttons, feathers, and stones. I just used what I had on hand around the house. I also set up a few "props" to hopefully inspire them. |
My oldest was up from her nap first. She explored everything for a good minute or two before she actually touched anything.
She went for the white playdough. "I need to roll this out, Mommy"
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Adding white buttons to white playdough. |
It was interesting she never mixed any of the colors together until my youngest woke up and of course wanted to make a penguin (her favorite animal).
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Making "paw prints" |
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Again, placing white feathers on white playdough and black feathers on black playdough.
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She also associated the black playdough as being cold. "The black one is the coldest, so the penguin lives there" |
17M old up from her nap. She loves pushing her finger and objects into the dough. :-)
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Working together |
My oldest is a helper by nature. It is extremely difficult to stop her from doing everything for my youngest. I do usually step in and prevent this from happening. However, today they were not having the greatest day together... so I let them have this moment.
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Making penguins. This is when she decided to mix black with white. |
Ever since Christmas, every animal she makes has to have 3 buttons like a snowman. LOL!
RL