Play dough is our go-to sensory activity for when I don't have any sensory activities planned or I need to keep the boys busy while cooking supper. That's why you will always find a bag of homemade play dough in our fridge. Recently I made lemon scented play dough, which ultimately led to this messy lemon meringue pie pretend play prompt.
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For this play dough invitation, I set out:
- Homemade play dough (we only ever use this no cook play dough from The Imagination Tree) scented with lemon essential oils (5-6 drops) and dyed with liquid watercolors
- Whisk
- Wood rolling pin
- Round pan - I had no pie plates around.
- Shaving cream
Playing with play dough, using the rolling pin, and whisking are all great for fine motor development. Plus, the boys get to play with real kitchen utensils. Not that kitchen utensils have ever been off limits for them.
J preferred to roll the play dough, while K commanded the whisk.
Now let's check on the progress of that meringue...ah, a stiff peak! Good whisking, K!
Then just like regular baking in our house, things got messy quickly.
No pie was ever made, but it was a lot of fun to play with!
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