Homemade play-dough is such a great activity for so many ages.We love this homemade recipe and it’s easy ingredients like flour, salt and water. You should have mosteverything you needalready in your pantry.You may need to grab a bottle of Alum from the spice aisle, but one bottle will last youthrough many batches of dough.
We think it is one of the best playdough recipes around, and once you’ve made it, it will be hard to go back tothe store bought stuff!This activity kept these two, two year olds busy for much longer than two minutes. Actually they enjoyed themselves for a very long time.
Related: If your kids love being involved they will love the pulling in stretching to make this yummy Homemade Taffy Recipe.
Today some kids and I are burning up daylight around here with pink play-dough. We cook it up in the winter when we need an inside activity, and we mix it up all summer too.
Homemade Play-dough Ingredients
It’s good to know exactly what’s in the dough–just in case someone takes a little bite of this great-smelling dough!
- water
- salt
- vegetable oil
- food coloring or kool-aid
- flour
- alum
Homemade Play-dough Recipe
- Mixflour and alumtogether in a bowl.
- On the stovetop, mix the water, salt, vegetable oil, and food coloring or Kool-Aid.
- Once the mixture starts boiling, add the flour and alum.
- Cook over low to medium heat stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the edges of the pan and it becomes very hard to stir.
- Remove from heat and let cool slightly (until you are able to knead the dough).
- Knead until smooth and elastic. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
This recipe is for a smooth dough similar to the consistency of Play-doh. Food coloring works great, but you can also substitute a package of Kool aid mix. Use the package that doesn’t have the sugar added yet. The Kool-Aid will not only color the play dough, it will also give it a great smell. We love the vibrant color and smell of the black cherry flavor!
Homemade Play-dough Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup salt
- 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- food coloring or kool aid if making the whole batch the same color, otherwise knead individual colors in at the end
- 2 -1/2 cups flour
- 1 Tablespoons alum
Instructions
Mixflour and alumtogether in a bowl.
On the stovetop, mix the water, salt, vegetable oil, and food coloring or Kool-Aid.
Once the mixture starts boiling, add the flour and alum.
Cook over low to medium heat stirring constantly until the dough comes away from the edges of the pan and it becomes very hard to stir.
Remove from heat and let cool slightly (until you are able to knead the dough).
Knead until smooth and elastic. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
This recipe is for a smooth dough similar to the consistency of Play-doh. Food coloring works great, but you can also substitute a package of Kool aid mix. Use the package that doesn’t have the sugar added yet. The Kool-Aid will not only color the play dough, it will also give it a great smell. We love the vibrant color and smell of the black cherry flavor!
Never underestimate the lure of play-dough!
It also kept these three “big” boys just in from golf very busy (and it was even pink)!
Adda couple ofplastic knives, some cookie cutters and a rolling pin. You will have all you need for an afternoon of molding and designing all sorts of fun creations. When you are finished, smoosh it all back together, place it in anair tight container, and save it for next time. You should be able to get months of use out of this great homemade play dough, however there is something definitely alluring about kneading a fresh warm batch of playdough!
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Enjoy this fun recipe for homemade play-dough and enjoy the time they allow you to spend having fun with your kids! Did you get the boys to make pink play-dough?
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