Homemade Playdough
09-22-2009, 04:01 PM
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Homemade Playdough
You will need:
2 1/2 cups flour
2 pkgs of Koolaid
1/3 cup salt
3 T oil
2 Cups boiling water - I use really hot from the faucet
Mix all the dry ingredients in a med to large sauce pan
Add the oil and mix in.
Pour the hot water over the mixture
Turn the heat on medium heat.
Stir constantly. As it heats through and starts to combine it will begin to form into a ball so when you are done it will be a ball that you are rolling around the sides of the pan.
Take it out carefully it will be hot.
I cool it alittle by kneading it like bread dough and when I think it is cool enough I set the kids at the table and divide the dough among them. It is still really warm at this stage and the sensation is terrific! It also should have a scent to it depending on what flavor koolaid you used.
The kids love it because it smells good and is warm and pliable.
It will keep in the fridge in a zip lock bag or you can let them make statues etc and let them sit out in the air and dry. This may take several days to be good and dry all the way through.
The only statue I know how to make is a duck!! I guess I should make one for Ducky next time I make playdough with the kids!!!
You will need:
2 1/2 cups flour
2 pkgs of Koolaid
1/3 cup salt
3 T oil
2 Cups boiling water - I use really hot from the faucet
Mix all the dry ingredients in a med to large sauce pan
Add the oil and mix in.
Pour the hot water over the mixture
Turn the heat on medium heat.
Stir constantly. As it heats through and starts to combine it will begin to form into a ball so when you are done it will be a ball that you are rolling around the sides of the pan.
Take it out carefully it will be hot.
I cool it alittle by kneading it like bread dough and when I think it is cool enough I set the kids at the table and divide the dough among them. It is still really warm at this stage and the sensation is terrific! It also should have a scent to it depending on what flavor koolaid you used.
The kids love it because it smells good and is warm and pliable.
It will keep in the fridge in a zip lock bag or you can let them make statues etc and let them sit out in the air and dry. This may take several days to be good and dry all the way through.
The only statue I know how to make is a duck!! I guess I should make one for Ducky next time I make playdough with the kids!!!
09-23-2009, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Loretta
My recipe calls for corn starch too- makes it smoother.
They made what they called Glarch It was half glue and half corn starch. It is a gloppy mixture that the kids loved to play in.
I think it would be too much mess with my Zachary. He likes to throw things into the air. Couldn't you just see that going up in the air and coming down??? LOL :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
09-30-2009, 06:19 AM
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Koolaid is a flavored drink mix and when you add it to the playdough it adds a scent and a color to the playdough. You can get cherry flavored which will turn it pink or grape flavored which is of course purple in color and grape scented. There is strawberry and lemon lime which is a pretty green color. There is a blue one I can't remember the flavor name. Mixed berry I think maybe. It is fun to make more than one color.
05-03-2010, 01:59 PM
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We used to make this all the time when we were little but I never thought of KoolAid to color AND scent...we always just used food coloring and made them extra bright Willy Wonka colors! LoL,I love the idea though, thanks for sharing!
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