Spring time playdough provocation

A perfect provocation for spring time! 

Scented and coloured play dough, gardening pots, sticks, gravel and seeds. Create plants and have discussions on their names and parts. Have the real plants or cards available for inspiration and reference.

I've made three different types of play dough for this provocation. A chocolate one for the soil, a lemon scented for flowers and green mint scented for stems. It's so easy to make! The play dough from this recipe is so warm and fluffy when its first made! Irresistible! 

Chocolate Playdough

You need     

  450g plain flour

         230g salt

         8 tsp cream of tartar

         5 tbsp cooking oil

         1 tbsp cocoa powder

         440ml boiling water

All you do is:
 Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar, oil and cocoa powder together in a large bowl. Stir in the water. It may seem sticky to begin with but wait a couple of minutes and it will become gorgeous and fluffy! It smells good enough to eat! Keep in a sealed bag or box and it will last for ages!

 Lemon Playdough 

You need 

      

450g plain flour

   230g salt

         8 tsp cream of tartar

        5 tbsp cooking oil

         430ml boiling water

        Yellow food colouring

         Lemon essence

 Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil together in a large bowl. Add the food colouring to the water and mix into the other ingredients. At this point add the essence. Turn onto a floured surface and knead. If sticky, wait a few minutes and it will turn into a pile of fluffiness! Keep in a sealed bag or box and it will last for ages!

Peppermint Green Playdough

You need:         
450g plain flour
     230g salt
       8 tsp cream of tartar
        5 tbsp cooking oil
      430ml boiling water
      Green food colouring
       Peppermint essence

 All you do is:

Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil together in a large bowl. Add the food colouring to the water and mix into the other ingredients. At this point add the essence. Turn onto a floured surface and knead. If sticky, wait a few minutes and it will turn into a pile of fluffiness! Keep in a sealed bag or box and it will last for ages!