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Posted: June 09 2009 at 11:05am | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
Do you make playdough for your preschoolers? I really need to start - I am so unhappy with all the dough/clay I have tried. Beeswax seems too hard for the really little ones.

Any good ideas? Especially for my one year old who loves working with playdough but ends up eating it

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Posted: June 09 2009 at 4:45pm | IP Logged Quote CatholicMommy
I make some - I just pull up recipes online when I want to make it. I like the cooked ones better than the non-cooked - and it has to have both oil and cream of tartar to be really smooth like store-bought play-dough. Or I'll just do a flour/salt/water mixture (about 2 parts flour to one part salt - then I add more flour until I like it).

There are peanut butter playdoughs too, but you probably don't want to encourage the concept of eating the playdough!

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Posted: June 09 2009 at 4:53pm | IP Logged Quote missionfamily
I use this recipe...the kool-aid makes nice saturated colors and the dough smells heavenly....and even though it's no cook, I like it just as well as the cooked versions.

Kool-Aid Play Dough

I just made purple, orange, and blue today for a play date with my nephews and the kids played for well over an hour.

Used frosting containers make the perfect sized storage containers for this recipe.

I buy small wooden rolling pins from Oriental Trading and have that set of a hundred cookie cutters that is for play dough use only...it carries big entertainment value around here.

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Posted: June 09 2009 at 5:33pm | IP Logged Quote Matilda
I have used this recipe and it turned out great every time. We used food coloring to color and essential oils to scent it.


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Posted: June 09 2009 at 5:39pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
I was going to suggest Kool-Aid playdough - but since Colleen already did, I'll just second that. We love it.

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Posted: June 09 2009 at 6:30pm | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
missionfamily wrote:
I use this recipe...the kool-aid makes nice saturated colors and the dough smells heavenly....and even though it's no cook, I like it just as well as the cooked versions.

Kool-Aid Play Dough

I just made purple, orange, and blue today for a play date with my nephews and the kids played for well over an hour.

Used frosting containers make the perfect sized storage containers for this recipe.

I buy small wooden rolling pins from Oriental Trading and have that set of a hundred cookie cutters that is for play dough use only...it carries big entertainment value around here.


This is perfect - no cooking makes it even easier for me right now. Thank you

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Posted: June 09 2009 at 6:43pm | IP Logged Quote Marcia
beeswax can be frustrating for little ones. Maybe eight years old and up is better?
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Posted: June 09 2009 at 9:46pm | IP Logged Quote dawn2006
I have a cooked recipe that I love. recently we colored it purple and added lavendar essential oil. so fun. i may have to try that koolaid recipe. looks interesting!

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Posted: June 10 2009 at 6:38am | IP Logged Quote Bridget
Have you seen the playdoh creation ideas here?

My kids have been having a blast with them.

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