Tuesday 18 March 2014

Rainbow Salt Dough



Dough is so quick and easy to make and has so many educational benefits for children of a wide variety of ages. This time I decided to make salt dough, a combination of flour, salt and water but rather than stick to one colour we had a rainbow theme to todays play!



 The children chose the colours that they wanted to play with, breaking off bits and cutting them to add to their creations. This was a fantastic opportunity to discuss colours with the smaller children as well as developing their fine motor skills through cutting and picking off the amounts of each colour that they wanted to use. I was impressed with the fact that, even when mixed together, the colours remained vibrant. 

This activity resulted in some pretty vibrant creations ranging from the rainbow snakes through to a tea party complete with cakes and flowers. The lovely thing about salt dough is that the creations can be kept through air drying in a low heat in an oven for a few hours. 

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