Practising Knife Skills with Playdough

While watching Neevah struggle with her knife at dinner (which she insists on using because Mummy and Daddy do) it was pretty obvious we need to practice using a knife! Playdough is always fun so it was the prefect way to practice cutting with a knife.

Playdough Recipe
2 cups of plain flour
2 tbs Cream of Tartar
2 tbs Cooking Oil
1 cup Salt
2 cups of Water
Food Colouring

Mix all ingredients in a saucepan (except food colouring) stir over medium heat for 3 - 5 mins or until the mixture congeals. Once cool add food colouring.

We used knifes from our cutlery draw but I am sure plastic knifes would work just as well.

This is Fun!
Cutting up playdough sausages

Be Careful of your fingers!

Neevah then made lots of playdough fruit
and cut them up for her 'Masterchef Fruit Salad'

Liam also loved cutting up the playdough with a knife such simple fun for little kids they wont even know they are learning or perfecting a new skill.