Kool-Aid Scented Play Dough

"When I lived in Alberta, Canada, there was a lady who sold this play-dough at the local farmer's market. It smelled soooo good, that I decided to try making it myself."
 
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Ready In:
5mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
1 batch
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ingredients

  • 1 cup cold water
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil (I use Crisco oil)
  • 2 (1/4 ounce) packages the same flavor kool-aid unsweetened flavored drink mix
  • 1 cup flour
  • 14 cup salt
  • 5 teaspoons cream of tartar
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directions

  • In a pot, combine water, oil, Kool-Aid, and salt.
  • Heat and stir until salt dissolves.
  • Add Flour and cream of tartar all at once to above.
  • Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until well mixed and dough forms a ball, (this should only take a couple minutes).
  • Remove from heat once the dough forms into a ball.
  • Cool on a clean baking sheet, kneading the dough as soon as it is cool enough to handle.
  • Cool completely, and let your kids play away!
  • (On occasion, I've mixed in a matching essential oil to enhance the fruity scent if I only have one package of a Kool-aid flavour on hand.) Store this Play Dough in a resealable plastic baggy or plastic container.
  • It should last for a couple months, depending on how often your children play with it.

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Reviews

  1. For sure my favorite Kool Aid Play Dough recipe. I love that it makes up quick, doesn't make a mess, and my kids looooooove playing with the end results. Plus, it costs next to nothing, and I get time to play with my kiddos. Thanks so much for posting this recipe!
     
  2. great play dough!
     
  3. This is the best playdough recipe ever!!! It's nice and soft. I cheated though and used off-brand kool-aid. I will definitely use kool-aid brand next time.(didn't smell as good) also, I didn't cook it like it said. I just boiled the water and stirred it into the dry ingredients. Oh, and the first batch I made was a tad sticky, so on the next batch, I added an extra tsp. of oil. It was perfect!!5 tsp. of cream of tarter seemed like a lot, compared to some other playdough recipes, so I only did 1 tsp. Thanks for a great recipe!!
     
  4. I love the way this play dough turned out! I haven't found a better recipe out there! It doesn't dry out your hands while playing with it and it is nice and smooth. For some reason the first time I made it the dough remained sticky even though I added quite a bit more flour (I didn't add COLD water, just tap water...I don't know if that was the problem?) Anyway, the second time I made it I followed the directions EXACTLY and it came out perfect. This is a keeper! Thank you!
     
  5. Easy to make. Smells good. My 3 year old loves it. Thanks for sharing.
     
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As a recent Immigrant to the U.S. of A., I'm passing my time baking and doing crafts, I came here from Alberta, Canada in August of 2002. When I lived in Alberta, I spent my afternoons/evenings working the later shift in an Oat and Barley Flour mill owned and operated by ConAgra Foods. My interest in baking peaked while I worked at this mill. Many oatmeal and/or barley inclusive recipes have worked their way into my collection over time. And Quaker oats, are NOTHING compared to ConAgra Oats. Keep an eye out for my baked good recipes, coming soon, and as often as I make them. I come from a german-canadian background, with a little polish, irish, ukranian thrown in... I also took an interest in trying ethnic dishes, so a few of those recipes are lying around too. In my spare time I do crafts as well, basically including balloon-twisting, face-painting, tatted lace making, parchment card making, sewing, and scrapbooking. My hubby builds computers, so due to our abundance of the machines, I also spend time surfing the net, and playing computer games. Anything else you want to know? Ask :)
 
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