Play Dough Pizza Parlor
Use homemade or store-bought play dough to create miniature pizzas, utilizing rolling, flattening, and sculpting techniques to enhance dexterity and creative role-play.
- Takes
- 45 min
- Your setup
- 5 min prep
- Ages
- Ages 3–4
- Mess
- Some mess
- Cost
- $
- Where
- Indoors
How to do it
- 1Help the child roll out a circle of 'crust' dough using the rolling pin.
- 2Flatten the red 'sauce' dough and layer it on the crust.
- 3Use the plastic knife to cut small pieces of yellow dough for 'cheese'.
- 4Encourage the child to press 'toppings' (beans, pasta) onto their pizza creation.
- 5Ask them about their 'customers' and what kind of pizza they are 'ordering' to boost narrative skills.
What they're practising
- Fine Motor Strengthening
- Imagination and Role Play
- Shape Recognition
- Tactile Input