DIY Kool-Aid Play Dough

Intro: DIY Kool-Aid Play Dough

Sometime you just need something fun for grandkids, (or children) to play with.  Don’t get me wrong, I have lots of toys in the grandkids room, but sometimes you just have to pull out the BIG GUNS.   Whenever I pull out play dough, I have very happy kids for a very long time (usually close to 2 hours).  When the play dough smells fruity it’s even better.  This is a basic recipe I have used a lot.  Adding a package of unflavored Kool-Aid has made it even better.  So, here how to make a batch of fruit fragranced play dough.

STEP 1:

Ingredients:
1cup (144 g) flour
1 cup (230g) water
2 tsp. (5 g) Cream of Tartar
1/3 cup (104g) salt
1 Tbs. (10g) vegetable oil
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid (any color you want, I use what I had)
Nonstick cooking spray (not shown)

Supplies:
Sauce pan
Rubber spatula

STEP 2:

I n the sauce pan put the flour,

STEP 3:

salt,

STEP 4:

Cream of Tartar,

STEP 5:

vegetable oil,

STEP 6:

Kool-Aid

STEP 7:

and water.

STEP 8:

Stir.

STEP 9:

Spay an area of the counter top with nonstick cooking spray.

STEP 10:

Turn the stove on to medium heat and cook the mixture, stirring constantly

STEP 11:

until it becomes a solid ball. 

STEP 12:

Dump the dough onto the sprayed counter top and after greasing your hands (so that the hot dough won’t stick to your hands)

STEP 13:

knead the dough until it becomes a smooth ball and had lost most of its heat.  Done.  Store it in an air tight container. 

STEP 14:

This recipe makes 1 ¾ cup or (492g) of dough. 

STEP 15:

If you are providing more than one child with play dough, you may want to make more than one batch.  I figure that it only costs about $.75 a batch (depending on how much you spend of the Cream of Tartar), and 1 batch = 2-3 cans of the stuff you can buy at the store.  Not bad.  Enjoy

Comments

[dozadell]

I would like to make these for my sons upcoming messy birthday party. How long will they stay soft inside the containers? And is the recipe for 1 container, or several?

[craftknowitall]

They have lasted for a month or a little longer. One batch, one container. Thanks for commenting.

[mkdieb]

F antastic! You are a life saver.

[zamrin]

Woah edible play dough:D wait is it edible?

[craftknowitall]

Yes, you can eat it, but it won't taste very good. There is nothing in it that is not eatable. Thanks for looking and asking.





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[cupcake lover]

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[cupcake lover]

Cool can u make it with jelo packs

[craftknowitall]

That is just plain all purpose flour. Cake flour has less gluten, and self-rising flour as baking soda (or it is baking powder) it it so that when liquids are added it would rise. I don't think that one would work. I have been making play dough for YEARS (for my own children who are the parents of my grandchildren. I have always used plain old all purpose flour and it has always turned out well, so I see no need to experiment with other flours. Why don't you try it and post an Instructable telling us the results. I would be very interested. Thanks for looking and asking.

[bfunk00]

Did you try different types of flour to see if one works better? (all purpose, self rising, cake, etc.)

[lime3D]

The Kool-Aid is to give it both color and scent. You can go with plain food coloring if you don't want the scent.

[SlickSqueegie]

This is a cool Idea. Does the dye from the kool-aid stain their hands?

[lime3D]

No

[cupcake0]

yolo

[x2th3max]

Can u eat it

[craftknowitall]

Yes, you can eat it, but it won't taste very good. There is nothing in it that is not eatable. Thanks for looking and asking.

[The_HandyMan]

I'm making a stop motion movie, could I use food coloring, and is it sticky?

[craftknowitall]

Withour the Kool-aid, you can use any food coloring you want. Wilton paste dyes are vivid and come in a variety of colors.

[craftknowitall]

No. it's not sticky, It does dry out and crack when dry. Thanks for looking and asking.

[ScubaJes]

What purpose does the cream of tartar serve? Just wondering as its pretty pricey here. Like 7 bucks for a tiny box.

[craftknowitall]

as a presevativbe, can be left out with ot much problem. The stuff we are using right now is over 4 months old and still doing good. Thanks for looking and asking.