Spider Playdough Provocation

Whether you're investigating insects or its Halloween - this is a great playdough to make! 

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Black playdough is always a tricky one to make. I seem to end up using so much food colouring. My hunt for the perfect black colouring continues ...

Meanwhile - here is my recipe for playdough;

Black Playdough

You need:

·         450g plain flour

·         230g salt

·         8 tsp cream of tartar

·         5 tbsp cooking oil

·         430ml boiling water

·         Black food colouring

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. 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!

Plastic spiders seem to be tricky to get hold of - so stock up around Halloween! Shops like Poundland have them. 

These cork boards from Ikea are a lovely base for working on. I wouldn't leave the playdough on them for too long though. 

We love both of these books! Such talented authors. Make sure you take a look! 

I like to refer to non - fiction topics wherever possible. This is a great book full of spider facts which is easy to understand. 

We also have this fantastic parachute lining (I think that's what it is!?) It makes a brilliant giant spiders web! 

We decided to turn it into a maths game by writing numbers on small pieces of paper. Take some black tissue paper, scrunch it up to create spiders with (don't worry about legs!) See what numbers the children can hit by throwing the spiders. This game can be extended by asking the children to add the numbers together to get a final score. A tally could be kept of what numbers are hit. A great way to sneak a bit of writing practise in. 

Have fun!