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Kool-Aid Playdough

4/17/2014

In a recent sensory play workshop I was given a recipe for kool-aid playdough. It the same recipe that I usually use to make homemade playdough with the exception that kool-aid is used instead of food coloring. The playdough smells so good and I loved experimenting with the different kinds of kool-aid.

The children really loved playing with it as well. We did a survey of which scent was their favorite ... orange got the most votes while lemonade received the least. The source provided for the recipe was the kraftrecipes.com website.

1 cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
2 tsp of cream of tartar
1 packet of unsweetened kool-aid
1 cup of water
1Tbsp of oil

Mix the first four ingredients together in a sauce pan and add the water and oil. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently for about five minutes or until a ball of dough forms. Remove from heat and take the playdough out of the pan and place on a sheet of wax paper. Let cool.

You can see a video of the kool-aid playdough here or by clicking below:

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Easter Egg Pom Pom Match

4/15/2014

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I love how easy this activity was to set up!! I purchased large plastic eggs and wrote a number on each one with a permanent marker. I put the eggs in a basket and pom poms in a separate container. I put magnets on the bottom of my pom poms for extra weight and also because the magnets stick together and the children need to pull them apart but you do not have to.

Children picked an egg and identified the number on the egg. The next step was to open the egg up and put the same number of pom poms in it and close the egg. Children also needed to find the pom poms that were the same color as the egg. The children really enjoyed this math and fine motor activity.

You can see a video of this activity here or by clicking below:

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Umbrella Pom Pom Match

4/2/2014

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Umbrella Pom Pom Match Preschool Activity

I made an umbrella pom pom match to go along with our umbrella theme this week. I traced around a small bowl on six different colors of cardstock paper and cut the circles out. I then cut around 1/4 of each circle off so it formed an umbrella shape. The next step was to glue a handle on to the bottom of each umbrella shape.

I put out a bowl of pom poms that were the same colors as the umbrellas. On the bottom of each pom pom I attached a magnet to add weight to the pom pom and also so the activity could be done on a magnetic surface.

The children put the pom poms on the same color umbrellas. They then counted how many were on each umbrella and which umbrella had the most and which had the least pom poms.

You can see a video of this activity here or by clicking below: