Play dough
SNOWMAN
By: Emma Jayne Morgan
This festive activity involves making white glitter play dough to mimic snow and using an
assortment of crafts to create your very own Christmas play dough snowman.
To make the play dough you will need:
1 cup of flour
1 tablespoon of oil
1 cup of water
½ cup of salt
2 teaspoons of cream of tartar
2 teaspoons of gold glitter
Mix all the ingredients together in a saucepan with a whisk to remove lumps. Cook over a low
heat stirring with a wooden spoon. The mixture will thicken and become a big blob.
Take the play dough off the heat and tip it onto a surface and knead until smooth.
The children will have so much fun moulding their snowman into shape and bringing it to life
with buttons and other creative materials.
What you will need:
Christmas play dough, twigs, pipe cleaners,
buttons, scissors, pompoms, patty pans, crepe
paper streamers and wiggly eyes, but really you
can use anything you wish. Allow the children to
use their imaginations and remember that the end
product does not need to look like a snowman to
you as long as the children have been able to
enjoy the process independently.