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Classic PlayDough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:13:12 +0000

This is the easiest playdough recipe you can make and it is the most common. It is a great recipe because it works very well, is very kid friendly, and can be easily taught to other people. It produces a great quality playdough and it makes for quick and easy homemade playdough that works well and will make a great craft project or toy. This is a great place to start if you are looking for the perfect homemade playdough recipe. This recipe is a good playdough recipe for kids, though the cooking means they have to have a parent help out.

Classic Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this classic playdough recipe:

plain white flour – 1 cup
salt – 0.5 cups
cream of tartar – 2 tsp (you can substitute 2 tbsp of baking soda)
water – 1 cup
cooking oil – 1 tsp (if you use baking soda, add 1 tbsp of oil instead of 1 tsp)
food coloring

Directions for this classic playdough recipe:

Mix all the ingredients together with a fork in a mixing bowl until the mixture is smooth and one solid color
Pour the mixture into a pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Stir until smooth and then until playdough bunches up to form a ball
Take it out of the pan and allow the playdough to cool
Knead for a few minutes and store in an airtight container

This recipe for playough is the standard homemade playdough recipe and while it does work, make sure you try out some of the other playdough recipes we have so you can find the playdough recipe which works best for you. Your kids will love trying out all these different kinds of playdough and they make a great a craft project.

Cloud Dough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:09:49 +0000

Cloud dough has been really popular lately so we thought we’d include a cloud dough recipe even though it isn’t technically really playdough. On the other hand it’s probably our easiest playdough recipe so it’s a great place to start if you’ve never done this before. This cloud dough is super easy to make and great fun, especially for young kids. Depending on the type of baby oil you use, you do have to watch really young kids eating it, but it isn’t usually a problem.

Cloud Dough

Ingredients for Cloud Dough:

plain white flour – 8 cups
baby oil – 1 cup
a very large bowl or Tupperware container
(optional for colored clouds!) food coloring – as much as you like

Directions for Cloud Dough:

Mix the baby oil and flour together in the big bowl or Tupperware container
Kneed the cloud dough with your hands until the dough begins to stick to together
When the dough can hold together in shapes (this can take anywhere from 2- 10 minutes) you’re done!
Enjoy your cloud dough!

This cloud dough recipe is great fun for young kids and they can sculpt all kinds of amazing things out of it. Be warned though, Cloud Dough is MESSY! Keep in mind that with such a simple recipe you can feel free to half, double, or triple the recipe depending on just how much cloud dough you want! The sky is the limit!

Salt Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:13:06 +0000

Although most playdough recipes use salt in some way or another, in this playdough recipe salt is the main ingredient. This recipe for playdough is very different from most others. It makes for a bit of a more grainy homemade playdough that is not quite as smooth, but it’s easy to make and is quick to cook. Salt Playdough is a great alternative to a more traditional playdough recipe, especially if you are missing cornstarch or cream of tartar . Take note that you will need extra flour for this playdough recipe!

Salt Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this salt playdough recipe

salt – 1 cup
water – 1 cup
flour – 2 cups
cooking oil – 1 tbsp

Directions for this salt playdough recipe:

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until smooth
Cook over medium heat
Cook until thick and consistent
Let it cool and knead in flour as it is cooling until it is nice and doughy

This recipe makes good playdough, just make sure you knead in enough flour at the end while the mixture is cooling. With this playdough recipe for kids you can create something they will love playing with and something they have made themselves. While this recipe does not produce edible playdough, it still makes a great toy you can make at home and it’s pretty darn easy!

Rubbery Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:13:01 +0000

This playdough recipe makes extra rubbery playdough that is stronger and a great playdough recipe for kids. It is a very simple homemade playdough recipe and the ingredients are fairly easy to come across, though you need a significant amount of baking soda for this rubbery playdough recipe. This kind of playdough is often used to help young kids improve their motor skills and griping strength.

