Pumpkin Bread Dough (non-edible)

Materials Needed:
Pumpkin Bread Mix (1 package)
1 1/2 cups salt
6 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 cups water
6 TBS oil
Directions:
1. Mix the dry ingredients.
2. Add the oil and water.
3. Stir quickly, mixing well over Medium heat.
4. Once the dough starts making stiff peaks remove from heat and let cool.
5. Knead until smooth.

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Strawberry Cake Playdough (non-edible)

Materials Needed:
Strawberry Cake Mix (1 package)
1 1/2 cups salt
6 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 cups water
6 TBS oil


Directions:
1. Mix the dry ingredients.
2. Add the oil and water.
3. Stir quickly, mixing well over Medium heat.
4. Once the dough starts making stiff peaks remove from heat and let cool.
5. Knead until smooth.

For a List of ALL my Playdough recipes visit HERE I wish there was smell-o-vision right now. This is the best smelling playdough ever. It really does smell like strawberry cake or maybe strawberry ice cream. It smells incredible... but it does not taste so good so best not to eat this one. Have your ingredients ready to go Mix your dry ingredients first Once mixed you can add your wet ingredients We made vanilla and chocolate playdough to go along with our strawberry They work really well together To see more pictures of our fun cupcake making with these great playdough's visit here

Lemon Poppyseed Playdough (non-edible)

Materials Needed:
Lemon Poppyseed Muffin Mix (1 package)
1 1/2 cups salt
6 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 cups water
6 TBS oil

Directions:
1. Mix the dry ingredients.
2. Add the oil and water.
3. Stir quickly, mixing well over Medium heat.
4. Once the dough starts making stiff peaks remove from heat and let cool.
5. Knead until smooth.

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Cooked Playdough- Most Popular **

This is the play dough that everyone is used to playing with. It is most like the Playdoh you buy at the store.

Materials Needed:
1 cup water
1 cup Flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tbs oil (vegetable, canola, or baby oil)
Food coloring

Directions:
1. Mix dry ingredients in a bowl
2. Add water and oil and food coloring or variation (koolaid, extract, etc)
3. Cook over medium heat or in an electric skillet until it congeals.
4. Remove from heat and put on wax paper.
5. It will be hot! Knead when it is cool.
6. After it is cooled keep it in an airtight container. This dough keeps well and does not crumble.

Variations: There are so many amazing variations these are just a few add as you see fit

1. Add kool-aid instead of food coloring for scent and color- you can make strawberry dough this way, or lemon, orange, really each kool-aid will give you a different scent and color!(Add the koolaid during step 1 to the dry ingredients and follow directions above, if you are making the playdough with kids let them guess what will happen when you add the water, its always exciting when it suddenly turns a bright color when water is added)

2. Add an extract with food coloring like vanilla,maple etc.(add at step two)

3. Starry Night Dough- add dark food coloring and glitter (add dark food coloring during step two and knead the glitter in after the playdough has cooled)

4.Natural Color Dough- Use beet, spinach, and carrot juice to color the dough. Choose just one veggie juice or divide into balls and add a few drops of the vegetable juices to make green (spinach), pink(beet), and orange(carrot).

5. Soap Dough- Add 1 tbs liquid hand soap for scent to the dough (Knead soap in after recipe is complete)

6. Gingerbread Dough- Add 2 tablespoons Cinnamon 2 tablespoons Allspice 2 tablespoons Nutmeg and 2 tablespoons Ginger add an additional 1 teaspoon oil to help with texture (add dry ingredients during step one and the extra oil during step two)

7. Chocolate Dough- Add a 1/4 cup cocoa powder (add at step one with dry ingredients)

8. Glow in the Dark- Add Glow in the dark paint instead of food coloring (add during step two)

9. Add a cake, bread or muffin mix for color and fantastic scent-
Any cake, bread, or Muffin Mix (1 package)
1 1/2 cups salt
6 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups flour
3 cups water
6 TBS oil
Follow DIRECTIONS above

