Recipe for Kool-Aid Playdough
This is a simple recipe for a colourful, fruit-scented playdough. It stores well in a zip-lock bag for up to two months.
Ingredients:
•1 1/4 cup flour
•1/4 cup salt
•1 pkg. unsweetened Kool-Aid
•1 cup boiling water
•1 1/2 tbsp. vegetable oil
Directions: In a bowl, mix flour, salt and Kool-Aid powder. Stir in water and oil. Knead with your hands for about 5 minutes.
Ideas to Get You Started:
· Help your child roll some dough between his or her hands to make “ropes”. Then have fun forming the ropes into letters.
· Flatten some dough with a small rolling pin. Cut out letter shapes using a butter knife or cookie cutters (available at some cooking or craft stores).
· Help your child model a piece of dough into objects to match different letters in the alphabet, such as an airplane for “A” or a bird for “B”.
Like Magic!
Here’s a fun idea to try. Prepare both coloured and uncoloured playdough (leave out the Kool-Aid). Wrap uncoloured playdough around small balls of coloured playdough and give a “magic ball” to your child. Ask your child to squeeze the playdough and recite:
My ball of playdough is so white,
I’ll squeeze and squeeze with all my might.
Until, like magic, I can see,
Another colour – what will it be?
Watch your child’s face as the squeezing action brings colour to the outer layer!
Balls of “magic dough”, along with a copy of the poem, make a fun and inexpensive party favour.
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