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Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

We had a lot of fun playing with our coffee grounds last week.  I love to re-use and recycle anything we use to play with when we can.  Because of this with some help from some fab blogger: Nurture Store  and The Iowa Farmer’s Wife  I chose to make Mocha playdough to re-use some of our coffee grounds!
What I did was add 1 cup dried out coffee grounds that we had played in and some GLITTER for fun.  I also thought the glitter would help us remember “we don’t eat it.”  After making the playdough I now needed to set up a play theme for my son(3yr).  That is where Dino Land came from!!  I found little dinosaurs, wooden sticks, and a few sunflower seeds.  I took the playdough and flattened it out in a tray and then added the items.  After seeing how it would look for him I took the items off and covered the tray with press and seal. ( I made the playdough the night before so my son would be ready to go in the morning)  The next morning I managed to get the toy items back in the playdough before he noticed it.  Then I called him to see if he wanted to play.  He was super excited about it and sat down quickly to get started.  

 

 

dino-land-with-glitter-mocha-playdough

 

Here is our day and how you can make your own Dino Land with glitter mocha playdough too.

 


What I used/ supplies:

 

White glitter playdough recipe plus coffee grounds and coco powder.  Little craft sticks, tray, sunflower seeds, and dinos.

 

What to do:

Make playdough first.  Then take a tray and flatten the playdough out in it.  Now take craft sticks and place them in playdough.  Add dinosaurs and seeds.  Playtime is ready!

 

Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

Glitter Mocha Playdough- one of my favorties now!

Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

Dino land is not just fun but a great sensory experience.  The cans can work on print making with the dinosaurs too.  

Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

I love how the glitter turned out.

He was stunned and then…

Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

Super excited!!!!!! Off to playing.  He liked the smell too.

Dino Land with mocha glitter playdough

Of course he had to add a few trucks.


Big brother playing and little brother at least got a stick off the tray.


He played with this off and on all day and I had to drag him away to go out. 

What he ended up with at the end of play time.  I just covered it that day with press and seal but that night we put it in a Tupperware bowl to keep it.  I chose the chocolate play and not just the coffee playdough to make because I know the recipe for the chocolate one keeps well.  We have peppermint glitter playdough from Christmas in a ziploc bag that can still be played with.   Hope you and your family may have some Dino Land fun too.
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Jaime

Hi! I am Jaime, mama to three high energy boys. With three boys, life never slows down, but I wouldn't have it any other way! We love creating, learning, and crafting together and we can turn anything into an adventure.

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  1. http://livingatthewhiteheadszoo.blogspot.com/

    So fun!

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  2. Debs- Learn with Play @ home

    Oh, I can imagine the smells! I might have a hard time making sure my daughter didn’t eat it though, lol, she’d be so tempted haha. Love small world play and a little dinosaur land is fun, fun, fun!

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  3. Kristin

    My son would love this! He is dino nuts these days. Thank you for sharing!

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  4. Bethany

    That is a really cute idea. I need to make some flavored play dough!

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  5. Inspired by Family

    Mocha, yum. I think I would have a hard time not drinking coffee when the kiddos played with this play do.

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  6. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum

    What a great idea – we’re having some dinosaur fun this week and I always have coffee grounds and never know what to do with them.

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  7. thefairyandthefrog

    I love mochas and The Fairy loves playdoh and dinosaurs – this is win win!

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  8. RedTedArt

    Oh my how fun is that! I love the glitter!! 🙂

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  9. The Monko

    So glad I’m not the only one who has a child who adds trucks to all play, no matter what it starts out as. We could be doing princess themed castles and he’d somehow work in a dumper truck or tractor.
    I completely love your mocha playdough. Did you really use avocado oil? In the UK that would be seriously expensive, like using single press virgin olive oil.

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    • Jaime JJ

      Thanks for stopping by and yes i did use that oil:-) I had it from when i made some lotion. I got it of amazon.com I think i got 2 bottles for about $20. I was out of my cannola oil i usually put in playdough, so I just grabbed it:-) FSPDT

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  10. Growing a Jeweled Rose

    I love the glitter mocha play dough

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  11. Ness @ One Perfect Day

    Too cute! My son is like that too, only substitute trains for the trucks! Love the glitter in the play dough.

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  12. Allison

    Aw looks like a boys heaven. 🙂 I love the added to glitter as a reminder that it isn’t for mouths.

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  13. Emma @mummymummymum

    Wow, I love it. Fantastic idea!

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  14. thefairyandthefrog

    I’d love to feature this on Kids Co-op this week – hope that’s OK

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  15. Courtney Biggs

    This is adorable! I love creative DIY toys and activities for children. I wanted to do an archaeology play site with a sand box/mud for when I have kiddos. It is so sciency, and perfect for a rainy day. I love the mocha playdough! You could also do a chocolate scented playdough. Thank you for the post, this is so cute.

    -Courtney from Barefoot in Blue Jeans
    barefootinbluejeansblog.com

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