--- title: Make Your Own Plasticine Characters description: A perfect children's activity for learning about colours and shapes. image: https://blog.okido.com/hubfs/Plasticine-Man.jpg --- Welcome to OKIDO! 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In a large bowl mix all of the ingredients together to form a dough. - 1 cup of Flour - 1/4 cup of salt - 1/4 cup of water - Food colouring (different colours) - 1 table spoon of oil ![OKIDO Plasticine Man Ingredients](https://blog.okido.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ingredients.jpg?width=600&name=ingredients.jpg) ### 2. Make 2 more Plasticine balls so you have one blue, one yellow and one red. ![Roll dough into red, green and yellow balls](https://blog.okido.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Red_Blue_Green_Balls.jpg?width=600&name=Red_Blue_Green_Balls.jpg) ### 3. Try mixing colours together to create new colours. ![](https://blog.okido.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/green.jpg?width=600&name=green.jpg) ![](https://blog.okido.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Red.jpg?width=600&name=Red.jpg) ### 4. Make some character models. ![Make balls into Plasticine models](https://blog.okido.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Plasticine-Models.jpg?width=600&name=Plasticine-Models.jpg)   --- ## TOPICS [Activities](https://blog.okido.com/tag/activities) --- --- ## RELATED BLOG ARTICLES ### [Activities](https://blog.okido.com/tag/activities) ### [STEAM](https://blog.okido.com/tag/steam) ### [STEM](https://blog.okido.com/tag/stem) ### [3 Ways to Get Children Interested in STEAM Learning](https://blog.okido.com/steam/3-ways-to-get-children-interested-in-s-t-e-a-m-learning) STEAM subjects can really help to prepare children to be able to tackle environmental issues in their future. But sometimes, these lessons can fail to capture the imaginations of young people. 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