Inspired by the freezing cold temperatures last week and constrained by the fact that I had two little boys who were very unwell, we decided to explore the snow indoors through a Frozen-themed small world play.
Most of the small worlds I have created in the past have focused on exploring different sensory materials through touch, but this one also incorporates a visual element - of light shining through coloured tiles. Magna-Tiles are a brilliant educational toy that come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are made of coloured plastic with little magnets around the edges. This means they can be joined together to make 3D constructions. When Wugs first opened his box of Magna-Tiles, he pulled out the blue-coloured ones and said he wanted to build an "Elsa castle", so the idea for the Elsa castle in this small world play comes from him.
What we used:
A light table (see here how you can make your own)
Magna-Tiles
Disney Frozen figurines
Blue perspex (to line the bottom of the tub to make a frozen lake)
Scoops and small containers
To make the snow dough:
6 cups of cornflour/starch
3 cups of vegetable oil
Aqua and silver glitter
Aqua foil snowflakes
I made the snow dough by slowly adding the vegetable oil to the cornflour in stages and mixing it up until the flour clumps, but can break away easily. If the oil is added too quickly, it becomes gloopy. The texture of the snow dough is soft and velvety.
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