Activity For Kids:
Cake mix playdough
I love making different types of playdough and my kids love playing with it.
This cake mix playdough is great for a tea party or with cookie cutters.
This activity is inspired by ideas from Cake mix playdough.
What you'll learn
This activity is great to teach your kids:
Fine motor skills involve movement of the smaller muscle groups in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists.
Developing fine motor skills will help your child to write and prepares her for school. But it will also help your children with everyday tasks like eating, and dressing themselves.
Creative activities help children express themselves and create something from nothing, explore materials and activities and use their imagination.
Sensory play is play that involves all the senses - taste, sound, sight, touch and smell. Sensory play is very beneficial to children. Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play is also very relaxing and rejuvenating to children.
Step 1
1 box white cake mix
1/2 cup oil
3 tablespoons cornstarch
5 tablespoons Powdered sugar
Sprinkles (optional)
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Add one tablespoon of powdered sugar and mix before adding one more, mixing again.
Step 5
We tried it
This playdough was fun to make and it tasted yummy (I had a bite). But it was a bit oily and at the same time crumbly to play with. I bought a cheap bag of cake mix so it wasn't an expensive recipe.
It's not the best playdough for playing with playdough tools, since it's a bit crumbly. But it is an excellent playdough for making cupcakes and little cookies.
Sources for this activity
“It would be fun to give your toddler or preschooler the cake mix playdough alongside sprinkles, cupcake cases, muffin tins, birthday candles etc so they can make their own bakery or cake shop.―Read More At www.messylittlemonster.com
