Making Blackberry Playdough and Autumn Blog Hop
It’s Autumn time and we’re doing some fun Autumn activities at the moment enjoying the last weeks of warmth before Autumn closes in completly and one of the things we have done is collecting Blackberries from the bushes in the local park and woods. Our first foraging activity was a little bit of a disaster in the fact that we collected very few blackberries not enough to make anything with so instead I took it as an opportunity to make some blackberry playdough with J and T.
When we got home I set up a messy mat on the floor in case my idea of squashing the blackberries to get out the juice wasn’t as Mess Free as I envisaged. Then I placed the blackberries in a ziplock bag and gave J my rolling pin and he rolled the bag squishing and squashing all of the blackberries and getting the juice from the berries.
T tried to help with the squashing but J was in charge and she was allowed to have a go at the end. Once the blackberries were thoroughly squashed I added a little water to the bag and J and T shook it like mad mixing up the blackberries and water to get as much juice out as possibly.
Using a muslin cloth we poured the juice into it and into a bowl and then had a lot of fun squeezing the cloth to get as much of the juice out as possible.
I always use the same playdough recipe from The Imagination Tree which uses boiling water – so instead of boiling water I put the blackberry juice in the microwave until it was boiling and used that instead. J helped me measure out the other ingredients and then we needed the dough to get it just perfect to play with together.
We then played with the playdough using cookies cutters making blackberry pretend cookies.
Now for the blog hop. The following blogs are joining together to cohost an Autumn Blog Hop inviting you to link up your Autumn Posts, pop along to the other blogs and see what fun they have been having this season.
Blogging With Kids – hands on : as we grow – Rainy Day Mum – Love, Play, Learn – AngeliqueFelix.com – 3 DinosaursSugar Snips – Kitchen Counter Chronicles – Inspiration Laboratories – Playful LearnersConfessions of a Montessori Mom – Two Big Two Little – Go Kid YourselfRed Ted Art and Life At The Zoo
Please come and link up below
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great idea…i also love you were brave enough to allow j to wear white anywhere near blackberries
emmys mummy recently posted..The Baby and Toddler Show – Bluewater – Tickets Giveaway
Ahhh Emmys Mummy – the secret is that that is his new craft apron an old t-shirt of mine that has been used for gardening for a couple of years but I have a “new” old gardening t-shirt so handed it down to him. As it was not a single drop of blackberry on it!!!!
Cerys Parker recently posted..Blackberry Playdough – Autumn Blog Hop
What a super idea! Scamp loves playdough and balckberries so this is a win- win craft! We’ll give it a go!
Mammasaurus recently posted..Stuart Hertitage, Gregg Wallace and why my love should be silent.
WONDERFUL idea, I LOVE IT!!!
maggy, red ted art recently posted..Fall Blog Hop – Fall Activities to Inspire You
PS Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty! Off to pin.
maggy, red ted art recently posted..Kids Crafts: Pinecone Crafts – Fairies
What a cute idea! I bet your children loved it!
That may be the most beautiful shade of playdough I’ve ever seen
Robyn recently posted..How Do Dinosaurs?
This looks scrumptious! What a beautiful color. My kids still love to play with homemade playdough.
Anne recently posted..Planning Unit Studies for the Holidays
Great idea! Nice, fun way to connect playdough with nature! I think you are on to something! A playdough recipe book?)
Lisa Nolan recently posted..7 Fun Fall Montessori Leaf Activities and Autumn Blog Hop
Wow! That must smell wonderful!
Roshni recently posted..‘And that was against the rules’
Hi Cerys! Yum! How’d you keep them from eating it? My kids would probably have finished off all the berries while they were being picked
Also, I linked up, but I made a typo in my title for the link and spell Lois Ehlert’s name wrong (gasp!) I can’t seem to edit it, can you?
I’m totally embarassed!
Whitney @ PP&PB recently posted..Super Simple Snakes
What a great idea Cerys, my kids would’ve wanted to have eaten it too!
Emma @mummymummymum recently posted..We do love biscuits ( and dinosaurs )
Blackberries are my favorite berries and I LOVE the scent! I can’t wait to try this!
Gina recently posted..{A Look Back} 15 Reasons Why We Love Fall
Wow! That looks amazing. I bet it smelled good too. : )
Bethany @ No Twiddle Twaddle recently posted..Kids’ Free EBook List
Mmmmm Yum, that’s one we haven’t tried yet! I bet it smelt wonderful!
Anna @ The Imagination Tree recently posted..Fun Science Experiments for Kids! [from It's Playtime!]
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Good Morning!! Great idea for playdough! I featured it on my blog today! Thanks for linking up to the All Year Round Blog Carnival: Fall! http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-all-year-round-blog-carnival-autumn.html
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