Jelly Playdough

This week Master E and I decided to try out a new recipe for Playdough. He loves cooking and this one was so simple. Here is the link http://www.playdoughrecipe.org

We followed these instructions

Ingredients 

• white flour – 1 cup
• salt – 2 tbsp
• cream of tartar – 2 tbsp
• cooking oil – 2 tbsp
• warm water – 1 cup
• Jelly – 1 pack ( We used aeroplane blue lemonade jelly)

Method

• • Add all the ingredients together in a big mixing bowl
  • Mix all the ingredients together until consistent
  • Pour into a pan and stir continuously over medium heat
  • Wait for it to thicken into a big ball and then place it on a piece of wax paper to cool
  • Kneed it for a few minutes once cooled

Master E loves cooking, here he is with the ingredients ready to get started.

Lots of fun was had tipping the ingredients in. 

There was plenty of oppotunity to touch after putting in each new ingredient and talking about what things felt like.

Some stirring.

Adding the jelly crystals.

Loving pouring in the water!

Lots more stirring and talk of lumpy and wet.

What our playdough looked like before being cooked.

Starting to come together.

Hot, fresh from the saucepan.

All kneaded and ready for play. It smells great as it has taken on the scent and colour from the jelly.

This made a small amount of playdough, but it looks and smells fabulous. Looking forward to having a play with it!

Sea Life Jelly Discovery

My Mother's Group is still going strong after two and a half years and today was my turn to host. I created lots of messy play activities for the kids to explore. But one of the favourites was the Sea Life Jelly Discovery.

This activity needed a bit of prep. I made up the jelly according to the packet instructions the day before. Blue and Green for a Sea Theme.

Once the jelly was set I used a fork to kind of mash???? it up.

Both jellies added to a large bowl and slightly mixed.

In go the Sea Creatures ready for discovery.

Master T was very inquisitive.

Having a good look and thinking about whether to touch the "cold" jelly.

Miss G was right in there and busy naming all the creatures she could see.

Miss L was the most interested and at 19 months the most daring. She wanted to hold the whole bowl. 

She was very keen to show me what see could find.

Lots of touching and squeezing and a couple of little tastes!

Much fun was had with this activity. Lots of naming of creatures, feeling and tasting. Even a little bit of jelly throwing. Was very interesting that the girls were far keener on this than the boys. Will certainly be doing this one again, maybe with a  garden theme. I also recommend doing this one outside as the jelly doesn't always stay in the bowl and is indeed rather sticky!! Not that, that was a problem, the dog soon sorted it out!

Enjoy!