Trying to convey the idea of snow to a two year old who has only ever known temperatures of 30 degrees is a little hard going. There is a Baby TV programme over here that features two snowmen, so I thought it would be a good idea to introduce the idea of snow by making playdough in the shape of a snowman. The
recipe I used came from the crafting blog site Nurturestore. I created a batch of the dough and then separated half which I dyed green and red (although the food colouring I used for red always produces a pink instead!). I added three pots of spices (cinnamon sticks, cloves and star anise) to use to decorate our snowman. If Wugs learned nothing else from this activity, he learned the word "snowman".
What we used:
Corn flour/starch
Salt
Cream of tartar
Vegetable oil
Silver glitter
Green and red food colouring
Cinnamon sticks
Cloves
Star anise
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