{"id":7239,"date":"2017-02-09T10:48:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T10:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/?p=7239"},"modified":"2018-05-17T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T08:06:36","slug":"play-dough-and-loose-parts-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftykidsathome.com\/play-dough-and-loose-parts-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Dough and Loose Parts Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do your kids like to tinker with little things? Combine this love with some sensory play in our Play Dough and Loose Parts Play.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Play<\/p>\n

My kids love too tinker with their little collections of “stuff”. My boys spend hours organising and re-organising their soccer trading cards and lining up their Lego mini-figures all over the house. And my daughter is obsessed with those little beanie boo toys and her collection is growing and spreading throughout the house. It’s driving my husband to distraction as he tries to negotiate his way around all of this “stuff”. Unfortunately they inherit this need to “spread out” from me.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

To help bring a little harmony back to our house (and keep the husband and kids happy), we have been enjoying some loose parts activities in a designated spot, which must then be tidied away afterwards. The kids get to tinker away to their hearts content and my husband doesn’t trip over anything.<\/p>\n

If you aren’t familiar with the term “Loose Parts Play” then let my friend Ann over at Little Worlds Big Adventures<\/a> tell you all about it.<\/p>\n

Playing with Play Dough and Loose Parts<\/h2>\n

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The first thing we had to do was mix up some Play Dough.<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n