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Doughy Dinosaur Bin (plus 100 more kids’ activities!)

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doughy dinosaur bin

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We’re just a month into summer vacation, and my kids have let me know more than a handful of times that they’re “bored.”  Most of the time, I let them solve this dilemma on their own.  But sometimes I help them create an opportunity for play.

Nothing fancy.

Pretty  inexpensive.

Often messy.

Almost always fun.

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To do our doughy dinosaur dig, we gathered:

  • hair conditioner (old sunscreen would work too)
  • corn starch
  • food coloring
  • spoons and tongs from the kitchen
  • a bowl and spoon for mixing
  • toy dinosaurs
  • three bored kids

doughy dinosaur dig 3

The play recipe is simple: one part conditioner to two parts corn starch.  To make enough dough for all the kids, we used more than half a bottle of conditioner and a large container of corn starch from Sam’s Club.

doughy dinosaur dig 4

Stir, stir, stir.

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If you want, add food coloring.  Knead.  This is some super soft dough.

doughy dinosaur dig

Layer the bottom of a container with your toy dinosaurs.  Press the soft dough over the dinosaurs and start digging!

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: sensory play, Pre-K, preschool, first grade, kindergarten, dinosaurs

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3 Comments

  1. Holly Homer

    July 3, 2014 at 11:47 am

    Oh I love it!!! What fun pics of the kids playing. We really appreciate you writing about the book!

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    • Anna Geiger

      July 9, 2014 at 5:26 am

      Thanks, Holly! We’re having a lot of fun with it 🙂

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