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This Awesome DIY Playdough Recipe takes only a few minutes, 5 ingredients (minimum) to make, and lasts for months. (makes about 1 lb. 11.6 ounces)
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes
This Awesome DIY Playdough Recipe makes for hours and hours of play entertainment for your little one.
I love that it's homemade, so you know everything that is in it, just in case, you know...it gets ingested.
With only 5 ingredients (at minimum), this a great sensory activity to do with your child over vacation for whenever you have free time.
It's resourceful because it uses ingredients that you probably already in your pantry have and saves you time and money from buying Playdough from the store!
We do love Playdough in our house and have bought a lot of it but it is so much fun making it at home together.
This Awesome DIY Playdough Recipe comes really close to feeling just like store-bought Playdough and you have full control to adjust the consistency with the amount of water and color (optional) you use.
In these pictures, we used just a few drops of gel food coloring to make pastel colors yellow and peach playdough.
Tip: For optimal storage, store in Ziplock bags with the air squeezed out in the refrigerator.
This Awesome DIY Playdough Recipe is inspired by a recipe that I made when I was a child and "The Best Ever, No-Cook Play Dough Recipe," from TheImaginationTree.com
Have you made your own homemade Playdough before?
Let me know in the comments below!
This Awesome DIY Playdough Recipe takes only a few minutes, 5 ingredients (minimum) to make and lasts for months. (makes about 1 lb. 11.6 ounces)
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Lauren Merriman says
Can I ask what the cream of tartar is used for?
Sara Maniez says
Hello Lauren, the cream of tartar gives a super, soft texture to the playdough. Scientifically, cream of tartar is an acid, which means it stabilizes recipes (like meringue) and makes playdough last longer. Hope that helps!