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Mischief Mouse's collection of craft activities for preschool and early years.
Printable resources to help support play - colouring, mark making, labelling, promoting, engaging and extending..
Magical Mammoth's recipes to play with and recipes to eat ..
Stitch Squirrel provides a little tree space for some needle and thread projects  - handmade resources to support learning and development.
Activities for math - Calculator caterpillar's activity ideas to support children's numeracy, reasoning and problem solving play.
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Navigator Narwhal's outdoor - in activity ideas for preschool and early years play.

Messy play recipes for preschool nursery children
Recipes for play 
These tactile messy play recipes are great for children and adult's creative expression! They vary from doughs that roll, particles that sprinkle, liquids that pour and substances that mark-make.

Construct and design your art using techniques such as collage mosaics, surface printing, modelling and sculpture.

Wherever possible photograph the work, display it and share what's been done with others.

 
 How can messy play help a child's development ? from LBBD.gov.uk
 


colouring pasta shapes

bubble blowing recipe

rainbow coloured rice

chalk recipe

Colouring and dying pasta shapes
Bubble blowing recipe for outdoor play
coloured rice recipe and activity
chalk recipe for play
 



basic cooked playdough
sand dough recipe  
salt dough recipe & termite hill activity crumbly cloud dough  

Cooked, handmade playdough recipe
sand dough recipe
Salt dough termite hill moulding project for role play
crumbly cloud dough recipe for play



whipped snow or clean mud
cornflour finger paste - gel paint
 Icepop paints on sticks 
slippy slime - flubber putty recipe
fluff puff foam paint
fizzing cauldrons


whipped snow recipe for childrens play - grated soap and tissue paper
Finger paste paint recipe for play
Borax and glue putty slime recipe
Fluff puff foam paint recipe
freeze ready mix paint with water for slip n slide art
 

fizzing cauldron mud - bubbling recipe for outdoor play



sensory experiences
use open ended questions to examine the possibilities and properties of each recipe and risk assess as to how the activity can be presented and enjoyed safely - safe to eat?

What can I taste, touch, smell, hear, see?
the five senses + question mark printables for table top activities

sensory learning




 

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