Here are some ideas for fun with playdough:
Stick straws or toothpicks in balls of play dough
Put pieces of dough in between blocks to stick them together
Hide small toys, beads, or gems in a ball of play dough and have your child find them
Make a path and have toy animals leave their tracks behind in the dough
Make a bakery with muffin tins, rolling pin, and cookie cutters.
Roll balls and try to stack them
Stick Mr. Potato Head pieces into it
Fill an ice cube tray
Make a road and drive cars through it
Coil the dough into snakes
Cut the snakes using a plastic knife or butter knife
Check out our other playdough activities for toddlers and preschoolers!
Check out this collection of FREE, printable play dough mats.
You’ll also love this Play-Doh Smash Game!
Keri
Friday 7th of May 2010
isn't that how it goes???? it seems the more WORK and TIME and MONEY i invest in an activity, the less popular it is. (you would think that all i really need to buy are free balloons at the grocery store.) i would take the playdough away completely for a few weeks and then reintroduce it. then it will be more appealing! and then maybe have a fun place to play it that is out of the ordinary- like outside or on colorful trays (Ok, not the most exciting places!)
Raising a Happy Child
Thursday 6th of May 2010
B sounds like Anna - now she likes it, now she doesn't. But I like all your ideas, and some of them might work here as well.
Rachel
Thursday 6th of May 2010
Great ideas.
Play-doh and I have a love/hate relationship. I love how busy it keeps my kiddos, but truly, truly hate, I'm sorry, dislike the mess everywhere.
Love your blog.
Christina
Wednesday 5th of May 2010
My son also loves play-doh! It's great. I make it homemade, so it's not a huge investment. Anyway, I love your blog and gave you an award: http://iwritechildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2010/05/sunshine-award.html
Christina
JDaniel4's Mom
Wednesday 5th of May 2010
JDanel loves to drive cars through it.