Activity: Edible mud

  • Date: 2/5/2012, by Autourina Mains
  • Age Group(s): Preschool
  • Estimated Duration: 45-60 Minutes
  • Development Areas: Motor Skills, Early Literacy
  • Materials Needed:

    ·       Instant chocolate pudding

    ·       Milk

    ·       Wooden spoon for stirring

    ·       Crushed Oreo cookies

    ·       Gummy warms

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Your preschoolers will love making their own edible mud using instant chocolate pudding, Oreo cookies. Let your preschooler make the instant pudding following the directions. Crumble the Oreo cookie and mix them in the pudding. For a little more fun, you can add gummy warms to the mud. Put in small plastic or paper cups and enjoy.

To develop early literacy and math skill write the directions on an index card and help the child read them.