Make the softest play dough for your little ones to be memorized by. It smells good, looks colorful and the touch is squishy soft without being too soft that it falls apart. See the Original Play Dough recipe here and an updated version here.
Homemade Kool-Aid Playdough
Ingredients
Dry:
- 1 Cup Flour
- 1/2 Cup Salt
- 1 tbsp Cream of Tartar or Corn Starch
Liquid:
- 1 tbsp Canola Oil
- 1/2 Cup Warm Water
For color and scent:
- Jell-O Pack (1 -2 TBSP of favorite)
- 1 pk Kool-Aid mix
- Food Coloring
What to do
- Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. If using Jell-O or Kool-Aid add it in. Set aside.
- Mix water and drops of preferred food coloring. Important: The food coloring must be added to the water first before adding the oil. If you add the food coloring after adding the oil the color will turn out in tiny balls and won’t mix well.
- Mix in the oil. Oil bubbles will remain on the top because oil and water don’t mix well. But stir it in anyway. Important: Don’t just pour the oil by itself in the dry ingredients. It’s not enough to make the full batch full wet. It will just make little clumps. So add it to the water instead.
- Pour liquid mixture over dry and stir until all the dry mixture looks wet. Using your hands, gather the dough together in one. If it seems too dry add a little bit more water (1 teaspoon at a time until it reaches to a soft playdough consistency). If it seems way too sticky add some more flour (begin with a Tablespoon at a time).
- Sprinkle additional flour unto the counter or cutting board and knead the dough until it forms and feel right to the desired playdough consistency.
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness (Proverbs 31:27).
