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How to make playdough within minutes

April 22, 2009 by Vesna 11 Comments

How to make playdough

During the holidays, as many parents know, kids expect you to entertain them from morning till dawn.  Unless the day is action packed, it’s a “boring” day and “I don’t have anything to do” day.

On one of those days, we made a batch of homemade playdough (play dough).  In summer, we tend to spend more time outside and kids didn’t play with it for a while.  Not only  did the playdough keep them occupied for hours – to mum and dad’s delight, but also there is an educational element to it: development of fine motor skills, blending colours, exploring senses like touch and feel, to name a few.

Instructions on how to make playdough:

This is a simple no cook playdough recipe which you can make within minutes.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup flour
  • ½ cup salt
  • 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • natural or food colouring (eg. beetroot, turmeric powder), optional

Note:  Increase the above amounts two or three times for more playdough which can be divided and coloured differently.

In a bowl mix all dry ingredients.

Add oil, liquid colouring and boiling water (warn kids if they are helping!) and stir until it all comes together.

This is a proper way. As you can see above, I usually put dry and wet ingredients all at once and then stir. Here I added a bit of beetroot juice, but, oops, forgot to add oil.  Still it came good.

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  1. Ana Mesic

    April 28, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    Thanks Vesna,
    You had me inspired…I just made a fresh blue playdough ( turned out just perfect ), baked some Apple Oatmeal muffins….and I’m ready for a playdate (bunch of two-year olds and six-year olds).
    It’s a rainy morning so I hope the kids have fun…
    Ana
    P.S I will try your buttermilk pancakes this weekend!

    Reply
  2. Vesna

    April 29, 2009 at 4:37 am

    Have fun!

    I’d love one of your apple oatmeal muffins with my coffee 🙂

    Reply
  3. Jillbill

    May 26, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    Wow!I was so bored and this recipe made my day!!!!

    Thanks!

    Reply
  4. sabrina

    June 5, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    WOW It worked very well and i could make it all my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I wish i had envented this way of making playdough. Its very awesome!!!!!

    Reply
  5. AP Mama

    May 5, 2010 at 5:41 pm

    We’ve made this before and it’s really easy. We also make a recipe with hand lotion that’s easy and also smells fabulous.

    I love that you recommend natural dyes like turmeric and beet powder!

    Reply
  6. Jennifer

    June 30, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    This recipe worked awesome!!! My kids are having a blast! 🙂

    Reply
  7. faaiza

    August 26, 2011 at 3:21 am

    Going to try your play dough with my school kids,having holiday school,any other recipe they could do and eat made of food. They 1 to 2 year olds.love play dough.wish me luck today

    Reply
    • Vesna

      August 26, 2011 at 4:24 am

      Hi faaiza,
      You can make any biscuit or bread dough and let kids make some shapes. Once baked, they can eat their creations.

      Reply
  8. Kendall

    February 10, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    Okay, I noticed that you have a big box filled with cream of tartar. Please tell me where did you get that

    Reply
    • Vesna

      March 28, 2012 at 12:07 pm

      Any supermarket will stock it, baking and cooking section.

      Reply

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