Play-Doh

This weeks's art activity was playing with play-doh. While not new for Rebecca, it was Elliot's first experience with the stuff, and I must say that she was not impressed. Elliot, the girl who loves to dig in the dirt and make mud with the water left in the watering cans, didn't much care for the colored dough I placed in front of her. In fact, she spent the entire time opening and closing the play-doh containers. Oh well, better luck next time.

Perhaps the problem stemmed from the fact that Rebecca wanted me to make available all of the pieces in the "Play-Doh Fun Factory Deluxe Set," and when set side by side with a bunch of animal-shaped cookie cutters and child-sized tupperware containers, the gobs of dough weren't all that intriguing. It maybe would've been better to simplify things a bit and offer only the dough to start.

I guess they are bit young to really get into the play-doh process, as Rebecca left her mass of play-doh in a single large ball and poked and prodded at it instead of breaking it up and making things with it. But it was still a fun, tactile experience, and it was easy enough for me to set up and clean up without putting too much energy into planning, gathering new materials, etc. I'll save that for next week.