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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | Rhymes    Playdough activity ideas    Adding theme, focus and loose media to dough. Ocean deep and under the sea! Role play the sea bed with handmade dough, mica powder and character cut-outs. Add plastic or live plants and creatures that swim, move over and through the sand!   Resources needed  A quantity of white and blue dough   mica powder - from make up Rocks and pebbles A selection of printables & plastic play figures   Animal play figures on amazon.co.uk Artificial aquarium plant Seashell dough cutters Rocks pebbles and stones Mix up your shiny sea-dough by breaking out the mica blocks from their compartments and crumbling them into the dough. Knead until smooth. Ocean life How would an under the sea role play activity be enjoyed in your home or setting? Would a larger group project to build a sea-bed /ocean floor be welcome.   A4 sized rock pool mats are provided here that can be printed and laminated for children to create their own scenarios individually or in smaller groups. Mat and character printables Pebble and sand, rock pool role play floor   Sea weed, plant and coral role play scenery Shark starfish and turtle printables Seashells and fish shoals playdough images For additional interest print treasure chests playdough mats  from Parrot Squawk and the monkey pirates Treasure chest - outline tall open lid (portrait) Treasure chest - outline and long (landscape)   Treasure chest - coloured and long (landscape)   Treasure chest - colour tall upright (portrait) More ideas The 5 sandy seashells - preschool number rhyme page also has complimentary printables  Forum activity ideas: the summer - the ocean - the beach  Ocean themed story books All new activity ideas for dough are being added to playdough-activities.com