How to make a play dough jungle
Your little ones will go wild for this creative play idea...
A world away from anything we were given to play with as kids, this jungle is all the best bits about conjuring up your dream world, and all it takes is a basic play dough recipe and some toys from the kids' toy box.
Little ones will love creating a magical jungle scene from a few balls of play dough and it’ll give those old animal toys a whole new lease of life.
You can use this idea to make a whole range of scenarios, what about a farm, a lake or some mountains? Let their imagination run wild and just see what they come up with – we’re always amazed at the ideas little people manage to put into action when given a simple ball of dough.
To get started you’ll need to make a batch of our basic play dough but you can then keep this for weeks, if not months, in an airtight container. If you make a few different colours it’ll provide hours of fun and if you’re lucky a few minutes of peace, too! And you never know, it might even encourage them to like brocolli...
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You will need
- Green play dough
- Tenderstem brocolli
- Leaves
- Small stones
- Plastic animals
Step 1
Make a batch of green playdough following the basic recipe and using lots of green gel food colouring. Make sure to give it a good knead so the colour is nice and evenly distributed. Although, for a textured finish you can make the colouring less uniform, giving a more marbled look.
Step 2
Help your child create a jungle scene using tenderstem broccoli for trees, leaves and stones. Then let their toy animals roam freely on their new found plains...
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Rosie is an experienced food and drinks journalist who has spent over a decade writing about restaurants, cookery, and foodie products. Previously Content Editor at Goodto.com and Digital Food Editor on Woman&Home, Rosie is well used to covering everything from food news through to taste tests. Now, as well as heading up the team at SquareMeal - the UK's leading guide to restaurants and bars - she also runs a wedding floristry business in Scotland called Lavender and Rose.
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