Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tail (FSPDT): Scented playdough recipe and farm themed play

I have one trusty playdough recipe I like to use when making my son playdough. We have made a few batches over the year. We tried a new recipe at Christmas and were so disappointed. I have been reluctant to try any others. For this playdough I did add some essential oils for scent and I had never used oils before. I know other people have but his was new for us. And, I tried olive oil instead of canola oil! The fun part was setting out a theme with toys for my son to play with. This was a first for us too. We play with playdough but never this way. He was really excited when he saw what I had set out for him and played for over 30 min with it all! He said the playdough smelled like lotion and that it smelled good. As long as he enjoys himself that is what makes it all worth it! And I had 30 min to clean up the house while he played;-) I made a yellow batch playdough to tell him it was like hay to feed the animals. I also gave him some sunflower seeds (this was a first for us too) to feed the animals and play with in his playdough however he found fit!
Hope you can enjoy some scented playdough too.

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I added almost a tsp of scented oil, way to much. About 5 drops should be good.

The food coloring poured out faster than I thought so we got a real dark yellow!

Our farm theme playdough play set up!

My 3yr smellig the playdough-I used lemongrass essential oils.

Off to moving things around. He added sunflower seeds to ice cube tray as juice for the animals.

My (1yr) joined in playing but instead of playdough and sunflower seeds, he got teddy grahams:-)

He fed his animals, loaded his tractor, and more!

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I would say this was a big success at our house and look forward to finding new ways to play with playdough.

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