Kindergarten

This activity was interesting. When I was in elementary school, my mom used to make playdoh for us all the time. She would add essential oils to make it smell nice and we would get to choose our own colours, it was a really fun craft to make. However, her recipe needed to be made over the stove, which is when I first started questioning the version from this TikTok.

Of course it could just be a different recipe; however, this version did not turn out as well as the versions I had made in the past.

The materials I used are:

• Oil
• Flour
• Water
• Food colouring (optional, I didn’t use any)
• Spoon
• Bowl
• Measuring Utensils

Now your probably thinking, that sounds a lot like the ingredients for dough, like food dough. And you wouldn’t be wrong. If I added some yeast to this recipe I’m sure I could make some type of bun. I still tried out the recipe anyways.

Firstly, I added all the ingredients into the bowl. I added the oil and flour and then added in the water. I didn’t have any food colouring at my house, so I decided to skip this step.

Afterwards, I mixed the dough together with a spoon and then kneaded after all the flour had been mixed in. When I kneaded the dough, there were a couple of hard bits in it. The dough could have found a couple of crumbs from my counter, but I believe it was flour, water, and oil that mixed weirdly. When kneading the dough, I noticed something was wrong. The dough was still really sticky and when I touched it, there was oil residue on my hands. Also when I stretched it, the playdoh looked like this:

For this activity, I think it is safe to say I do not need a pros and cons list. The end product is not like the video entailed and it left my hands oily and the counter sticky. I think the students would love this activity if we did it as a class, however, there would be a lot of cleanup involved. If done correctly, this activity could still teach texture, but you would knead a recipe that works.