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Playdough recipes - edible and non-edible
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playdough colour themed activity ideas for children's play and adults well-being
Playdough activity ideas for children and adults Snowflake skies    
   
Build wintery scenes on a snowman themed playdough mat by blending glitter and mica powder into a mound of white dough and using snowflake shaped cutters to decorate the air around the snowman. Add hardened clay snowflakes as a texture contrast and sprinkle faux snow and snowflake confetti over your landscape. For permanent decorations use the clay snowflakes as hand crafted ornaments  

How to make shiny snowflake playdough activity


Resources needed for this playdough activity
Links are to amazon.co.uk

 A quantity of white playdough - handmade dough recipe

Irridescent glitter

Silver glitter

White mica powder    


For play and collage

Printouts of the snowman snowflake playdough mat
                         
Click to print the snowman snowflake playdough mat
access to a laminator and A4 pouches

Snowflake table confetti

Dough rollers and snowflake cutters  -  plunger cutters

Artificial snow 

Blue silver mix glitter pony beads 

To expand use paper punches to create your own snow fall

Optional -
airdry clay for making hard snowflakes   


Buy iridescent snowflake confetti on amazon.co.uk
Buy a blue silver and white pony bead mix on amazon.co.uk
Buy snowflake shaped cutters on Amazon.co.uk
Ingredients to make shiny soft playdough
Fine motor skills - pinching and sprinkling artificial snow



Permanent hard clay snowflakes can be used as room decorations, mobiles or as greeting card embellishments

Airdry handmade snowflake shaped decorations Handmake clay decorations


Buy white airdry clay to make permanent hard sculpted decorations
Buy laminators and pouches on Amazon.co.uk


 

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 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
 
 
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 Mixed - metallic rainbow and duos
  
 Red playdough
 
 
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