2-Ingredient Apple Scented Playdough Recipe

For the last 5 years whenever I have needed to make some playdough I have used one of our favourite easy homemade playdough recipes. However, the kids were brought some Fun from Lush which is a fantastic multipurpose dough that they can wash with and play within the bath. The ingredients are listed on the side and with talc/cornflour as the main ones and the rest simple soap ingredients, I thought it was time to try a version of our own a really quick and easy 2-ingredients playdough recipe which would be perfect to use for some hands-on maths activities for this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids theme apples and featured book Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss.

Why not try our Edible Play Dough Recipe another simple 2-ingredient recipe that is great for those little ones that put everything in their mouths. It’s also Gluten-Free!!!

Materials Need for Apple Scented Playdough

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1 cup of All-Purpose Flour

1/2 cup of either Apple Scented Dish-Soap or Apple Scented Shampoo

OPTIONAL: – Green Food Colouring

Making the 2-Ingredient Apple Scented Playdough

This dough is much lighter than the playdough I normally make it also leaves your hands soft and doesn’t dry them out like normal playdough does.

Why not make some of our other Playdough Recipes

• Edible Playdough
• Kool-Aid Playdough Recipe
• Jell-o Playdough Recipe

Maths Activities for use with the Apple Scented Playdough

Although the playdough is great for fine motor skills and it smells amazing I like using it with the kids with some hands-on activities. Here are some suggestions for activities you can do with the kids using the 2-ingredient playdough in a maths centre this week.

Shapes

Roll, manipulate and work with the playdough to create some 3D shapes or use some shape cookie cutters to create 2D shapes – this is a fantastic set that includes different sizes of the shapes so leads you to talk about measurement language as well as shape language with your kids.

Numbers

Make mini apples from the dough and use a person playdough mat and count out the number of apples on top of their head.

Calculations

Use the dough to add, subtract, count on, work on number bonds, half, double and total in a number of ways. Aim at your child’s level so if you have a young toddler that can count to 5 make up 5 apples and then take away one or add a new one. If your child is working on number bonds or halving and doubling then use the dough to create apples – you could even create 10 red apples (work in some red food dye instead of green to half the dough at the start) and 10 green apples and then you can visualise the number bonds or calculations you are working on.

Other Books for This Week’s Apple Themed Virtual Book Club for Kids

Featured Book for the week – Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr Seuess – available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

More Apple-themed books for Preschooler and Toddlers

10 Red Apples by Pat Hutchins – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Apples, Apples, Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Apples by Gail Gibbons – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall – Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids

Don’t forget that you can join us over on Facebook in the Virtual Book Club for Kids Group to get a full range of Apple-themed activities this week as well as an advance preview of next weeks additional book list and connect with over 2500 other people interested in bringing books alive with their kids.

Magnetic Names Apple Picking – from Preschool Powol Packets

How to Trace your name with Fingerprint Apples – from Whitty Hoots

Fine Motor Apple Graphing Activity – from Extremely Good Parenting

Ten Apples Up on Top File Folder Game – from Views from a Step Stool

Sequencing Numbers Words – from Adventures and Play

Finger Painted Apple Trees – from Clare’s Little Tots

Playdough Apple Stacking Activity – from Inspiration Laboratories

Apple Snack for Kids –  from The Moments from Home

Preschool Learning -~ Apple cooking – from Mama Smiles

Science in Motion Apple Game – from The Educators’ Spin On It

Magnetic Levitating Apple Stacking – from Teach Beside Me

Apple Colour Mixing Science – from Powerful Mothering

Colourful Spin Art Apple Banner – from Toddler Approved

Apple Themed Prewriting Activity – from The OT Toolbox

Ten Apples Up on Top Movement Activity – from Still Playing School

Are Apples Round? – from Whitty Hoots

Looking for even more inspiration for Toddlers and Preschoolers check out our Apple Crafts ideal to make with them.