Submitted by Toni A., Preschool Teacher in Houston, Texas.
Grades:3-5 year olds
Materials:
Small paper plates,
Play-Doh
, Feather Assortment
, Pipe Cleaners
,
Pony Beads
or doughnut-shaped cereal
Procedure:
At our school, we make playdough for our classes rather than buying it.
After about a month, the playdough has begun to outgrow its usefulness.
Instead of throwing it away, here's something I do. My children always
love this project, because it encourages creativity and discovery.
- Give each child with a small paper plate containing a ball of
playdough about the size of a golf ball. Have the children flatten the
ball out just a bit.
- Provide the children with a variety of colored feathers, pipe cleaners, pony beads, cereal, etc.
- Show the children how to wrap the pipe cleaners around pencils or their fingers to make spirals.
- Show the children how they can thread the beads onto the pipe cleaners.
- Show the children how, when they stick the feathers and pipe cleaners into the
playdough, they are held in place.
- Now, step back and watch them create some of the most interesting sculptures!!
