Making tracks with trucks and tractors in Play Doh is nothing new in this house.
Instead of vehicles, today we tried food!
[play food]
Craters made from grapes!
Corn on the Cob made nice rows.
It makes for a great tool to tear it all up!
While Henry was exploring the prints food can make,
I was dinking around creating Layered Play Doh Art!
[warning : if you have an OCD do not want colors to mix, do NOT do this!]
I started it…
but once Henry saw what I was doing
…he needed to finish it!
I gave him a chunk of Play Doh in the color he requested
and he forced layered it on top,
smushing all the colors together.
I thought this could be fun Art to keep around
[I had a lid for the container we used, it wouldn't have dried out].
But where is the fun in that?
Let the excavating begin!
With his food tools at hand : Henry dug his way to the bottom.
Sometimes digging didn’t work.
Maybe it could pour out?
Henry hauled his findings to me.
[Using a dump truck, of course]
This is where I sat…
nit-picking at the colors, trying to divide them back up…
Some colors got a new hue.
The orange is now slightly grayed.
The green has an eerily dark hue to it.
Others…
… had no hope of being divided.
[though very pretty!]
The ball became Henry’s to do as he pleased.
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So much fun!! I let the girls use spoons & forks too. But thats always risky….might really eat it
So glad you mix your colors!! Lifes just too short not to!
LOVE this! I hope to see you link it up this week on Made by Little Hands Monday!
Have a great day!
Michelle
http://www.delicateconstruction.blogspot.com
Very fun! I love when I find an idea that engages for so long! I think the layered playdough is very pretty art project!
SO cute, and your little man is adorable!! Stopping by from delicate construction!
Check out my post sometime!
http://chasingmynoah.blogspot.com/2011/03/n-is-for-noah.html
Such great crafts. I will be using some of your ideas! Thanks for the posts.
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Clever idea to use the veggies and grapes to imprint the playdough! FUN!
E would love your house. She has her eye on a dump truck at the store. She has a small one that just doesn't do the job well. Maybe the Easter Bunny can find a larger one:-)
Kerri
Great ideas. I have to admit I sometimes get bored with playdough. Since my oldest is 2, they can't really make anything out of it yet. After smooshing and sticking a few toothpicks in it, we're usually done. I hope to use some of these ideas to liven it up a little.
My son who is also around the same age LOVES playing with clay and play doh. It looks like your son loves it just as much : ) Thanks for linking up with Fun for Kids Friday. Have a Great Weekend.
My kids have out grown play dough. I let them mix and do as they pleased with it too.
Stopping from Mom Loop! JDaniel is playing with playdough as I type. He just loves it.
Oh, yes, I have the OCD. I get hives when my kids mix the colors together. I let them do it, of course, b/c it makes them happy…but I get all shaky.
Just being honest. 
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Visiting from Serenity Now. My daughter loves Playdough but we haven't tried anything that fun with it! Thanks for the good ideas.
Love the idea Jamie!
That cake looks jummy! 
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So fun!!! What great ideas.
Thank you so much for sharing this at last week's For the Kids Friday link party! This week's party is up and running. If you haven't already stopped by, I'd love to have you sharing again this week!
http://sunscholars.blogspot.com/2011/04/for-kids-friday-6.html
This looks like a fun way to interact with food! You should submit it to the Kenmore contest for a chance of winning 3K
http://www.facebook.com/kenmore?sk=app_217067428319805
I meant 3K in new appliances – we all want a spifty kitchen, right
I'd vote for you 
THIS IS A GREAT POST! THANKS FOR SHARING ON FB!
wow how much fun ur lil guy had:)) love the layered play doh!! My daughter loves play dough too.. And she loves making marks with fork, but never tried others..
3 hours?!?!? I love those activities. I try to give the kids new play dough, but 15 minutes in they are always asking for their faves. Big M wants his construction trucks and Little M wants her tea set.