Be a Dough-tective
Ready
- Playdough: We recommend The Dough Project’s DIY Kit!
- 5 or more loose parts to make imprints. Some ideas include:
– Hard fruits & vegetables
– Forks/spoons
– A colander, cheese grater or potato masher
– Natural parts (e.g. acorns, sticks, shells, pebbles, & leaves)
– Screws, nuts & bolts
– Empty spools
– Corks
– Rubber bands, paper clips & erasers
– Buttons
– Keys
For maximum silliness don’t forget to include body parts such as noses, elbows, fingers, chins, etc. 🙂
Set
- Make your special playdough with The Dough Project’s DIY Kit.
- Roll out your dough on a flat surface.
- Place your printmaking materials near your dough.
- Find someone to play with!
Play!
- Decide who will be Player 1 and who will be Player 2.
- Player 1: Close your eyes!
- Player 2: Choose a printmaking material and make a print in your dough.
- Player 1: Open your eyes and try to guess which item was used to make the print!
- Now, switch roles to continue playing this printmaking guessing game.
Play your way! What else can you do with these open-ended materials and dough?
Why Play This Way?
Like the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of play-based invitations, this game brings together two familiar, favorite, ingredients in an open-ended play experience that is sure to leave its mark. Children will experiment again and again with their dough and collected items, while marveling at their unique prints. By exploring through their sense of touch they will learn to view objects through a textural lens and use descriptive language to describe their prints. Plus, busy fingers will get a great fine motor workout! Most importantly, from start to finish, everyone will enjoy a wonderful, down to earth, playtime experience.
Better with a Book
At LᐧMᐧNᐧOᐧPlay!, we love to pair our play with a great book.
