My friend Julie made this playdough at her
house on a recent play-date and although it didn’t turn out perfectly the first
time we tried it {due to a missing ingredient}, by the second attempt it was
some of the best playdough my kids have ever played with. Our old moon dough
was getting pretty bad, so this was perfect timing for a cooking project for
the kiddos to do at home.
After a quick check in my cupboard I was
not surprised to discover that a trip to the grocery store was in order, as I
do not usually purchase Kool-Aid. I also
picked up more cream of tartar, since I knew I would need more of that as well.
Once our shopping trip was through the kids and I were ready to get cooking!
What you need:
1 Cup flour
1 Cup water
1/4 Cup salt
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Teaspoon Cream of tartar
1 Teaspoon Glitter
1 Unsweetened packet of Kool-Aid
How to Make It:
In a medium pan mix all ingredients together.
Continuously stir over medium heat until the
mixture begins to thicken. You will need to keep
the mixture moving so it doesn’t burn and to avoid clumps.
Stir until the dough
pulls away from the sides {It should form a ball easily}.
Remove dough from heat
and let it cool.
Knead the dough once
cool to work out little clumps of flour.
Repeat process for each color of playdough you want.
I made one batch of homemade Kool-Aid
playdough for each color. The kids loved this activity. They got really into
the cooking of the playdough and enjoyed helping me measure and add
ingredients. Once everything was cooked we spent days {yes DAYS} playing with
our homemade playdough.
This playdough is easily the best homemade
playdough I have ever made and I attribute that to the fact that it uses
Kool-Aid to dye the playdough instead of food coloring. Because we used
Kool-Aid the playdough also smelled phenomenal. The purple playdough smelled
like grapes and the yellow playdough smelled like lemonade {and the snozberries
smell like snozberries}… you know you were thinking of the Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory quote too! If you want your playdough to smell great, use the
Kool-Aid to dye it.
Because we added glitter to our playdough it
is even more special for my children. They like the sparkle and I have to say
that although I am not typically a fan of glitter {as it gets EVERYWHERE and is
impossible to ever truly clean up} I like the glitter playdough too. Because
some days you just need a little sparkle.
Have you ever made homemade
playdough?