If you are making for a class full of students I used to make this recipe times 5 or6 for my class. If I am making for my kids I usually do this recipe times 2 or 3

These pictures are in reverse so above is the finished dough
Here the playdough is almost done (more solid) you can see where it is cooked and where it is still runny
Just put in the pan it is a liquid at this point
Before cooking it is a liquid kind of like pancake batter
adding water and oil
mixing in the koolaid
Adding kool-aid to the dry ingredients For a List of ALL my Playdough recipes visit HERE

Soapy Stretchy Playdough

Ingredients Needed:
4 Tbs Salt
½ cup liquid starch
1 cup liquid soap ( Dawn or Palmolive)
1/8 cup water
1 Tbs glue (for step 1)
2 cups cornmeal (for step 1)
½ cup glue (for step 2)
1 ½ cups cornmeal ( for step 2)

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients for Step 1 together (First Six Ingredients)
2. Mix in ingredients from step 2 (extra glue and cornmeal)

***Will leave a residue on hands after playing but washes very clean at sink***

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Soap Playdough

Directions:

2 cups Flour
1/2 cup Salt
2 teaspoons Liquid Tempera Paint
1 tablespoon Liquid Soap
3/4 cup Water
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Mixing Bowl
Plastic zippered storage bag


Directions:
1. Mix flour, salt, paint, and liquid soap together in a mixing bowl.
2. Add water to the dough until the dough is stiff, but not sticky.
3 Knead the dough to work all the ingredients together.
4. Play and create!
5. When you are done playing with the Soapy Dough, store it in a plastic bag. When the dough begins to dry out, it's time to make a new batch! For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Shampoo Dough

Ingredients:
3/4 c flour
1/4 c white glue
1/4 c thick shampoo

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl
2. Knead dough
3. Add more flour, as needed.
4. Model or roll and cut as desired.
5. Air dry
6. Paint as desired. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Pumpkin Pie Playdough

Ingredients:
5 1/2 cups flour
2 cups salt
8 teaspoons cream of tartar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 (1 1/12 ounce) container pumpkin pie spice
Orange food coloring (2 parts yellow, 1 part red)
4 cups water

Directions:
1. Mix all of the ingredients together.
2. Cook and stir over medium heat until all lumps disappear.
3. Knead the dough on a floured surface until it is smooth.
4. Store in an airtight container. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Vanilla Alum Playdough

Ingredients:
1 cup flour
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
1 tablespoon powdered alum
1/2 cup salt
2 tablespoons vanilla
food coloring

Directions:
1. Mix all dry ingredients.
2. Add oil and water.
3. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until reaching the consistency of mashed potatoes.
4. Remove from heat and add vanilla and food coloring.

Divide into balls and work in color by kneading the playdough. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Coffee Playdough

Ingredients:
2 cups used coffee grounds
1 and 1/2 cups cornmeal
1/2 cup salt
water
flour

Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients until pliable.
2. Add water, flour as needed to achieve a working consistency. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Chocolate-Scented Play Dough (Non-Edible)

Ingredients:
2 cups water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 TBS oil
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups flour


Directions:
1. Mix the dry ingredients.
2. Add the oil and water.
3. Stir quickly, mixing well over Medium heat.
4. Once the dough starts making stiff peaks remove from heat and let cool.
5. Knead until smooth.

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Gingerbread Play Dough

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 tbsp. ground ginger
1 tbsp. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water

Directions:
Mix together and knead until smooth. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Lavender Scented Playdough

Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons cooking oil
2 cups water
red and blue food coloring (or purple)
lavender essential oil
dried lavender buds (optional)

Directions
Put flour through water ingredients in medium saucepan and place over medium heat. Stir constantly. After it is nicely mixed, add 8 drops blue and 10 drops red food coloring. When it starts thickening, add about 1/4 cup lavender buds if you like. Remove from pan when it becomes a soft doll.

