{"id":1029,"date":"2026-09-10T17:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2026-09-10T17:59:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T09:59:22","slug":"who-walked-through-the-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/who-walked-through-the-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Walked Through The Jungle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Age:<\/strong> 2\u20136 years
Play Type:<\/strong> Sensory \/ Imaginative Play \/ Loose Parts
Duration:<\/strong> 20\u201330 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Preparation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Homemade playdough or soft sensory dough<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Natural loose parts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Twigs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Leaves<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Small stones<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bark pieces<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Yarn<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Stimulate jungle animals \/ Cardboard animal footprints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    You can make simple footprint shapes from cardboard or animal toys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Tuff tray or shallow sensory tray<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Rolling pin<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Small bowls<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Optional: animal footprint stamps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Setup<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Create a simple jungle floor<\/strong> inside a tuff tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Spread a thin layer of playdough across several sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Place loose parts around the tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Add a few mysterious footprints leading from one side to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Don’t show children what made the footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Invitation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      \u201cSomeone walked through our jungle\u2026 Can you find out who?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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      Steps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      1. Discover the tracks<\/strong>
      Let children investigate the footprints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      2. Make their own tracks<\/strong>
      Use fingers, twigs, stones or cardboard shapes to press marks into the dough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      3. Create a path<\/strong>
      Children can make a trail through the jungle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      4. Add a hiding place<\/strong>
      Use blocks, cardboard or natural materials to create a shelter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      5. Invent a creature<\/strong>
      The creature doesn’t have to be a real animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      6. Tell the story<\/strong>
      Ask children where the creature went and what happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Prompts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • \u201cWho made this footprint?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cWhere is it going?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cIs it big or small?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cDoes it walk, hop or crawl?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cCan you make a different footprint?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cWhere does your creature hide?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cWhat did it find in the jungle?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • \u201cWhat happened next?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Age: 2\u20136 yearsPlay Type: Sensory \/ Imaginative Play \/ Loose PartsDuration: 20\u201330 minutes Preparation Materials You can make simple footprint […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-try-this","pmpro-has-access"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jungle-Playdough_2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1035,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1029\/revisions\/1035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hiwhitespace.com\/playspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}