Gingerbread & 5 Senses

This week we have been reading variations of the Gingerbread Man. It has been interesting for us to discover all the different twists in each story. Currently, we have read the original story, The Gingerbread Cowboy, The Gingerbread Baby, and The Stinky Cheese Man. Along with reading these stories we have also been learning about our 5 senses.

Today, we got to use our sense of touch & smell as we played with Gingerbread Play-doh. Thank you Mrs.Stuemke & Ava for making this amazing activity for us! We can not wait to take our own small batch home tomorrow! 

Although, I do not have the recipe Mrs. Stuemke used, here is one I found online if you want to make some at home.

              Gingerbread Play-Dough

1 Cup flour

1/2 Cup salt

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1 cup water

1 tsp. vegetable oil 

Spices--Cinnamon, Allspice, Ginger, Nutmeg

*Green and Red food coloring to make Brown (optional--the spices usually

  give the dough a good Brown color.)

DIRECTIONS--

1.  Mix the dry ingredients.  Experiment with the spices until you get

     a scent and color that you like.

2.  Mix water and oil together first and then add them to the dry ingredients 

     and stir.

3.  In a pot, cook the mixture for three to five minutes on low/medium, stirring      

     constantly.

4.  The dough will start to pull away from the sides of the pot and

     stick together in a large ball.  Take the dough out of the pan when you see a VERY faint

     brown skin on the dough and flip it.

5.  Take the dough out of the pan and knead the dough until it becomes soft

      and smooth.

6.  Allow the dough to cool and then store it in an airtight container.

Total time to make dough:  10 minutes.  This is a very quick and easy recipe and the dough turns out great!  1 batch makes about the same amount as you would find in one small tub of store bought playdough.