| Submitted by Toni A., Preschool Teacher in Houston, Texas. 
Grades:3-5 year olds
Materials: Small paper plates,
playdough, feathers, 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!!
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