📖

Play Dough Sculpture

Squishy Play Dough

Day 25of 180
Week 5of 36
20Minutes
← Day 24Day 25 of 180Day 26 →
🖨️ Download Worksheet (PDF)
🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Explore creative play with play dough

2

Practice fine motor skills through sculpting

3

Understand that God gives us creativity

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:27

“God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.”

— Genesis 1:27 (WEB)

Just as God creates, we can create using our imagination and hands

📦 Materials Needed

  • Play dough (multiple colors)
  • Play mat or plastic tablecloth
  • Optional: rolling pin, cookie cutters
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Let's remember how we poked and pinched play dough yesterday.

💭 Review Question: What fun shapes did you make yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today, we get to make ANYTHING we imagine! God gave us wonderful creativity.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made us to be creative like Him
  • We can use our hands to make something new
  • There's no 'wrong' way to create today!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What would you like to make?
  • Can you tell me about your creation?
3Activity: Free Sculpture Time (8 min)
hands-on

Create whatever you imagine with play dough!

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose your favorite color play dough
  2. Squish and shape the dough however you want
  3. Tell mommy/daddy about what you're making
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just squish and pat the dough

Challenge: Try making a specific object or scene

4Closing (3 min)

Let's look at our amazing creations!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did you make today?
  • How does it feel to create something new?

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll look at lots of colors in art!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are just beginning to understand purposeful creation

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Ask open-ended questions about their creation
  • Let child lead the creative process
🤔 Common Struggles:

May get frustrated if dough doesn't do exactly what they want

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Engagement, joy in creating, basic storytelling about their sculpture

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a photo of the play dough creation
  • Use BibleMouse Printables to draw a picture of what they made

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

Continue to Day 26 →Back to Art