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Lavender's blue dilly dilly ..
Make your own Lavender scented playdough and create a 3D sensory play zone!
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Lavender themed dough play
 

Lavender oil feedback slips
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lavender Essential lavender oil should be avoided by women in their first trimester of pregnancy. Please feel free to use this slip to invite feedback on the use and inclusion of lavender oil in your setting.lavender

Lavender blue poster sheet - laminate and build on with dough buds..
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Resources needed for the dough
1 cup of  Plain flour
½ cup of Salt
¾ Cup Water
1 tsp Cream of tartar
1 Tablespoon lavender oil - or olive oil if using lavender scendted moisturising cream.
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       Food colouring
       Hand or other moisturising cream.
     
Playdough ingredients
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single lavender blue To make

lavender   Use the same mug / cup to measure out the flour, salt and water.
lavender   Place these in a saucepan along with the cream of tartar, olive/lavender oil and food colouring.
Cook until the dough becomes smooth and leaves the sides of the pan cleanly
lavender   Cook over a medium heat until the mixture forms a dough and begins to leave the sides of the saucepan cleanly.
lavender Turn out and allow to cool.
lavender Add a prefered amount of moisturising cream and knead until smooth.
 
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Print and laminate the lavender poster and build on with dough ..

Build, model, mould and construct lavender blooms with dough ..
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Lavenders Blue Dilly Dilly ~ Traditional Nursery Rhyme

Lavender's Blue dilly dilly
Lavenders Green.
When I am King dilly dilly ..
You shall be queen

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