Creations
Spring
With signs of Spring starting to appear in our nursery gardens, the fresh green shoots fill the spaces and leaves open to reveal their beautiful new shape. We added a few leaves, twigs and other natural resources to our outdoor kitchen eager to find out what the children will do with them. We added playdough to a cable reel and then stood back to see if the children would notice the new additions to the space.
A child approached and found a juicer, he placed some dough underneath and when he applied pressure to the juicer he noticed that the playdough underneath started to burst through the holes of the juicer, this really intrigued him and he started to explore more, he spent over 40mins poking leaves and twigs into the little holes and dough. An idea sparks from him, testing out his ideas all because we added dough to the outdoor kitchen.
Dough Recipe
We love the boiling hot water method when we are not making dough with the children, this cooks the dough instantly and forms a really lovely pliable none sticky dough that can last over a week if stored properly.
You will need...
-2 cups of flour
-1 cup of salt
-a table spoon of oil
-a teaspoon of cream of tarter (this is to preserve the dough so it lasts longer and not always necessary)
-A kettle and water
-Two cups of boiling water
Method....
Place two cups of flour, one cup of salt and cream of tarter into a large bowl and stir to mix the ingredients thoroughly
Then add one table spoon of oil and one cup of boiling hot water, store carefully (this is a job for an adult) add more water slowly until the dough has started to form and all of the flour has gone. Once a dough has formed kneed the dough carefully as it will be warm. add a sprinkle of flour of its too sticky or add more water if it is too dry.
Add the dough to your outdoor kitchen filled with herbs, authentic resources and mud and watch the play unfold.
When using playdough outside, collect any dough remnants at the end of the day to avoid attracting any rats to the area and discard.