Rubbery Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this rubbery playdough recipe:

baking soda – 2 cups
water – 1.5 cups
cornstarch – 1 cup

Directions for this rubbery playdough recipe:

Mix all the ingredients together with a fork until the mixture is smooth and one solid color
Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat until thick and smooth
Place the cooked mixture on waxed paper
Allow to cool and it’s ready to go

This is a great playdough recipe that is easy to make and great for kids, but keep in mind that it is not an edible playdough. Compare this to playdough you can buy and decide which you prefer! Whether you buy playdough or make it, remember that you can always make more rubbery playdough with this recipe for playdough, or branch out to other recipes and styles!

Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:53 +0000

Pumpkin Pie Playdough makes a great twist on the original playdough recipe. It is a little bit more complicated to make, but it smells absolutely delicious and it is a great way to take your homemade playdough making project with your kids to the next level. This playdough recipe is not an edible playdough so make sure that even though it smells fantastic no one eats it! It makes a great combination with gingerbread playdough and chocolate playdough as a set of scented playdoughs, very festive!

Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this pumpkin pie playdough recipe:

flour – 5.5 cups
salt – 2 cups
cream of tartar – 8 tsp
cooking oil – 0.75 cups
pumpkin pie spices – 1 ounce
orange food coloring – 2 drops yellow and 1 drop red
water – 4 cups

Directions for this pumpkin pie playdough recipe:

Mix all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon until the mixture is smooth and one solid color
Cook while stirring with a wooden spoon over medium heat
Once all lumps are gone place on floured wax paper
Let cool and store in a sealed container

This pumpkin recipe for playdough makes for a much better smelling playdough though it is considerably more work than the traditional playdough recipe and needs quite a few more ingredients. It is worth the effort though and your kids will love it. In particular it makes a great recipe for kids who are a bit older and looking for a more advanced craft project rather than a simple toy.

Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:46 +0000

Peanut Butter Playdough is the easiest edible playdough recipe to make and is the most similar to the real thing. Your kids will love this homemade playdough as it is easy to make, easy to mold and shape, and it tastes delicious! This peanut butter playdough recipe is one of the best to start making some more interesting kinds of playdough for your kids. It also makes a great crafts project to a make a unique toy. Combine with gingerbread playdough or chocolate playdough to make some seriously scented playdough, though you can’t eat the other two!

Peanut Butter Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this peanut butter playdough recipe:

peanut butter – 3.5 cups
dry milk – 4 cups
sugar – 4 cups
honey – 3.5 cups

Directions for this peanut butter playdough recipe:

Mix the peanut butter and sugar together in a bowl until consistent
Beat the honey and milk powder into the mixture
Keep beating until smooth
No need to cook this one, it will be ready after only 15 minutes of work!
Add some food coloring to make them even more fun for kids!

This peanut butter playdough recipe is fast, delicious, and fun and makes for a great change from other playdough recipes you have to cook and put a lot more time into to. The only disadvantage here is that this playdough does not last, you should not keep it for more than one day but with the recipe for playdough you can always make more! It’s a great project playdough recipe for kids and they can do with friends to make their own. It’s also great for younger kids as it is fully edible! You can’t buy playdough like this!

Oatmeal Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:40 +0000

You can make a great oatmeal homemade playdough with only normal oatmeal and a few other ingredients. This Oatmeal playdough recipe makes a great change from normal or store bought playdough and has a very different texture and consistency but is still easy to shape and form with. Oatmeal playdough makes a great alternative to standard playdough and since you don’t have to cook it, it makes a great playdough recipe for kids to do as a craft project with you.

Oatmeal Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this oatmeal playdough recipe:

flour – 1 cups
oatmeal – 2 cups
water – 1 cup

Directions for this oatmeal playdough recipe:

Mix the oatmeal and flour together in a bowl
Slowly add water to mixture
Knead the mixture until it is smooth and uniform
Add some coffee grounds or cornmeal to try different textures

You will notice that this oatmeal playdough recipe will be a little bit sticky after you make it. That is quite normal and different from the rubbery playdough recipe or the traditional recipe for playdough. You can add some coffee grounds and/or cornmeal to reduce the stickiness and change to texture to whatever you like. This one is great for kids but make sure it is in the kitchen as it can get messy!

