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A quick, easy and non toxic recipe for play dough!


Material

  • 1 cup plain flour
  • 3/4 cup salt
  • 3 drops your choice of food colouring
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
  • 1 cup cold water

Method

  1. In a bowl, combine the flour and salt.
    In another bowl, combine water, oil and food colouring.
  2. Pour all the liquids in with the flour and salt (including food colouring) and mix together (with a utensil…unless you want food dye all over your hands…)
  3. Kneed the dough with your hands until smooth. Ensure that when your child (or yourself) have finished playing that you keep it in an air tight bag somewhere cool. I use the pantry in a zip lock bag and it lasts 4-5 weeks.

Notes

This is my favourite recipe for play dough, not to mention it is ridiculously cheap to make and my two and a half year old daughter loves helping me with it. It's a great, quick recipe with hours of fun on the finished side of it! (Go do your washing - quick, they're occupied!)



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Alexandra // 24 // L&L ❤️

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  • I found that instead of food colouring you can use non toxic paint powder which gives you so many awesome colour options.

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  • This would go right in my sons mouth haha

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  • There is something really satisfying about making play dough and creating with it :)

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  • Perfect way to occupy kids at the moment

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  • This is grate to do this lock down time.

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  • Wish I’d had this recipe when my boys were little. Would have saved a lot of tantrums when we ran out

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  • Another great lockdown activity for kids (and parents trying to find something to do)!

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  • Love that this is a simple recipe for play dough

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  • I prefer non cook play dough

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  • Haha so much washing got done! Have you ever added cream of tartar or is that more fore cooked recipes?

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  • Wow, all these years I’ve been making my own play doh and I’ve never come across a no cook one. This will be my new go to, no cooking is a thumbs up

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  • I love a good safe and easy play dough recipe. :)

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  • That is a great lasting time for play dough


    • Great set of ingredients, great for little kids

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  • Looks beautiful. Creative

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  • Love it. Not too much and instead of oil I will use shampoo to give it a nice smell.

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