The other day as the kids were playing with Play-doh and I was weeding out the Play-doh that had dried out from the Play-doh that was still good to use, I sighed to myself and wished that I could find a recipe to make playdoh that would yield results like the good, soft, freshly-bought Play-doh from the store.
Then I got my lovely recipe holder from my 5-year old, and the recipe that his pre-K teacher had attached was one for Kool-Aid playdoh. She had very thoughtfully also put a packet of Kool-Aid on the recipe holder as well, so we were set to make some playdoh at home.
A lot of the recipes I have tried before either are really salty and leave your hands dry, or the playdoh ends up dry and flaky – no good. This one was a little different than the ones I had tried, and it was SPOT ON. Wahoo!
Ingredients
1 c. flour
1/4 c. salt
2 T. cream of tartar
1 envelope Kool-Aid
1 c. water
1 T. vegetable oil
Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar, Kool-Aid and water in a medium saucepan. Stir in the oil.
Mix over medium heat for 3-5 minutes until the mixture forms a ball in the center of the pan. This took me the full 5 minutes, and it takes stirring the whole time or it gets selectively clumpy – just a heads up there.
Remove from pan and knead until soft. I was afraid the dough would be hot, but it was just very warm and I could knead pretty much right away.
There you go! Awesomely perfect homemade playdoh. And the Kool-Aid packet makes very vibrant colors. I love preschool teachers – thank you very much!
that looks like a lovely shade of blue/green… and from the picture it really does look like great play-doh. i’ll have to file this one away for a later date.
I’ve used this same recipe, and my kids like that the kool-aid makes the playdoh smell really good too. :D
Yes! It is pretty AND smells nice. :)
That is “Mixed Berry”. And it is awesome. :)