Let's PLAY DOH Day!

     One of my FAV all time things to play with is Play Doh!  Now I have heard over and over again how MOM'S HATE PLAY DOH.....  Really?  well you are missing out on some wonderful small motor skills, and creativity magic.
     The reason I hear Mom's don't like is because of the MESS!!!!  Well I am here to let you all know a few secrets for controlling the mess.
First:  Get a plastic table and either take it outside in the warm sunshine for hours of fun or put it on the kitchen floor.  It washes up in a cinch and it makes it easy for the kids to get their cutouts off of it easy.
Second:  Put plastic underneath the table or just let the Play Doh dry on the floor and then just simply sweep it up or if in plastic just gather it up in the plastic and throw it away in the trash, you can do the same thing if you put plastic on top of the table also.

See NO MESS!!!!!!!!

     For fun, create a Shapes and numbers day!  Talk about the numbers and shapes.  Also you can add a WHOLE THEME DAY, which I LOVE TO DO, Make Shape sugar cookies, with cookie cutters, you can make the shapes out of empty cans if you want.  Then while they are baking, let the children play with the same shapes with Play Doh.  Tons of fun.  Then for a added measure for lunchtime, have shape sandwiches.  Be sure and make a paper with dotted shapes and numbers that they can trace.  Then for activity time do the human number count or have a shape cookie walk and the treat is eating the shape cookies.  

     So now it's time to act like a child, and pull up a chair and join in the fun!