yes, play-dough
in the library
over 30 children under 15 years of age MAKING play-dough inside my library
I am crazy.
We picked a simple recipe: flour, salt, water, oil, food coloring
We (Intern Rebecca) pre-measured the salt into bowls. Each child measured their flour from ice cream buckets into their bowl. I added oil, not allowing children to touch the greasy substance.(While I am undoubtedly crazy, I am not stupid.) A few drops of food coloring and children began mixing with their hands.
Many of them had to make adjustments ( more flour, more water ) but everyone had workable playdough after several minutes of kneading.
We talked through each step in our prep work. What containers we would use to serve the ingredients, what order they should be added, measurements of ingredients... you get the idea. Covering the tables with wax paper was dumb :) Our tables are wipe-able. The carpet is not.
With all of our experience and planning, we still did not think of everything.
Long story short: 1.5 hours of clean-up. We survived.
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