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Kool Aid Play Dough Recipe

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Ever tried making your own play dough? Save yourself a little bit of money and give this recipe a try! This was our first time making play dough with Kool Aid and let me tell you the smell is SOOO yummy and, much to my surprise, it lasted for a really long time!!!! We first made this when we were learning about the primary and secondary colors, hence our color selections!  🙂

Kool Aid Playdough Recipe 

Ingredients: 
1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbsp cream of tartar 
1 package unsweetened Kool Aid mix
1 cup water 
1Tbsp vegetable oil

Directions:
Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool Aid in a medium pan. Add the water and oil. Stir over medium heat for about 3-5 minutes. Remove the mixture when it forms a ball. Knead it until it’s smooth. Let cool and store in an airtight container OR have fun playing!!! Repeat for each color of play dough you want to make.

Did you know that play dough can be used as a teaching tool as well? For some fun play dough mats to secretly sneak in some learning fun, check out the following links:

Alphabet & spelling word mats from Homeschool Creations

Shape mats from Confessions of a Homeschooler

Face mats from SparkleBox

Number mats from SparkleBox

Snake letter mats from Making Learning Fun

 

For more fun with colors, check out my Colored Rice Tutorial and my FREE Color Wheel Activity!

 
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  1. Mama Jenn

    May 24, 2013 at 12:05 am

    Although the play dough is made from edible ingredients, it is not meant to be eaten. However, it does smell VERY yummy!

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  2. ShanJB

    May 23, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    i agree with the other girl, this is WAY too salty. I would rather eat regular play dough!!!!!! EWW!!! Was this even meant to be eaten?!

    Reply
  3. Mama Jenn

    March 13, 2013 at 2:30 am

    Hmmm, that is a good question! I have not tried that! If you happen to try it, please let me know how it goes!

    Reply
  4. Two Bees Creations

    March 10, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    Can you bake the kids creations with the recipe to save them?

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  5. Tara Gauthier

    January 14, 2012 at 7:27 am

    Found your blog while searching online for this recipe as lost my printed copy. This is the best Play Dough ever, it lasts for so long. Need to make some up for this weekend when husband and I head out on date night so the sitter has something to keep kids busy with! Put it on my Pinterest boards so i don’t lose it. Following you now via GFC, facebook and twitter.

    http://www.twomischievousmonkeys.com/

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  6. Jacki

    July 22, 2011 at 12:44 am

    I love this! I’ve made it several times. One request: could you list the ingredients in the order they’re used? I’m a bit dyslexic and it’s hell going back and forth between the list and the instructions. 😉

    Reply
  7. Anonymous

    November 18, 2010 at 4:34 am

    I just finish making playdough with your recipe, and so far is the best playdoug ever…Thank you for this Idea. We needed to make 10 colors of playdough, we add brown, black and gray using food ingridients like vanilla,black jelly icing, coco powder…This is great….really great

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  8. Joyfulmama

    September 23, 2010 at 10:06 am

    Hi there! We are celebrating Play Dough Day at Joyful Mama’s PLace today, and just wanted to let you know that I linked back here to your very *sweet* recipe!! Would love for you to pop over and come visit! Here’s the link: http://joyfulmamasplace.blogspot.com/2010/09/joyful-mamas-play-dough-day-breakfast.html Thanks for the inspiration!

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  9. Mama Jenn

    July 14, 2010 at 5:48 am

    Kool-Aid is a flavored sugar that is added to water to make a drink. The official website is below:
    http://brands.kraftfoods.com/koolaid/home.aspx

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  10. Anonymous

    June 19, 2010 at 8:29 pm

    for those of us in other countries [i am in australia] what is cool-aid?

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  11. Early Childcare Resources

    June 17, 2010 at 11:53 am

    I have never made Cool-Aid Playdough… After how long does it go bad? Please email me as soon as possible!
    [email protected] and please visit my blog to find other ways to contact!

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  12. K-tribe

    June 2, 2010 at 8:05 pm

    yes we have made the playdough. I really like the green! We have always made purple I don’t know why?
    I shall try new colors and broaden our horizons. heheee 🙂

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  13. Michelle

    June 2, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    I haven’t tried kool aid yet, we always used food coloring and that can stain your hands (and the table!) if it isn’t mixed right. I’ll have to give this one a shot, looks good!

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  14. Mama Jenn

    June 2, 2010 at 6:23 am

    Hi Rebekah,

    We didn’t have any issues with stained hands! I did have to watch my little ones b/c they were trying to eat it. 🙂

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    • Guest

      July 12, 2013 at 3:26 am

      it looks to be edible. almost like cookie dough

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  15. Rebekah

    June 2, 2010 at 5:01 am

    Did the Kool-Aid stain your hands?

    Reply
  16. Angela

    June 2, 2010 at 4:41 am

    Oh, wow! I never knew that you could make playdoh with koolaid mix! I will definitely be trying this!

    Reply

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