Play Dough Recipes and Activities
Basic Play Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup water (include the water color in this same container)
½ cup salt
1 Tbsp oil
2 tsp. cream of tarter
I put in the dry mixture first and make sure its incorporated. Then add the wet.
Next turn on the medium/high heat and stir until it becomes a tight ball.
Remove from the heat and knead. (Be careful, it will be hot)
Stretchy Play Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup water (include the water color in this same container)
1/3 cup salt
1 Tbsp Oil
2 tsp. cream of tarter
1 envelope (1 tsp) knox gelatin
Put the water/water color in the pan on high and put gelatin in. Mix until gelatin is dissolved. Reduce heat to medium. Add the rest of the ingredients- stir until it forms a tight ball. Roll out onto surface (on parchment paper if you want). Knead a little bit and let cool (be careful it will be hot). When cool add glitter if you want and knead it until smooth.
Stretchy Dough
1 cup conditioner
2 cups cornflower
Combine and knead until smooth
Galaxy Play Dough
2 cups flour
2 cups water (with black and blue food coloring or cake icing or water color)
1 cup salt
1 Tbsp. cream of tarter
1 Tbsp. Oil
Stir on medium/high heat until a tight ball forms.
Remove from heat put on the table and add large amounts of blue, purple, silver glitter (coarse and fine as much as you want it to sparkle). Knead until smooth and cool (be careful it will be hot)
Robot Playdough
Add silver paint or gray coloring and glitter to basic dough recipe.
Dirt Play Dough
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 Tablespoon cream of tartar
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup water
Brown food coloring or water color
Clean play sand from a package.
Put the liquid in the pan first (including the water color) then stir the flour, salt, and cream of tartar. Heat the mixture over medium heat, stirring often until it forms a ball. Remove from pan and knead until smooth. (It will be hot) Knead in sand bits at a time.
Kool Aide Playdough
Use the basic playdough recipe and add a packet of unsweetened kool aide.
Cake Batter Play Dough- Edible
1 part white frosting
3 parts cornstarch
1 Tbsp water
Sprinkles optional
Start by combining about a teaspoon of your cornstarch with water in a medium mixing bowl. Stir until cornstarch is fully dissolved in water.
Add your frosting to the bowl and stir a couple times. Add the rest of your cornstarch little by little until the mixture clumps together to form a batter. As it thickens, it may be easier to mix with your hands to better incorporate the ingredients.
If the batter is still sticky, continue adding cornstarch a spoonful at a time until you have a soft, moldable ball of dough that does not stick to hands.
Crackle Foam
- Whipped Cream
- Pop Rocks
- Optional- food coloring for added color (we didn't use any this time)
All you need tomake CRACKLE Foamis whipped cream and Pop Rocks. Do Pop Rocks sound like a weird play material? Not at all! We began adding Pop Rocks to our play a few weeks ago, andit is SO FUN!Pop Rocks give play times instant sound effects as well as added tactile stimulation. You can make anERUPTING sound volcano,Popping fingerpaint,firecracker GOOP, and now CRACKLE FOAM!
Fall Playdough
Pumpkin Pie- Add orange icing paste, pumpkin pie spice extract and 2 tsp cinnamon to the basic recipe.
Maple- Add 2 tsp maple extract, brown icing paste or mix red and green food coloring to make
brown to basic recipe.
Apple Cinnamon- add 2 tsp cinnamon and red icing paste to the basic recipe. Add cinnamon essential
oils for more cinnamon scent.
Vanilla- Add 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract to the basic recipe.
Peppermint/Winter Playdough
Add peppermint essential oil and glitter to the basic recipe.
Gingerbread Playdough
Add brown icing paste, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ground ginger to basic recipe.
Chocolate Playdough
1 1/2 cups flour
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2 Tbsp cream of tartar
Combine and cook on medium high heat until it forms a ball.
Play Mats- Pinterest
Themes to use with Playdough- Letter first (website in parenthesis)
A is for…
Apple Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Apple Tree Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Autumn Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Bis for…
Birdseed Play Dough(Two-daloo)
Bunny Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Butterfly Garden Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
C is for…
Cat in the Hat Play Dough(Fun-A-Day)
Chick Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Christmas Tree Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
D is for…
Duck Pond Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Dinosaur Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
E is for…
Edible Gluten Free Play Dough(Fun at Home with Kids)
Easter Egg Play Dough Mats(Modern Parents Messy Kids)
F is for…Fairy Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Fish Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Flower Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Flower Garden Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
G is for…
Garden Counting Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Glittery Gold Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Gingerbread Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
H is for…
Harvest Wheat Play Dough(Fun-A-Day)
Little Red Hen Sensory Retelling(Fun-A-Day)
I is for…
Insect Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
J is for…
Jelly Bean Play Dough(Lemon Lime Adventures)
K is for…
Koolaid Play Dough(The 36th Avenue)
L is for…
Lavender Play Dough(The Imagination Tree)
Love Bug Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
M is for…
Monster Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
N is for…
Nest Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Night Sky Play Dough(Two-daloo)
O is for…
Orange Play Dough(The Imagination Tree)
P is for…
Panda Bear Play Dough(Life Over C’s)
Patriotic Fireworks Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Peppermint Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Q is for…
Q-tipFine Motor Play with Play Dough(Mess for Less)
R is for…
Rainbow Fish Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Reindeer Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
River Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
S is for…
Seashell Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Snowballs and Snowflakes Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Spider Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
St. Patrick’s Day Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
T is for…
Turkey Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
U is for…
Underwater Coral Reef Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
V is for…
Vehicle Construction Site Play Dough(The Imagination Tree)
Vehicle City Map Play Dough Mats(The Natural Homeschool)
W is for…
Wiggly Worm Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
X is for…
X-Ray Skeletons Play Dough(Fantastic Fun and Learning)
Y is for…
Yellow Lemon Play Dough(Learn Play Imagine)
Z is for…
Zig Zag Zebra Play Dough(Learning 4 Kids)
A to Z Alphabet Play Dough Mats(This Reading Mama)