Clay Play pt. 2

 After we mastered the clay ball, the clay snake, and the clay pancake we added new tools every week (week 1 molds, week 2 squeezy play doh tools, week 3 rolling pin/scissors). Finally we practiced making play doh cookies by rolling out the clay with rolling pins, cutting out shapes with large plastic cookie cutters, and peeling away the excess. We spent about four classes just playing with clay and building these skills before I made the homemade air dry clay. As you can see from the photo I also took the play doh out of its original containers and put portions the size of apricots in individual plastic containers with lids. This helped to make the clay portions easier to work with, each child got their own container, and you could see the color through the container.