Play Dough Tool Kit – Everything You Need For Play Dough Fun!
Doodles (4y.o.) and Oodles(2y.o.) had the play dough out again this afternoon. While they were creating aliens and monsters with lots of bits and pieces, I decided to clean out the crate that we keep all of our play dough tools and toys in. I actually surprised myself with the amount of things we have collected to use with play dough over the last while. We play with play dough a lot and love to try out different recipes such as our recent experiment with super soft colour surprise play dough and our old reliable basic play dough. Anyone who has ever been a primary teacher like me or worked with young children will relate only too well to collecting all sorts of pieces of junk, card, tubes, wine corks, bottle tops etc to use in activities. Our play dough crate has really benefited from my hoarding , collecting habits! What do we have in our Play Dough Tool Kit?
We also often use pasta, dinky cars, little toy figures, Lego, Duplo, etc. Incidentally, we also use all of these objects in our messy and sensory play activities.
Everything in our tool kit is very inexpensive or free. Doodles and Oodles love having free reign with all of our tools and they have so much creating all sorts of creatures and objects.
We also have a number of “Play Doh” toys and tools. Both D and O love these and were given most of them as gifts. They are great and without doubt have a place in Play Dough fun, however, often they can be difficult to use especially for younger children, Oodles can find them quite difficult to manipulate, especially the ice cream and cookie factories which require some strength to push down some of the levers. They are also really difficult to clean. While not a necessary part of a play dough tool kit, they are fun to use occasionally. Hope you have lots of play dough fun! Ciara x
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24 Comments
Naomi
Wow that is one impressive kit!!! We used to use play doh a lot and my youngest still loves to take it out now and then. Did you ever notice if an adult sits at a table with play doh they will inevitably start playing with it too? 😉 I love it!
ciwin22
I know Naomi, it’s so compelling!!! My parents were here one day last week when we were playing with it and every single one of us was sitting at the kitchen counter rolling around pieces of play dough! 🙂
Julia
Such great ideas here. I just bought my son his first play dough set for Easter. We haven’t gotten too creative with any yet, but he loves to play with it. I will definitely be using some of these ideas!
Tarana Khan
That’s really quite a treasure! Thanks for sharing these ideas. I’m going to use them because my toddler is finally showing interest in play dough! #letkidsbekids
ciwin22
Thank you! All of our bits and pieces or nearly all were free or found or recycled! Have fun!
Let kids be kids
There’s lots of fantastic things in your collection. i really must get things like that out when we play with play dough.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsbeKids
Caroline (Becoming a SAHM)
WOW! That is a seriously impressive toolkit for Playdough! My goodness! Monkey LOVES playing with playdoh – I think he would play with it constantly, but wow we do not have anywhere near as many things to use to play with it with. I need to start collecting bits and bobs rather than throwing them away! Great post! xx #letkidsbekids
ciwin22
Thanks Caroline! Most of what we use were found in our garden or in the kitchen! Play dough is so much fun x
Loving life with little ones
Great, that looks like a great range of stuff, I love the monsters. We also have an old garlic press in ours to make spaghetti and hair! #letkidsbekids
ciwin22
A garlic press is a brilliant idea! I used to use old garlic presses for clay when I was teaching, forgot to use it for play dough! Thanks for the tip! My two will love making hair and worms with that!
greatbritishfamily
Wow, I love your playdoh collection. I’ve started collecting bits for messy and sensory play for my little one. Hopefully she’ll love playdoh one day too.
ciwin22
Thanks, we use all of that stuff for messy and sensory play too! Love your mashed potatoe activity- such a great, simple idea!
Super Busy Mum {Debs}
Whoa…that’s a MAMMOTH play doh kit! I never thought of using half of the things you guys do. Must remember that! Great post! x #LetKidsBeKids
Clare Swindlehurst (@SuperMommyClub)
Pinning pinning pinning! I would never have thought of using most of those things – I just wish my kiddos would hurry up and enjoy playing with play dough!
Shawn
I enjoyed letting the kids play with real birthday candles, like the simple multi-colored ones ( unlit of course). They went to town making cakes and getting fancier and fancier. They break after a while and need to be replaced. Try it!
ciwin22
What a great idea! We’ll definitely try that out! Thanks 🙂
ldskatelyn
You have got to have some of the funnest days with your kids! Awesome!
jill
I love your play doh tool kit. What a great idea for a childhood staple!
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Emma @ P is for Preschooler
You have the most fun play dough kit EVER! My daughter would play at your house any day! 😉
Our Little House in the Country
Thanks Emma, it keeps growing and growing!!!!
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