Clean Mud

Have fun at home with your children by using this simple playdough/mud recipe. Play with your mud and create whatever you would like. Try using cookie cutters and kitchen utensils to shape and mold your playdough/mud into whatever you imagine it to be.

Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.
~Blaise Pascal

Make Some!

Recipe & Directions

Ingredients for full recipe:

12 rolls of toilet paper

Liquid dish soap

Water

Directions: Unroll the toilet paper and tear it into individual pieces. Place the torn pieces into a large bowl and add quite a bit of water and then dish soap. Begin mixing it together with your hands. The mixture should feel like mush when done.

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Recipe Variations

-If you do not need a large amount only use a couple rolls of toilet paper. (Don't throw away your empty toilet paper rolls - use them for other art projects)

-Play around with different forms of soap to get other colors and smells. Or try using a little food coloring. Experiment!

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Homemade Playdough with Brittany

Brittany Shows You How To Make Homemade Playdoh

9 year old Brittany shows you how she makes her own homemade playdoh. It is fun and easy to make.

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P.I.E.S.

Learning Objectives

P.I.E.S. stands for Physical, Intellectual, Emotional and Social. P.I.E.S. is used to explain what the children will be learning, developing or working on while playing with playdough or clay.

Physical: The children will be using their fine and gross (large) motor skills while playing with playdough and clay. They will also use their tripod grasp, pincer grasp and palmer grasp .

Intellectual: The children will work on their color and shape concepts as well as feeling and recognizing different textures and smells. They will learn new words and how to work with different consistencies of each different kind of playdough or clay they use.

Emotional: The children can relieve any frustrations that they have when playing with playdough and express their feelings. By creating something from their playdough or clay it also helps promote a feeling of positive self-worth and accomplishment.

Social: The children will have to share and take turns while playing. They may talk to each other about their playdough or what they are making to work on communication skills.