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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | Rhymes   Festive playdough activities for a Yuletide Christmas countdown   Candy cane shapes and colours This red and white patterned activity idea uses dough and beads to celebrate the twist, swirl and shape of peppermint flavoured treats!   The stories behind candy cane confectionary on CBSnews.com Resources needed  A quantity of playdough - handmade recipe   Craft stems - pipe cleaners on amazon.co.uk    Pony threading beads     Printable dough mats      Building patterns and candy cane shapes   Candy cane number lines one to twenty   Play  Add peppermint essence to the recipe and supervise activities as play moves to letter and shape formation, pattern making, threading and counting.   Additional ideas and information    Candy cane dough cutters   The candy cane forming machine patent of 1957     Assortment of candy cane confetti sprinkles  on amazon.co.uk    If you find your dough blends to a shade of pink you can extend play with the wrap up warm winter worm dough activity or have fun with piggy playdough All new activity ideas for dough are being added to playdough-activities.com