Frog Pond Playdough is a fun activity to try this Spring. Use it as a part of a frog theme for your toddler or preschool classroom. Start exploring the frog life cycle with your kids using this easy play idea.
Since this playdough is made with natural ingredients, it’s 100% taste-safe. So even babies and very young toddlers can join in on the fun.
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Spring Fine Motor Ideas
Developing fine motor skills is really important in the early years, and comes with so many amazing benefits. Here are some more spring play ideas to help little fingers get stronger.
- Vegetable Garden Posting Activity – Free Printable
- Spring Bugs Fine Motor Activity
- Cut the Grass Activity – Free Printable
- Bee fine motor activity
- Rainbow Sticky Wall
For more ideas, check out this list of 20 Spring Fine Motor Activities for Kids
Materials Needed
- 2.5 cups Boiling water
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 ¼ cup salt
- 1 ½ Tbsp Cream of Tartar
- 5 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
- Blue food coloring
- Blue glass pebbles
- Regular pebbles
- Toy frogs
How to Make Frog Pond Playdough
Step 1. Mix together the dry ingredients
The first part of making homemade play dough is to mix the flour, salt and cream of tartar together in a large bowl.
2. Add in the oil and boiling water
If you are making the playdough with your kids, this is the part that really requires adult supervision. Be extra careful to ensure that no one gets burnt.
3. Knead the dough together until it’s a smooth consistency.
If your dough is too sticky, add a little bit more flour. If it’s too crumbly, then add a bit more water.
You can adjust these two ingredients, slowly, until you get a consistency that you like.
4. Add in the food coloring
Place 5-10 drops of food coloring into the center of the playdough. Then knead it until all of the playdough is colored.
While you can always add the food coloring during step 2, I prefer to do it this way because then I can adjust the color as I go. If you’re not after a specific color of shade, then feel free to add in the food coloring along with the water.
5. Organize the props
I included toy frogs and the different pebbles along with the playdough. Then I let my kids play however they wanted.
When finished playing, you can store the playdough in a ziploc bag or an air tight container. It’ll keep for months if stored properly, making it a fantastic option for a busy bag.
Different Ways to Play with your Frog Pond Playdough
Make playdough kits that explore the life cycle of a frog. For example you can include eggs and tadpoles along with your frogs.
Frog themed counting playdough mats or cookie cutters are also a great way to play with your pond playdough.
Playdough is also considered a sensory activity and there are some wonderful ideas on how to maximize this type of sensory play.
For example, you can add essential oils to the playdough to make it smell nice. Or add blue glitter to give it some sparkle.
No matter how you decide to play, your kids are going to have a blast.
Are you going to make this Frog Pond Playdough with your kids?
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