I made a batch of apple pie scented play dough today. It's been quite while since I last made homemade play dough. I just used our regular recipe and added a lot of red food coloring and apple pie spice (cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice).
Our basket has rolling pins, fall themed cookie cutters, an empty apple pie spice container, some mini pie tins, some apple stems (pieces of twigs) and a card with the word "apple" written on it.
I saw the idea of adding apple stems at My Montessori Journey and thought is was really cute. They also added little leaves to them.
Our go along book for our activity was Clifford "Picking Apples and Pumpkins". In this book, Clifford goes on the class field trip to a farm. He saves the day when the tractor breaks down by pulling the wagon of children to the apple orchard and pumpkin field. The kids enjoyed it, but do you want to know what they argued about in the basket? Who got to hold the card with the word "apple" on it! Who knew.
We did a bunch of fun apple themed activities last fall. If you're interested, just search under the label "Apple Theme" to find them. We'll be doing more activities with apples this year, but adding more depth to our lessons.
Linking to: It's Playtime, The Sunday Showcase, No Time For Flashcards, Kids Get Crafty, Delicate Construction
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19 comments:
I made this last fall and it was a big hit here. I'm not sure if I like this or pumpkin pie play dough better.
So much fun! I love crafting around apples. I think I will try this with my 3 year old. She loves playdough so much.
Another good one to put on the list!
I LOVE the real stems. We are definitely going to try this one... and Clifford books are a big hit at our house so thanks for the go-along.
I Love the stems too! Super fun idea!
Awesome activity! Love the "pie" idea with all of the ingredients! Will use it for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year where we add "A Sweet New Year" by dipping apples in honey. We focus on apples a lot!~ Thanks so much!
Love it! Thanks for sharing. It all looks so cute in the basket.
We are studying trees this month and the apple orchard is on our to-do list. This activity looks great. I am excited to go through the archives too. Fun, fun, fun!
Apple pie scented playdough, goning to have to try that here I think:)Thankyou for the great idea!
Great idea! Can't wait to use it in my classroom for apple week :)
This is an awesome idea to add twigs. I need to do a homemade playdoh again one of these days too.
fun adding the twigs & scents! we are working on our apple theme this week - so many fab ideas can't wait to get started!
Would love for you to come link up some of your kid friendly activities to my child centered linky party The Sunday Showcase - http://momto2poshlildivas.blogspot.com/search/label/Sunday%20Showcase
Bernadette
Oh I do love the real sticks. They make the apples really adorable. What a lovely activity and craft :-)
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy
What a cute idea! Love to use this for Johnny Appleseed day for my sons kindergarten class. Do you have a link to your regular play dough recipe?
I love your playdough idea for apple pie. We just finished making apple pies in cooking class and I think this will be a great follow up. I just posted our cooking lesson for Apple Pie on our blog, come check it out. Thanks!
LoVe this!! We're doing leaves this week and I was leaning towards apples next week...this just made my decision! (: Can't wait for that scent to fill my home and my daugter loves play-dough! It's sure to be a hit! Thanks
I would love to try this. Where can I find the dough recipe?
The basic play dough recipe I use is this:
Mix together in a pot:
2 cups of flour
2 cups of water
1 cup of salt
1 tablespoon of cream of tartar
2 tablespoons of vegetable oil
If it is going to be one color, then I add the food coloring to the pot (it's easier to mix this way).
Stir over medium heat until it starts to form a ball. When it is play dough like in consistency, I remove it from the heat and let it cool until I can knead it smooth.
Hope this helps,
Kelly
T H A N K you for sharing such fun idea. I like the idea of adding spices, which gives it a nice fragrance, compare to regular homemade playdough. Best, Mary
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