The 3 Peanut-Butter Bears Recipe

This recipe may lean more toward a ‘playdough’ though it’s a bit easier on those little tummies than the usual playdough recipes with so much salt. (Here you’ll find none! ) This is another great recipe to use when your weekly Unit Theme is FOLKTALES. Remember… you can incorporate a little math lesson here too. Naturally, you’ll want an alternative if you’re concerned about any potential peanut allergies.

1-1/2 cups peanut butter

1-1/2 cups dry milk

2 Tablespoons honey

(Makes two cups of dough)

Mix the peanut butter and the dry milk together. Stir in the honey. The mixture should look like light-brown dough. (Add a little more dry milk if the mixture is too sticky. TIP: I  recommend you make this dough as it’s quite a sticky mess initially. I’ve found when I let the kids help in making it we had very little usable dough)

Wash hands. Give each child a share of the dough and a piece of waxed paper to work on. Shape bears by rolling balls for heads and bodies and by adding small balls and bits for ears, nose, eyes, and paws. Let each child make one of the three bears with his or her share of the dough. Ask each child about which bear he or she is making and why.