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Woolly Playdough

 Preschool and Early Years fun - easy activity ideas using playdough !

Woolly Playdough
Lamb play time Activities !

Our 2008 Mothers Day was spent making woolly playdough sheep *Grin
TEMPLATES for the following dough sheep, more collage and display activities 
are all available in our *updated Sheepy Curls Craft eKit 

If you purchased the Sheepy Curls eKit before the 2nd March 2008 email us for a free updated replacement.

Spring time grass ..

For this activity you will need some own made un-coloured Dough 

DOUGH Recipe Page

Woolly Playdough Activity
Activity materials:

Sheep outlines - Dough - Wool - Scissors 
Sheep outlines - Wool - Dough - Scissors
If possible laminate the base body and head so that the oils in the dough don't stain the paper.

Make your dough swirls by following these steps.
You'll find all the children have their own way of making curls, swirls, snails or rounds .. encourage and watch how they do them .. email us with any ideas that would improve this page..

Making the dough swirls ..

Adding your Sheep's Wool
Using Child friendly scissors cut short lengths of wool and gather / roll them into knotty type balls before pushing it into the dough swirls.
Repeat until the sheep is as woolly as wanted !! 
Squish short lengths of wool into a rough balls and push them into the dough swirls.

Spring time grass ..

Finished Sheep - Take a photo and maybe ask the child if they have a short story you can add. 

Finished woolly Lamb :-)

Purchse the template Craft eKit
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Sheep produce wool for many uses.

Clothing, knitting, blankets .. 
People throughout history have cared for Sheep and the Sheppards, Farmers protect them from harm.
What do sheep eat and how is their wool removed - Sheep Shearing.
 

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Other very tactile ideas could include modelling with our Clean Mud or Whipped snow recipe.
Add small faces ears and tails to the children's modelled sheep.
 
 

 Spring time grass ..
Real sheep images are from Royalty Free image stock.

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