I HEART CRAFTY THINGS: Pumpkin Play Dough Invitation to Play

Welcome to another edition of the 12 Months of Sensory Dough. This month is all about No Cook Play Dough. With the fall season upon us, we took the opportunity to read some of our favorite pumpkin books this week and set up a Pumpkin Play Dough Invitation to Play. Using No Cook Play Dough made the set up for this activity such a breeze!

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Some of our favorite pumpkin books include:

PUMPKIN PLAY DOUGH INVITATION TO PLAY

To set up our Invitation to Play, I made up a batch of the Best Ever No-Cook Play Dough from The Imagination Tree, colored with orange liquid watercolors . In our tray I also included small twigs, black beans, Googly Eyes, yellow pony beads and green shimmer sticks/pipe cleaners (I curled them around a pencil so they resembled little curly vines). After completing our activity I did a search on Pinterest and saw a similar Play Dough Jack-o-Lantern Activity at B-Inspired Mom. Make sure to check that out for even more ideas.

We started out with just the tray but after only a couple minutes my 4 year old asked for a pumpkin cookie cutter. She also discovered my rolling pin in my drawer and was very enthusiastic to play with it, so we threw that in with the mix as well.
I always love watching my children's deep concentration when working with play dough and forming their creations. For my daughter, her lip pouts out and her eyebrows crinkle together. When I see that look I know she's in the zone with the activity.

While I normally tend to avoid Play Dough because I shriek at the mess it makes (I know, I know...How can I love to be crafty but get nervous about Play Dough?!), I do enjoy the fact that it's a well-rounded activity for all of my children.

When my 7 year old found out I was making Play Dough, he beamed with excitement! And although my 9 year tried to avoid acting enthused, he made a point to come get some playing time in before I put the play dough away. There's something just fun for all ages about feeling and squishing play dough in your hands and between your fingers.

Read our other months from the series with a Book Recommendation and Invitation to Play Activity:
Cupcake Foam Dough Digging for Worms Could Dough Build a Ladybug with Edible Play Dough Making Lemon Trees with Scented Play Dough Small Crab World with DIY Moon Sand Make a Banana Split Ice Cream Dough Fizzy Dough Alphabet Ocean Hunt Monster Slime

Check out the other Co-hosts posts this month about No Cook Play Dough:
Lemon Lime Adventure

Look! We're Learning!

Glittering Muffins

Still Playing School

Little Bins for Little Hands

Natural Beach Living

The Eyes of a Boy

Powerful Mothering

Wildflower Rambling

Delightful Learning

The Life of Jennifer Dawn

Sugar Aunts

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