We've been indoors for days. Summer has been cruelly ripped away since the start of the month, and replaced by gloom and rain. Today it was time to do something different and unexpected to ward off cabin fever. So we made playdough. It's easy, fun, quick and inexpensive.
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| Here are the ingredients you'll need. Super easy! |
Kool-Aid Playdough
1 c. flour
1/2 c. salt
3 tbsp. oil
1 sm. pkg. Kool-Aid (any color)
Combine flour, salt, oil and Kool-Aid. (It will be lumpy) Add 1 cup boiling water. Stir together. Knead mixture (careful, it’s hot!) until it forms a soft dough. This play dough will keep indefinitely if kept sealed when not in use.
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| K helping to mix the dry ingredients together. |
K picked lemonade Kool-Aid for our playdough. It didn't give the dough enough color, so I added three or four drops of yellow food coloring before I kneaded the dough. I've made this recipe before with grape Kool-Aid and it turned out just fine, and smelled so yummy. The dough is completely edible, but doesn't taste good.
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| The finished product was an instant success! |
We had so much fun with this activity. An hour flew by as we cut out shapes, made worms, formed letters, and spelled his favorite words all with our new playdough. After nap, he begged to get the playdough back out.
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| Mommy & K having a blast. I love moments like these. |
No, we haven't baked any play dough creations. But, I have made some clay ornaments recently that we baked. I'll chat more about that in December. :)
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