Try out some of these fun activities at home:

 

Playdough Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups of flour
• 6 tablespoons of cream of tartar
• ¼ cup of salt
• ¼ cup of oil
• 2 cups of boiling water
• Food colouring

Instructions

• Put dry ingredients into a bowl. Add the oil and water and combine all together until you have a ball of dough.
• By adding the food colouring to the water it will ensure consistent and even colouring through the playdough.
• Store in the fridge wrapped in cling film.

 

Musical Instrument:  Yoghurt Shakers

Materials Needed

• Yoghurt containers
• Objects for inside the containers’ stones, rice, bark etc
• Soft card
• Cellotape
• Paint
• Glue
• Glitter
• Assorted bits of material

Instructions

• Place different objects into yoghurt container.
• Use soft card to seal yoghurt container
• Celotape the soft card to the container
• Decorate the container with the Paint, glitter and assorted material.

Hints

Different objects make different sounds so make a selection of different sounding shakers and get the Whanau involved in playing the shakers and have a simple sing along together.

 

Gloop Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup of cornflour
• 1 cup of cold water (hot water can be used as well. It will be a different consistency)
• Food colouring

Instructions

• Mix cornflour, water and food colouring together until thin and pasty.
• Pour onto any smooth surface to play with.

Hint:  TO MAKE INTO FINGER PAINT

• Scrape dried up gloop off the table.
• Put in a pot and add boiling water and stir vigorously until thick.
• Add more water to adjust the consistency.
• Use a whisk or stick mixer to make smooth.
• Store covered in the fridge.