Put ball on lightly floured countertop and surface. Let cool for a minute. Make a well in the middle of the ball and place 15-20 drops essential oil in the middle. Fold ball over itself, dust top with flour and knead. Let ball cool and store in a plastic container or zip top bag. For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE
Get your ingredients ready We picked our own lavender and dried it ourselves by hanging it upside down We mixed our dry ingredients And then mixed our wet ingredients and then added them to the dry to stir

Cornstarch and Salt Playdough

This dough is so cool you are going to want to make it all the time!You can even use markers to color it while it is still in dough form!

2 cups salt
2/3 cup water
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup additional water

Directions:
1. In a saucepan over medium heat, mix the salt with 2/3 cup water. Cook for 4-5 minutes
2.Turn heat off
3. In a bowl mix together the cornstarch and 1/2 cup cold water
4. Stir the cornstarch mixture and the cooked salt mixture until smooth
5. Cook on medium heat setting until the mixture is thick
6. Cool
7. This dough can be dried and painted it will not crumble

** You can use markers to color on this dough while it is still soft and malleable.
** It has a fun and exciting consistency, ITS AWESOME! For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Kool Aid Playdough

This is the best playdough EVER!!!

Directions:
2 1/2 cup Flour
1/2 cup salt
2 cups boiling water
2 packs Kool-Aid
3 tbs vegetable oil

Directions:
1. Mix Dry ingredients
2. Add water and oil stir
3. Mix or knead with hands once cool
4. Store in an air tight container For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Dough Ornaments

Materials:
4 cups Flour
1 cup Salt
1 1/2 cups Water
Food Coloring
Rolling Pin

Directions:
1. Knead flour salt and water
2. Divide into four balls
3. Knead food coloring into each
4. Use dough to make Holiday ornaments , beads, pendants and more
5. Use a straw to make holes for hanging or threading
5.. Bake the creations at 350 degrees for 1 hour For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Cinnamon Clay

This clay is awesome for holiday time it makes great Holiday Ornaments
Materials Needed:
1 1/2 cups ground cinnamon
1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup white school glue
1 medium mixing bowl
Flat surface for kneading
Wax paper
Rolling Pin
Cookie Cutters
Knife Straw
Non-Stick Cooling rack
Ribbon
Puffy paint or glitter glue optional

Directions:
1. Mix Cinnamon, applesauce, and glue together in a bowl
2. Remove from the bowl and knead the mixture until it turns to firm clay
3. Let sit for 30 minutes
4. Clay is best if used at room temperature. You may need to dust the rolling pin, hands and working surface with cinnamon or use work surface
5. Roll out clay with rolling pin to app. 1/8 of an inch thick
6. Use cutters to cut out desired shape
7. If you are going to hand your shapes, use a straw to cut out a hole near the top of the shape
8. Place shapes on non-stick cooling rack or wax paper. You will need to keep an eye on them and turn them over occasionally so that they are dry evenly and dry flat
9. Dry shapes for app. 5 days
10. When dry you may put a ribbon through the hole for hanging on the tree or adding to a package.
11. Decorate with puffy paint or glitter glue if desired For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Fluffy Cloud Dough

Materials Needed:
6 cups flour
3/4 to 1 cup water
1 cup vegetable oil
Food Coloring

Directions:
1. In bowl mix flour and oil
2. Knead well
3. Add a few drops of food coloring to the cup of water
4. Slowly add the colored water to the dough and continue kneading until the dough becomes elastic For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Oatmeal Dough

Materials Needed:
1 cup flour
1 cup water
2 cups Oatmeal

Directions:
1. Combine flour and oatmeal in bowl
2. Slowly add water and blend

Project dries in 24 hours

Variations:
Add cornmeal or coffee grounds for different texture For a list of all my Playdough recipes check HERE

Main ingredients

if youl ike you can add cinnamon for scent or any other extract or spice you like