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Home | Store | Forum | What's New | Contact | About | Terms | Links | Storytime | UNCRC Playdough activity ideas..    Adding theme, focus and loose media to dough ..   Valentines day dough .. With the use of cutters and sprinkles transform your red playdough and celebrate the day to say 'I love you'       Resources to support children's creative red dough play .. Heart shaped cutters - from amazon Red glitter and sprinkles Tinsel, threads, ribbons and scissors Rolling pins Valentine story books - suggested titles to enjoy the day Heart shaped templates   Print the template and cut the frilled hearts from white. Cut coloured centers using the unfluted plain template.   Glue coloured to the centre of white and laminate. Trim and add to play ..       Mixing up your dough .. For handmade playing dough, stir the following ingredients together over a low heat. Exclude the moisturising cream which can be added once the dough has cooked and cooled a little. Once the dough cleanly leaves the side of the saucepan turn out and leave to cool. Knead to a smooth dough, adding the cream and any scented spices where wanted. The moisturising cream will help to prevent the dough's salt content from drying out the skin. Ingredients Using the same measure for all ingredients .. 1 of  plain flour ½ of salt ¾  water 1 tsp cream of tartar 1 tablespooon olive oil Red food colouring If you enjoy raising awareness of animal welfare & specie protection issues check the food dye used to colour the dough and if it's suitable for vegetarians or vegans - issues concern the lac bug carmine, colour E120 from foodreactions.org, cochineal, shellac  Hand or body moisturising cream. If supporting the care & welfare of animals in your home and setting, check product labelling to see if it, or the individual ingredients have been tested on animals - ideal labelling claim might be 'product and ingredients never tested on animals' FAQs   Extend this activity to cookie dough, snack, food and dietary awareness through bug hugs and kitten kisses craft title. Use the biscuit recipe and paper envelope templates for children to take home their bakewares with safety .. to give or to enjoy themselves. Where planning inclusively have black legs, eyes and creepy crawly plastic figures to build spiders that have hearts .. draw likeness between arachnid hearts and human hearts where this is the organ that pumps blood around our bodies, helping oxygen to reach our muscles, making them stay strong and healthy.