Gingerbread Play Dough Kit
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This was my first time attempting a play dough kit and I think we are hooked. I am looking forward to coming up with different kits for my kids as they get older. Today I am sharing an easy gingerbread play dough kit, that took less than 15 minutes for me to put together!
I first heard about play dough kits from Mama, Papa, and Bubba and we tried this Christmas tree play dough kit first (which smells amazing by the way!). I decided to take the same concept and come up with our own gingerbread play dough kit version.
Gingerbread Play Dough Kit Items
- Homemade play dough recipe (we used this no-cook one here)
- Brown liquid food coloring or icing color (for play dough recipe)
- Gingerbread spices (ginger, allspice, cinnamon)
- Gingerbread man cookie cutters
- Christmas craft buttons (I got mine from Hobby Lobby)
- Small white or silver bead garland
Directions:
First, I made up a batch of the no-cook play dough recipe. I modified it slightly by leaving out the kool-aide and adding in brown liquid food coloring and gingerbread spices. I didn't measure the spices, just added enough to make it smell nice. You could probably do with 1/2 tsp of each.
After the play dough has cooled, you can put it in the play dough kit container. I used the GLIS containers from IKEA (they are located in the kid's area). If you don't have an IKEA nearby, any divided plastic container will do.
I did put the play dough into a plastic baggy to keep it moist since the containers are not airtight. Each of the buttons and small bead garland went into different sections along with the cookie cutters. If you are ready to play with it, you can just place everything on a table like below.
I made a model of one so my daughter could see how to make one and how to push the dough out of the cookie cutter.
After that, she went to town to make her own gingerbread man. She liked that there were different sizes of cookie cutters so she could make an entire gingerbread man family.
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Heather Greutman, COTA
Heather Greutman is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with experience in school-based OT services for preschool through high school. She uses her background to share child development tips, tools, and strategies for parents, educators, and therapists. She is the author of many ebooks including The Basics of Fine Motor Skills, and Basics of Pre-Writing Skills, and co-author of Sensory Processing Explained: A Handbook for Parents and Educators.
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