perfect for ages 2 – 8
Create your own seaside kingdom – without the beach! In this fun, hands on activity, kids use playdough, kinetic sand or play sand to build mini sand castles. Its a perfect activity for sensory seekers, encouraging creativity, fine motor skills and imaginative play
What you’ll need:
- Playdough / kinetic sand or Play sand.
- Containers or paper cups to shape your towers and utensils such as teaspoons for scoring patterns to decorate.
- Items to decorate the castle such as bottle tops, pom poms, or even stones and twigs
Ideas to Try:
- Get creative and make your very own playdough using flour, oil an salt, add yellow food coloring to get it looking just like sand. [we use this recipe]
- Start by going on a scavenger hunt to collect items for decoration
- Challenge the kids to build the tallest tower or the most realistic castle design
- Extend play by creating mini rock pools, complete with playdough seaweed and fish.
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