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This is just the most fun activity! I
first heard about it when I
was working at a country club,
doing kids' programs...Made for a fun & very
TASTY activity. I've heard of several
different versions since
then...but this is my favorite...
Ingredients:
creamy p'nut butter
honey (optional)
dry oatmeal
powdered milk
Step 1:
Make sure kids have CLEAN
hands & a CLEAN
surface to work on.
(They're going to be eating this eventually!)
Clean, smooth table (with
or without plastic), or
a plastic tray works really
well to contain the mess.
Step 2:
Every child gets a glob of
creamy p'nut butter.
(Creamy works best...but chunky'll do in a pinch)
I usually use a soup spoon
and just scoop a bunch
& wack it on the tray...alot
stays on the spoon, so
you can scoop alot. They
end up with a glob a
little bigger than a golf ball usually.
Give them plastic forks to
begin stirring it .
Step 3:
Ask them if they want honey
to sweeten it...not a mandatory ingredient, but most
kids enjoy it
sweeter. Give them a
dollup or squirt, depending on
what kind of dispenser
you're using. Just
guess how much would be enough to
sufficiently sweeten the
amount of p'nut butter
they have. Tell them to mix
with their fork.
Step 4:
Now for the dry stuff...No
magic order or amount here...start giving them scoops
of oats & powdered milk...I
usually just sprinkle some
on & ask them to mix it up
thoroughly & tell me when
they need more dry stuff.
The goal is to get enough dry
ingredients into the
mixture to be able to roll the "dough"
in their hands without it
sticking all over them.
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- That's it! And after
they're done playing with it,
EAT! ( It's YUMMY!!)
- Might want baggies on
hand for leftover dough...this stuff is
rich!
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Side note for
educators:
I
incorporated this FANTASTIC activity into insect week
at the Discovery
Center's summer science camp...How?
Why,
DUNG BEETLES, of course!
After
learning all about the different ways that dung beetles
help to recycle...they
got to become "official graduate dung beetles"!!
They were instructed to
roll their playdough into "dung balls"
(just like the bugs! Except
we used hands instead of feet, hehe)...at which time I
told them "You may now eat your poop!"
Lots of giggles & I think
this may have been
my most popular activity
ever!
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