Mer Island,home to merfolk and a sea of playdough waves! Build a pebble island with stones and dough to hold then together and an ocean of sparkling fabric surf! Enjoy role playing with illustrated mermaid and mermen characters or use the outlines to create a personalised community of fish tailed friends! Complimentary pictures include silkysteps' mermaid nursery rhyme - singing, swimming merfolk that promotes a crystal clear sea :) Litter awareness, beach clean and the wet wipes campaign that help to protect our oceans. Resources needed for this playdough activity Links are to amazon.co.uk A quantity of playdough - handmade dough recipe Build islands - loose media construction stones & pebbles - bricks - glass nuggets   Netting for sea surf - cut into strips Nuggets and beach-found shells                         scissors and extruder tools for seaweed & hair Puppets, figures or role play characters  Small merfolk outlines Single merfolk outline template Naming oceans - the 5 oceans of the world   Mermaid characters   Mermen characters   Sailing boat prop - outline yacht and colour yacht   wipe clean, pvc, waterproof, ocean themed tablecloths     Activity ideas and questions What name has been given to the ocean that your Mer Island is located in? Exploring what the island looks like - how big is it, beaches and coves?   How many merfolk live on Mer Island and who might visit?    More mer themed activities Mermaid writing As inspired by a lovely account on twitter, frame some reversible sequined fabric to create a tactile mark making surface for young children, as a learning area in preschool or as part of a bedroom's decoration. On silkysteps.com Mermaid rhyme - singing swimming merfolk Tail dabbing paint activity  Information about mermaids and folklore on wikipedia            Playdough Recipes    Edible playdough recipes     Not for eating  playdough recipes        An alphabet of playdough   Aa - Bb - Cc - Dd - Ee - Ff - Gg - Hh - Ii - Jj - Kk    Ll - Mm - Nn - Oo - Pp - Qq - Rr - Ss - Tt - Uu      Vv - Ww - Xx - Yy - Zz     Seasonal playdough activities            Winter      Spring    Summer    Autumn    Playdough books    Colour themed playdough activities    Mixed - metallic rainbow and duos     Red playdough    Pink playdough    Orange playdough    Yellow playdough    Green playdough    Blue playdough    Purple playdough    Brown playdough    Black playdough    Grey playdough    White playdough  Home  Contact    About this website        Buy playdough products     In the playdough tool box     Playdough activities by age              Benefits of playdough    Sensory playdough activities