Today I experimented with a different type of play dough,
“bubble dough” made from cornflour and hair conditioner. Last February we experimented with a
variation of bubble dough using cornflour and hand wash in our “Frozen” bubble
dough play. It gave a soft, but crumbly
texture compared to regular play dough.
Our bubble dough this time was shiny, soft, a little bit slimy (like bubble
gum) and eventually it became crumbly.
As we have been exploring Autumn this month, I decided to dye the dough
to reflect the colours of the season.
I poured the cornflour into a bowl and gradually added the
hair conditioner, kneading each part until it was completely mixed
together. Then I added the food
colouring. This part was a little tricky
as the hair conditioner was a pink colour, so I had to vary the quantity of
food colouring I added to each batch of dough to get the desired colour.
I presented the dough to the boys and together we made
Autumn leaves. Unlike other play dough
projects, it didn’t matter if the different colours became mixed up as it made
the Autumn leaves look more realistic.
What we used:
1 part hair conditioner
2 parts cornflour
Food colouring
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