Do you love to offer your students hands-on and engaging sensory activities? Check out this play dough kit cupcakes activity that is perfect to use with your students.
Setting Up
If you haven’t heard of a play dough kit before, you may be wondering why I have the play dough set up this way. And it’s mainly because of how easy it is to be able to offer an independent activity for my students.
I like to use these flower trays as they keep everything organised and separated.
I always put the play dough in the middle of the tray, and then I have the other pieces in the other parts of the tray.
What’s Included?
For this set up, I have included the following;
- Yellow play dough – this is to mould the cupcake.
- Cupcake cases.
- Fine motor tweezers.
- Clear gems.
- Candles.
- Pompoms.
- Sprinkles.
What to Do?
Students mould the play dough into a cake case and make a cupcake. Students can then use the other objects around the sensory tray to decorate the cupcake.
Why Use One?
There are a range of reasons why you should use these play dough kits. And I’m going to list just a few of them down below;
- It provides an independent work activity for your students.
- A chance for students to work creatively and use their imagination.
- Students can work on their fine motor skills.
- You can provide your students with instructions to decorate. This will work on them following directions.
- It’s a calming activity that works well to provide your students with a fun break.
Do you use play dough kits in your classroom? What ones do you like to use? Let me know in the comments down below. If you find this blog post helpful, please consider sharing it with your friends and colleagues.
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