Kool-Aid Playdough

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:27 +0000

This Kool-aid playdough recipe makes for a colorful change from traditional or store bought playdough. There are quite a few advantages to making homemade playdough with kool-aid. It smells good and has a nice bright color, making it very appealing as a playdough recipe for kids. You make a rainbow set of playdough really easily just by using a few different kinds of kool-aid mix to create a spectrum of colors. It doesn’t need to be cooked and so is easy to do with kids and very safe. And it also keeps very well so you can store it in your fridge and use it again and again!

Kool Aid Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this kool-aid playdough recipe:

flour – 1 (up to 2 if you feel it is thin) cups
boiling water – 1 cups
corn oil – 3 tbsp
salt – 0.5 cups
Koolaid – 1 package

Directions for this kool-aid playdough recipe:

Mix each ingredient in with the flour
Add boiling water
Mix throughly
Knead the flour and other ingredients until very well mixed
Add more flour if necessary for texture to create a soft dough
Start playing!

This Kool-Aid based recipe for playdough makes a great craft project with kids and keeps very well. If you find it is not thick enough just make sure to add some flour to the playdough recipe to achieve the texture and thickness you would like. The playdough this recipe makes smells great and kids will love it. Plus you can make some Kool-Aid at the same time which is always popular with kids!

Playdough Recipe for Kids

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:21 +0000

If you are looking for the easiest homemade playdough recipe around, this is it. Not only do you not have to cook at all, but the instructions are very simple which makes this a great playdough recipe for kids! For how simple this recipe is it produces great playdough and makes a great recipe to teach kids because it is so simple. You won’t find an easier recipe for playdough anywhere. Just make sure you keep an eye on them and pour the boiling water yourself! It’s easy for the place to turn into a warzone with kids making playdough!

Playdough Recipe for Kids

Ingredients for this easy no cooking playdough recipe:

flour – 1 cups
boiling water – 1 cups
cream of tartar – 1 tbsp
salt – 0.5 cups
cooking oil – 1 tbsp

Directions for this easy no cooking playdough recipe:

Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until consistent
You’re done! Start playing!

It’s hard to beat this playdough recipe for shear simplicity, though it isn’t quite as exciting as the pumpkin pie playdough recipe or the kool-aid playdough recipe. It’s great for teaching to kids and if your kids are a bit older they can probably do it themselves. Just make sure to watch out using that boiling water! Enjoy!

Microwave Playdough Recipe

Playdough Chef — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:12:14 +0000

This microwave playdough recipe is another great easy option to make your own homemade playdough. It is easy to cook and quite safe for kids to make because of the microwave. It can also last for quite a long time if stored properly. The only disadvantages here is that the microwave playdough does not have as nice a texture as a cooked recipe for playdough as you can see in the picture below. I would only make this one if you feel the need to experiment with new playdough recipes. It creates a very gooey playdough that is not really like classic playdough and doesn’t hold its form as well.

Microwave Playdough Recipe

Ingredients for this microwave playdough recipe:

flour- 1 cup
salt – 0.5 cups
cream of tartar – 2 tsp
water – 1 cup
cooking oil – 1 tbsp
food coloring – 1 drop – your choice

Directions for this microwave playdough recipe:

Mix all dry ingredients together in a bowl
Add water, cooking oil, and food coloring
Mix both sets of ingredients together
Microwave for 2 minutes twice, stirring in between
Let it cool
Knead until texture is to taste

This microwave playdough recipe is good for kids as they do not have to use the stove at all. Though it still required supervision because of the microwave this is a great playdough recipe for kids. It is a little bit more complicated than some other recipes and takes about 20 minutes to make. If you store this microwave playdough in an airtight container in the fridge it keep well.