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Easy Homemade Playdough Recipe

Polly Conner
By: Polly ConnerPosted: 10/7/13Updated: 10/4/23

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This easy homemade playdough recipe only requires a few ingredients from the pantry and 5 minutes over the stove. Kids will love helping parents make it and then spend hours playing with it later.

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch. this …


 
Table of Contents
  • About Homemade Playdough
  • Ingredients
  • Directions
  • More Fun Kid Activity Ideas

About Homemade Playdough

I have such fond memories of making playdough with my mom and siblings. We’d watch in anticipation as my mom stirred up the mixture with our chosen colors. After it was done we would take turns tossing it around like a hot potato until it cooled off.

Today I got to do the same thing with my two year old (minus the hot potato game part). We made homemade play dough!

She picked out the colors and I threw together the simple ingredients and stirred up two batches.

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

It was fun to see her discover how to actually play with it. We used cookie cutters, utensils, toothpicks, and other miscellaneous things I found around the kitchen.

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

Making your own playdough is SUPER easy. I’m not just saying that. Just mix and stir. Your kids can help until you get to the end when it really thickens up. Want to make your own playdough??

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 2 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/3 cup salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • food coloring

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients except the food coloring into a 2 qt sauce pan.
  2. Stir over low/medium heat.
  3. Once it begins to thicken a bit, add food coloring.
DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

Stir until mixture becomes very thick and kind of balls up on its own.

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

Once it is the consistency you want, remove it from the heat and let cool.

Now let your little ones get their hands all over it!

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

Oh, and if they decide to eat or lick it, you won’t have to worry. You know what every ingredient in it is!

DIY homemade play dough is a cinch to make. Enjoy the process with just a few ingredients. Your kids will love helping you whip up a batch.

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Polly Conner

Polly Conner

As co-founder of Thriving Home, Polly’s passionate about helping busy parents get dinner on the table. With a house full of kids, dogs, and (usually) a DIY project in the works, she knows firsthand how every minute (and every dollar) counts. As a business owner, she enjoys wearing multiple hats and serves best as a project manager for Thriving Home.

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  1. Sue says

    Posted on 10/30/17 at 1:27 pm

    Can I double this recipe?

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      Posted on 11/1/17 at 9:32 am

      If you have a big enough pot, you can double it.

      Reply
  2. Elizabeth says

    Posted on 7/8/14 at 1:08 pm

    This recipe is great and it is so easy. I actually like the consistency even better than “real” play-doh. I also added a few drops of essential oils to give it some scent!

    Reply
    • Rachel says

      Posted on 7/9/14 at 9:50 pm

      Oh, love the essential oils idea!

      Reply
  3. Mary Connors says

    Posted on 4/30/14 at 1:02 pm

    I love getting new ideas.

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