montessoribyhands

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

once upon a time there was a little boy who loved play-doh

Posted on 2:39 PM by fjtrfjf
making play doh 009

But his teacher thought he was too little to make it himself on the stove ...

making play doh 039

So she put together a special, no-cook play-doh making exercise just for him.

The little boy has never been happier! Every day at school he makes a batch of play-doh to share with the rest of the children on the art shelf and a special green batch to take home.

4 tablespoons of white flour
2 tablespoons of salt
1 dropper-full of vegetable oil
2 tablespoons of water

Add the dry ingredients in a bowl. If you want to add a few drops of food coloring, make sure to add it to the water, otherwise it will be difficult to get a uniform color. Little by little, add the water. At first, stir with a spoon - once all of the water is added, start smooshing the mixture with your hands until it reaches the desired consistency. Store in an air-tight container in the fridge when not in use. Most likely, it will end up drying out after a day or two of heavy use.

Psst ... want to see more recent pics of classroom happenings? I just posted a bunch over at Flickr .

xo,
Meg
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Posted in art, photos of montessori children, tutorials | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • wish list
    At least one (two is too much to ask?) finished Log Cabin sock. And while I'm flipping through the same book , I wouldn't mind a pai...
  • Stock Photo website
    I've been looking to round out my mammal card set for a while. While in training, I purchased 2 of the Audubon Society's pocket fie...
  • how to make recycled paper
    I've recently been bitten by the paper recycling bug. My symptoms? Ogling over multi-colored paper scraps and a strong desire to never b...
  • Sensorial and Math Record Keeping
    Diego's Rattlesnake with Red Tongue and Pink Rattle by Diego Alvarez We often squeeze only a few drops out of the gargantuan, juicy ora...
  • Mexican independence day
    September 16th is Mexico's independence day. They also have a "revolution day" (November 20th) and celebrate their 1862 victor...
  • welcome craft sanity visitors; this blog has moved
    A big welcome to all of you who followed the link from CraftSanity ! This blog moved a couple months ago to its new home at www.sewliberated...
  • it's an aprony april thus far
    I think I've gotten myself tangled up in some hard-to-meet expectations. Ever since test-running this new chef's get-up in my classr...
  • and celebration number 27 passes quietly
    For posterity's sake, and the little old lady me, I thought I would record the bit of requisite gluttony that occurred yesterday in hono...
  • Springtime Art/Practical Life Ideas ...
    ... and a bit of Mexican tradition for you, as well! Did you know that every Easter, in small towns in the south of Mexico , they have a con...
  • gravity experiment goes curiously awry
    the culprit assesses the situation from high ground Aside from this riveting feline-style scientific experiment, what in the world have we b...

Categories

  • a month of puppets
  • about montessori by hand
  • aprons
  • art
  • books/resources
  • botany
  • crafting
  • diy
  • elementary
  • embroidery
  • flickr group
  • food
  • general environment
  • geography
  • holidays
  • infants
  • knitting
  • language
  • mathematics
  • montessori theory
  • movement
  • music
  • my life
  • my studio
  • nature
  • patterns for sale
  • peace education
  • photography
  • photos of montessori children
  • practical life
  • recipes
  • reduce reuse recycle
  • science
  • sensorial
  • sewing
  • Songs to sing with children
  • swaps
  • travels
  • tutorials

Blog Archive

  • ►  2008 (34)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (3)
    • ►  March (9)
    • ►  February (10)
    • ►  January (11)
  • ▼  2007 (156)
    • ►  December (8)
    • ▼  November (15)
      • holiday crafting with the wee ones
      • art, craft, children, and the making of the home
      • the secret joy of giving
      • fire up the wood stove
      • thanksgiving leftovers
      • tour of rural mexico
      • i've embroidered something you might like ...
      • paper clip ice skates
      • holiday traditions exchange is officially closed!
      • i wasn't joking
      • just a spoonful of nutella helps the mexican food ...
      • once upon a time there was a little boy who loved ...
      • i'm swa(m)ped!
      • the people have spoken
      • recycled bath mat tutorial
    • ►  October (16)
    • ►  September (17)
    • ►  August (19)
    • ►  July (14)
    • ►  June (13)
    • ►  May (12)
    • ►  April (18)
    • ►  March (14)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (7)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

fjtrfjf
View my complete profile