Fairy Dough

I made some Fairy dough for the kids. Just cornflour and hair conditioner. I thought it would be a nice little sensory activity. Poor Penguin doesn't get nearly as much sensory play as Pickle used to. The groups we go to now don't have any sensory play and when she was little we were limited by space when we were living in a very small flat. When we moved we were finding our feet. We did a little in the summer but Penguin was so terrible for putting everything in her mouth I was nervous to try many things I would have done with Pickle any day of the week.

So I mixed up the conditioner, 2 parts cornflour to one part conditioner. I then tipped it into a box to let them play. Penguin tried to eat it. Of course. I thought we might be coming out the other side of putting everything in her mouth. She usually takes one look at dinner and says 'no, no, no' before pushing the plate away. Sigh. Life and mind of a toddler. Who can fathom.

They played quite nicely with it for maybe 5 min. So I should probably count that as a win....there wasn't a huge quantity and I left it really open. Next time I will set up with more spoons and containers maybe with a bigger volume. I am all for not wasting so I put it in a pot. I have no idea if it will be of any use....only time will tell. Have any of you had any success with Fairy Dough? Any ideas?

That is all for now! Until next time. S x