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Never too young for art!
As an art teacher, I feel your child is never too young to be exposed to the world of art. With that in mind, here are some great play dough recipes you can make at home. Cheap, easy, fun and safe. Play dough should be a part of your child’s world at all times. When making the play dough, you can also add a safe essential oil (found at most health food stores, or the co-op) for extra sensory stimulation. Let’s start building those neurological connections moms! Put on some music and you’re ready to feed your child’s brain.
Cooked Playdough (my favorite recipe) 1 Cup Flour 1/2 Cup Salt 2 tsp Cream of Tarter 1 cup Water w/ 1tbsp oil (or essential oil) mixed in while cooking over med/high heat. Cooked Soda Dough 2 Cups Baking Soda (1lb) 2 Cups Water Cook over med/high heat until too thick to stir. Knead as it cools & add coloring. No-Cook Skin-Tone Playdough 3 Cups Flour 1Cup Salt 4 tbsp. Dry Hershey 1 tbsp. Oil 1 1/2 Cup Water No need to cook! Add more cocoa for darker "skin" tone, less for lighter. Ooblick (for Kinder age or older) 1 part water 2 part cornstarch No cook, just mix. 5 comments from 4 users
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posted by
MiaMama
on Mar 31, 2008 at 03:29 PM
posted by
creatress
on Mar 31, 2008 at 03:45 PM
My favorite thing to do with my son when he was in infant would be to take him all around and let him touch different textures. Like a brick wall, soft grass, buttons, stucco, canvas, silk.. It provides a lot of great tactile stimulation (like what they get from various art supplies when they're older).It's also great to expose babies to different music. My son loved the classics, but world music is great too. Try different songs from all over the world. :) posted by
hmoeckli
on Mar 31, 2008 at 06:50 PM
Bring on the creative ideas! I'm not a crafty person, and my 20 month old daughter is starting to get bored with our typical weekend art activities. We are definitely going to need some ideas for the summer when it's too hot to go outside.
posted by
lokiyo
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:21 PM
My kids love play dough. I was the "play dough mom" at one of my kids schools, responsible for making fresh play dough every month. We had a very cool recipe that was tinted with Kool Aid mix. I am trying to find the recipe, but it was very similar to the cooked play dough recipe you listed. I think we just added a packet of Kool Aid to it. It was fun because it gave the dough color and scent. Grape was always the most popular.
posted by
creatress
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:29 PM
The only thing I would watch about the Kool Aide is that the kids may be very tempted to eat it (plus I'm sure it wouldn't taste bad at all!) Instead, I would stick with food coloring and scents like Peppermint, Lavender, Eucalyptus, that will still provide some sensory stimulation, but not really tempt them to eat it.I bet the colors were great though with the Kool Aide and very safe for children to play with. Maybe it would be good to try with K-up who know better than to eat it.
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For now I enjoy taking her to the Crocker Art Museum to check out all of the paintings, she seems to like them as she gets very vocal towards them :)
Do you have any other creative ideas for the baby?