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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | Rhymes   Playdough reindeer sleigh! All new activity ideas for dough are being added to playdough-activities.com As Santa's transport each story-filled year the reindeer sleigh is a magical sign that means gifts on their way! Pre-make sleighs, the PVC base, brown playdough and source a variety of festive decorations to fill the sleigh tub once it's had the illustrated wraps attached. Roll balls of dough for legs, body, neck and head and build reindeers that can have antlers added, a nose and eyes. Artificial snow adds texture to the scenery that can be blended into the dough as children's play progresses. Resources needed    A quantty of brown playdough - handmade recipe    A3 sized PVC foam board  for the base runner    Short pieces of cord    A tub   Hole punch tool - draper professional    Sharp knife and scissors   Double sided sticky foam on amazon.co.uk   Festive beads or similar    Jewellery gift boxes  or decorations & dough cutting tools    Sleigh side 1  sleigh side 2  reindeer antlers   Assembling the sleigh and base runner   Preparing the sleigh tub and base runnner involves tools that need to be used in a risk assessed area.   Remove the tub's upper rim with scissors and position on one end of the PVC foam board. Mark out around each end corner and measure the width to cut the length of the board.   Cut out with a craft knife and round out the corners with scissors.   Punch two holes on one end edge and tie on a short cord handle.   Remove any protective film the board may have.    Print and cut out the sleigh's two side pictures and wrap them around the outer surface of the tub using the double sided sticky foam to secure them in place. Trim any overlap.   Place a length of sticky foam the the underside of the tub and position on the end of the base runner.    Make the reindeer harness by punching 2 holes at the front of the sleigh tub and snipping down into the hole with scissors. Take the end bead of a one short length and slot it down into the hole. Tether these onto the playdough reindeers.   Fill the sleigh with short sections of tinsel, tree beads, jewellery gift boxes or other items to enjoy the role play experience of a reindeer sleigh. Additional ideas and resources for preschool play Reindeer play figures on amazon.co.uk Reindeer ink stamps - mark make on gift labels Take role play to the small world area with Playmobile's Santa sleigh set    Back to the playdough page or visit playdough-activities.com