Tag: Fine motor

Playdough and Salt Dough Recipes

Salt Dough

Ingredients:

  • 1 C salt
  • 1 C flour
  • about a cup of warm water

Directions:

Mix together the salt and flour first. Then add the water alittle bit at a time. It might take the full cup and it might not! If you add too much water and it gets sticky, simply add more flour and salt.

Dump the dough onto a flour surface and knead for 3-5 minutes until smooth.

No-Cook Playdough

Ingredients:

  • 1 C flour
  • 1/2 C salt
  • 1 T cream of tartar
  • 1 T vegetable oil
  • boiling (or really, really hot) water…1/2-3/4 cup

Tip: If you want to add coloring to you playdough, mix it into the hot water.

Directions:

Mix together the dry ingredients and the oil. Then add the boiling water until a dough forms. Mix well.

Once it’s cool enough, turn the dough out onto a flour surface and kneed until smooth, about 3 minutes. Don’t skip this step!

How to Make Easy Paper Beads

Everyone has junk mail catalogs or magazines laying around, right? Let’s turn those into some amazing (and easy) paper beads!

Supplies:

  • Scrapbook paper, junk mail, magazines, etc
  • Scissors
  • Glue or modpodge
  • Paint brush (for applying the modpodge)
  • Wooden skewer

Video Tutorial

Use your new creations for a wire sculpture invitation here.

10 Reasons we love paper beads

In case you need a reason to try this at home, I’ve put together 10 of them:

  1. Almost anything you can do with regular beads, you can do with these!
  2. You’ll never be without beads again…because you can make your own.
  3. So so so good for exercising those fine motor muscles.
  4. Customize your jewelry by making beads in any color and pattern.
  5. Use different shapes of paper strips to make different shaped beads.
  6. They are inexpensive.
  7. But they LOOK impressive (like real beads).
  8. They are relaxing to make once you get into a rhythm.
  9. If you don’t want to cut your own paper strips you can buy them pre-cut!
  10. It’s something you do as a family.

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How to Make Awesome Paper Beads