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Play Dough and Beads – Fine Motor Fun

April 18, 2012 By Vicky 6 Comments

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 We love play dough at our house, but we sometimes get bored with using it the same way. I like to add different items to our play dough time to keep interest up. Today, we added some beads which made the play dough look so pretty and also provided some great fine motor work for my kids. Next time you are looking for a quick activity, try play dough and beads or check out some playdough play ideas.
Playdough and beads fine motor play - this is such an easy activity to set up. It kept my kids busy for 40 minutes!


Play Dough and Beads

Supplies you will need:
  • Play dough
  • Beads
  • Cookie Cutters
Before we started I used some cookie cutters to cut various shapes out of the play dough.
play dough and cookie cutters
I gave the kids some shapes and a cup of beads and explained how they could decorate their shapes by pushing in the beads. As you can see, they really worked those little fingers pushing the beads in the dough.
beads in play dough
playing with play dough
Picking the beads out of the cup provided good fine motor practice as well. Often, the kids were looking for a specific color bead and had to dig through the cup and then pick up the small bead.
play dough and beads
 “A” filled her entire duck with beads. That’s one colorful duck!
Little C decided that she should fill up her shapes with beads too. She then kept herself busy picking each bead out of her play dough.
play dough and beads
Proud mommy moment! “A” saw me photographing her work and got her kid’s camera (which actually works) and took a picture too. She’s a blogger-in-training!
play dough and beads
I have to say play dough and beads kept the girls busy for a good 40 minutes which in mommy-time is an eternity! Please remind your kids not to put the beads in their mouth, nose or ears. None of your kids would ever do such a thing, right?

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Comments

  1. Cranberry Morning says

    April 18, 2012 at 11:15 am

    That is so cute, and it gave me a chuckle when I read about the 40 minutes. That is so true, isn't it! 🙂

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  2. Cari and Cortnee @ Two Sasters says

    April 18, 2012 at 4:16 pm

    What a great activity!! I LOVE the last picture of your little blogger in training…too funny!!

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  3. School Sparks Renee says

    April 18, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Fabulous idea! A great way to keep the PlayDoh activity interesting. Those would make great paper weights when they dry! Renee

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  4. Deb Chitwood says

    March 18, 2013 at 10:37 am

    What a wonderful activity for both creativity and fine-motor skills! I featured your post and photo in my Montessori-Inspired Spring Playdough Activities at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2013/03/18/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-spring-playdough-activities/

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  5. Tammie says

    July 11, 2017 at 1:25 pm

    After the artwork is made can you bake it?

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    • Vicky says

      July 12, 2017 at 11:27 am

      I have never tried baking playdough so I’m not sure it would work. I know that if you leave it out for a few days it will dry and harden.

      Reply

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