Magic Mixtures – Play Dough and Beyond!

Join us virtually! Today’s magic mixture will be the beginning of a big adventure! Let’s create a Dino-rama using Map Modeling Dough!

You will need:

• 2 cups salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups water
• Food colour or a little paint to tint
• 2 mixing bowl
• Heavy cardboard or a shoebox lid
• Stones, sticks, pinecones, feathers, or anything you want to add to your “map”
• Remember to cover your work surface with newsprint and have a rag ready to clean up messes.

Instructions:

1. Mix salt and flour in bowl
2. Mix in enough water until dough is like thick frosting
3. Separate into 2 different bowls
4. Add different colour to each bowl (blue and green?)
5. Spread mixture onto cardboard to create your map…hills, rivers, roads, etc.
6. You may add stones, pinecones, sticks, etc to created additional features to your map