Plastic Bottle Play Dough Impressions
 |
Play Dough Fun!
With Earth Day right around the corner (April 22nd), I’ve been trying to teach the kids a little bit about reusing and recycling our trash. Our recycling bin was overflowing with plastic water bottles, soda bottles, and juice containers. And we noticed that they all have unique shapes, ridges, and bottoms. What a perfect (and FREE!) tool for making impressions in play dough!
Play Dough Impressions with Plastic Bottles
We found many of the bottles gave us really cool flower like impressions when we pressed the bottom into the play dough.
And some of the sides even made really neat lines and circular shapes in the play dough. It was really fun to watch Priscilla discover the impressions that each bottle would make.
I liked the flower and star impressions so much that we might try to press them into something more permanent to make ornaments. Maybe salt dough? And when you’re done with the plastic bottles, don’t throw them away; try print painting with them next!
What’s the best tool you’ve found for play dough fun?
If you like this, get lots more by signing up for B-Inspired Mama’s Newsletter. And follow B-Inspired Mama on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest!
I love to link up with: Thrift Share Monday, Contest Corner, Made by Me Monday, Just Something I Whipped Up, Made by Little Hands Monday, Tasty Tuesdays, Frugal & Fabulous Giveaways, Tuesday Tots, Tip Me Tuesday, Get Your Craft on Tuesday, Made by Me Wednesday, Sugar & Spice Wednesday, Kids Get Crafty Wednesday, The Mommy Club Wednesdays, Artsy Corner Thursday, It’s Playtime Thursday, Thursday Giveaway Linky, What Are Little Boys Made of Thursday, The Weekly Kids Co-op, Read Explore Learn Friday, For the Kids Friday, Kitchen Fun and Craft Friday, Bonggamom’s Friday Finds, Delicately Constructed Fridays, Freebie Friday, Pin It Friday, Show & Share Saturday, Share it Saturday, Super Saturday Giveaway Link-up, The Sunday Showcase, The Sunday Parenting Party, Around the Blogosphere, Afterschool Express, and Link & Learn Sunday. This post may have affiliate or sponsored links. Please see my disclosure policy. |
About Author
Krissy @ B-Inspired Mama
Krissy Sherman Bonning is a former art teacher turned full time mama of 3 who authors B-Inspired Mama to share inspiration for simple kids crafts, family recipes, learning fun, and creative parenting.
What a fun idea to make prints on playdough!! Love it. We have tried forks, many toys, legos etc. This will be our next thing to try:)
oooh these are great, I'm always looking for new stuff to do with playdough, definitely trying this one. Thanks for linking it to Kids Co-op
Very cool – like reverse relief flowers! We'll be trying this one, for sure!
Thank you for linking up to Learning Laboratory at Mama Smiles =)
Pretty! And a creative way to play with recyclables and play dough. Thanks for linking to Kids Get Crafty! Alissa and Maggy