I can’t tell you how many little tubs of Play-doh I have bought at the store! AND, they usually only last for one sessions of playing. It ends up in little pieces all over the floor, dried up, eaten, and/or squished all together with other colors (and then none of the kids like them anymore.) So, I thought it more economical to find a fun recipe and start making my own, from now on. A  Kool-Aid play dough recipe caught my eye.

You will need: flour, salt, 2 packs of Kool-Aid, Cream of Tartar, boiling water, oil, and at least one child.

Mix together all the dry ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cup salt, 2 packages Kool-Aid, and 1 tsp. cream of tartar.

Then pour in the 2 cups boiling water and 3 TBS. oil. Knead all together.  It looks kinda nasty, dry, and crumbly at first, but it quickly works together.

Each recipe makes one hefty-mama dough ball, in one color.  I made two at a time…two bowls of dry ingredients, two pots of boiling water.  Dump, dump, knead, knead…done.  It literally took 5 minutes.  And, let me just say…this Kool-Aid stuff smells waaaaaay better than regular play-doh.  That matters.
Kool-Aid Play Dough
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Kool-aid Playdough

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup salt
  • 1 tsp. cream of tartar
  • 2 pkg. Kool-Aid
  • 2 cups boiling water
  • 3 TBS. oil

Instructions

  1. Mix together flour, salt, cream of tartar, and Kool-Aid in a bowl.
  2. Pour in the boiling water and oil.
  3. Mix and then knead until done.

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