I stumbled upon a homemade play dough recipe in a children’s activity book the other day and I thought lets give it a shot. Being the good new Stay at Home Mom that I am (ha ha) I try to have at least one activity each day for the boys and I thought this one would be perfect and once you make the play dough it stays good indefinitely (now that’s my kind of recipe).
It calls for just a few ingredients and it non-toxic of course. Something I worry about since my boys love putting everything in their mouths.
So first let me show you how to make it, step by step, because really it’s not hard at all, but I took pictures and umm I took pictures, so here they are.
Ingredients: 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1 T oil, 1 cup water, 2 T cream of tartar, food coloring
Start by mixing all the ingredients in a medium sized pot over medium heat
Continue stirring
until
the mixture forms a ball
Then remove from the heat and knead until smooth
then I cut it in half to make two colors (blue and green)
then I dropped a few green drops of food coloring
and kneaded until color is incorporated
repeated with blue
I set the boys up in their high chairs and each gave them a piece of play dough
At first Little H wasn’t too sure
But Little W dug right in
Little H kept trying to give it back to me
or to his brother
But then I whipped out some utensils, and he figured he liked it
They played and played
Gotta love the tongue action! Little H does this when he is concentrating
Then I made them little bracelets Little W loved his
but Little H didn’t like it too much
So all in all the play dough was lots of fun, but best of it, it didn’t make any mess at all and super easy to clean up. So I will highly recommend making some fun play dough for your little ones. I think next time I will get out some cookie cutters!
What are some of your favorite activities with your children?
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This is a way cool idea and I think I will have to try this out too. I bet my twins will enjoy playing with play-doh. I never gave it a thought that they’re probably old enough to use it now. Looks like the twins had a good time!
Thank you for sharing this idea =)
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What fun! H gets that tongue thing from Aunt Sannie. Kay use to do it when she was little too.
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That looks like fun! I have been meaning to make playdough for Jackson for awhile, I just keep forgetting!
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They are adorable! And so easy to make.
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We love making play dough, too! I have a recipe that uses Kool-Aid instead of food coloring, and it smells yummy! We also like to paint, color, glue, and cut with scissors! There will be so many crafts to do as your boys get older!
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Sarah beat me to my suggestion. We knead in Kool-Aid to have scented play dough for Ladybug.
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I love homemade play dough because it’s so warm and gushy. Have you seen the Wilton’s food colors? They have them in the cake decorating section at Wal-Mart and Michael’s. Fabulous colors.
I like the Kool-Aid idea too, but my son would have eaten that!
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Those boys and their mom sure know how to have fun. I’m seconding your nomination for the boys’ mom hall of fame.
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Looks like your little boy is headed for masculinity already. He certainly didn’t like that girly bracelet on his wrist. Looks like a fun project, I might have to try this one.
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playdough is so much fun and it is fun to color, or add scent to the playdough to go along with the holiday or season
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This is the first play-dough I’ve seen that doesn’t look crumbly and messy. If we’re blessed with more littles, I’m definitely going to make this. Thanks for sharing – and for sharing photos of those cutie-patooties!! Adorable!
Have a lovely weekend~
Shani
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Very cute! I love this idea but I don’t have any little ones yet.
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That looks like so much fun! My son is about the same age, and loves play-doh too!
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oh yeah! homemade playdough. I’ve made mountains of the stuff in my lifetime. I’m remembering 9/11 today here’s my link Have a nice Friday!
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I have made this recipe before and didn’t think it was ever going to get to play dough consistency. It’s exactly like it when it’s finished. So fun!!
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I will have to save this recipe, the play-dough looks alot better then some other homemade recipes I have seen before!
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The dough looks perfect!
And those boys are toooooooo cute!
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LOVE the tongue action!!!
We make salt dough at Christmas time and the kids make tree ornaments. We have a lot of great memories associated with salt dough in our house!
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Great recipe! Love those pictures of the twinnies…what sweet little hands playing with the play dough! Thanks for sharing.
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We love homemade play dough! Ours usually ends up a lovely gray color after a few sessions of mixing the colors together…
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There’s nothing like play dough and kids.
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i am doing a child care project on play dough . i need to know the crytria of play dough, moter skill ect the advantages and disadvantages and why it is a good toy for children. how is eductional
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