Recipe: Kool-Aid Playdough
I love using my freebies and awesome deals to make fun low cost activities for the kids. This is a super fun thing that the kids can even help make! It is really easy and you can finish the whole process and be ready to play in about 7 minutes (okay 10 if you have the kids helping). Someone asked if you can make this with Country Time Lemonade and I can say, the last time I tried it, it did not produce as good of results as the Kool-Aide. Plus the KoolAide scent lasted a lot longer.
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup salt
- 1 packet Kool-Aid
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1 tbsp oil
Instructions
- Mix the flour, the salt, and the Kool-Aid together.
- Boil the water.
- Add the oil to the water.
- Pour some of the water into the dry ingredients and mix with a spoon. Keep adding water and work the dough until the color is uniform and feels like playdough.
- Be sure to keep stored in a resealable container in the refrigerator – it will last a very long time if you do, and can be used over and over again.
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we have been doing this for quite some time and use it a lot as a relaxing, sensorial activity to go to after school work is done for the day! We usually use half a cup of salt – not sure if that makes a big difference or not, though! We do use 1 tbsp of cream of tartar, I believe, but between you and I – I have used less before when I was at the bottom of a bottle.
We make this for our preschool class and if you keep it in the fridge it lasts for months.
I made this for my 2 year old grandson who had never played with play dough before. He had a great time. Kept his attention for about 30 minutes! Thank you