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Basic Play Dough Recipe:  There are numerous recipes out there but I like this one because I find it not be too dry and it doesn’t leave any residue on the hands drying play.  Read more…..

No Cook Coconut Play Dough Recipe

No Cook Coconut Play Dough Recipe:  The Coconut Play Dough Recipe is a beautifully scented and textured play dough adding to the sensory experience when playing with play dough.

It is a NO COOK play dough recipe which smells like coconut and is beautifully textured with shredded coconut.   Read more…

Neapolitan Ice Cream Scented Play Dough Recipe

Neapolitan Ice Cream Scented Play Dough:  This recipe smells and looks like real Neapolitan ice cream.  Children will have hours of fun playing and moulding the play dough into yummy pretend desserts and ice cream cones.  Read more….

Cloud Play dough

Super Soft Play Dough:  Super Soft Play Dough is a quick and easy, no cook recipe.  The play dough is incredibly soft and silky smooth and the conditioner adds a delightful smell to the sensory experience.  Toddlers and children will have hours of fun with this play dough creating soft fluffy cloud creatures or using cookie cutters to make prints.  Read more…. 

Beach Activities

Sandy Beach Play Dough:   A wonderfully textured play dough that imitates beach sand.  It looks and feels like beach sand.  Children will have hours of fun moulding, printing and shaping the play dough into sand castles and other beach themed creatures.  Read more….

5 Green and Speckled Frogs Activity Ideas

Green and Speckled Play Dough Recipe:  The recipe is super easy to make and involves using a basic play dough recipe, green food colouring and adding the magic yellow speckles with yellow split peas.  This play dough is perfect for the creative play dough activities involving the nursery rhyme 5 Green and Speckled Frogs.  Read more…..

Jelly Play Dough Recipe

Jelly Play Dough Recipe: Jelly Play Dough is an easy play dough to make and by adding some jelly crystals to a basic play dough recipe creates a smooth, soft and creamy textured play dough.  Read more….

Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough Recipe

Minty Candy Cane Scented Christmas Play Dough Recipe: This Minty Candy Cane Scented Play Dough is wonderful play dough for the kids to play with this Christmas. Read more…..

christmas theme play dough

Snowy Christmas Play Dough Recipe: Creating your own theme play dough for Christmas is so simple and will entertain the kids for hours over the Christmas break.  This is just one way you can make your very own Christmas play dough that resembles snow with flecks of glitter.    Read more…..

Blackberry Play Dough Recipe:  Blackberry Play Dough is a beautiful sweet scented and coloured play dough made to imitate blackberries. It is made using a mixture of crushed blackberries, blackberry jam and a basic play dough recipe.   Read more…..

Sweet Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe

Sweet Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe – Sweet Apple Scented Play Dough is a beautiful textured play dough that smells just like an apple, adding to the wonderful sensory play experience. The apple scent comes from adding apple fragrant shampoo to a basic play dough recipe.  Read more…..

Strawberry Scented Play Dough Recipe:  Strawberry Scented Play Dough is a basic play dough recipe with added strawberry essence and chocolate sprinkles to imitate that of real strawberries.   Read more…..

Zesty Lemon Scented Play Dough Recipe

Zesty Lemon Scented Play Dough RecipeThis Zesty Lemon Scented Play Dough has a refreshing and zesty lemon scent which adds to the wonderful sensory experience of playing with play dough.   Read more….. 

Party Play Dough:  Party Play Dough is a fun, bright and colourful play dough with 100s & 1000s sprinkles kneaded through it. I have named it Party Play Dough because I associate 100′s & 1000′s sprinkles and bright colours with parties. This would be a great play dough to have as an activity at a child’s birthday party.  Read more…..

Valentine’s Day Play Dough Recipe:  Valentine’s Day is often associated with hearts and the colour red symbolising love. To make things fun and keep it simple the Valentine‘s day play dough is bright red and has heart candy sprinkles kneaded through it to incorporate some of these symbols.  Read more…..

Nutmeg Scented Autumn Play Dough Recipe: Nutmeg Scented Autumn Play Dough is a beautiful spicy scented play dough that brings together all the wonderful elements of autumn. The nutmeg, cinnamon, brown colouring and red and gold glitter have been added to celebrate the changing colours in leaves.  Read more…..

how to make chocolate play dough

Chocolate Play Dough Recipe:  This Chocolate Play Dough looks and smells just like the real thing!  To heighten the sensory play experience with the chocolate play dough I have added some Imitation Chocolate Essence to the recipe. This is optional but I totally recommend it as it smells really yummy!  Read more…..

Orange Scented Play Dough Recipe:   Orange Scented Play Dough is a refreshing scent adding to the sensory experience of playing with play dough. It also creates an association with colour and smell.  The Orange Scented Play Dough is made using a basic play dough recipe with added orange essence and orange coloured food dye to imitate that of real oranges.   Read more…..

Scented Spring Play Dough:   Scented Spring Play Dough has a beautiful smelling fragrance of flowers and flecks of coloured flower petals to bring together some of the wonderful elements of spring time.

The play dough has been scented with shampoo that has a hint of flowers essence which also gives the play dough a soft and smooth texture. The coloured flower petals create a wonderful texture to heighten the sensory element of playing with play dough.  Read more…..

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Hi and welcome to Learning 4 Kids!

My name is Janice and I am an Early Childhood Teacher in Australia.

I have a strong passion and love for teaching and creating meaningful learning experiences for my students. What I love most is watching children discover in those amazing light bulb moments. I hope Learning4kids brings you some useful ideas.

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