Pumpkin Pie Playdough using REAL canned pumpkin!

 

Pumpkin pie play dough using REAL pumpkin!

 

Ingredients:

 

-        1 cup of canned pumpkin pie filling or pumpkin purée

    1/2 cup of water

    2 tablespoons of oil

    1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

    1 teaspoon of cinnamon

    1 teaspoon of cloves

    1 teaspoon of nutmeg

    1/2 teaspoon of ginger

   if you don't have the cloves, nutmeg and ginger, you could also sub pumpkin pie spice

    orange gel food coloring

    2 1/4 cups of plain flour

    1/2 cup of salt

    2 tablespoons of cream of tartar

 

Directions:

 

Add first set of ingredients to a large pot and heat on the stove, stirring regularly, until just bubbling.  Remove from heat and add in dry ingredients.  Stir until combined and dump mixture out on the counter.  Allow to cool for 5 or 10 minutes.  Knead dough until soft and fully cooled (it may feel sticky in the beginning, but don't add flour – the stickiness will go away once the dough is cool).  Store in an airtight bag or container in the fridge when not in use.

Birthday cupcake play dough

 

birthday cake playdough

 

 1 cup flour

1 cup water

1/4 cup salt

2 tsp. cream of tartar

1 Tbls. vegetable oil

food coloring (I used 4 drops)

a few drops of vanilla extract

glitter

Just dump all the ingredients into your pot and give them a good stir.

Knead when cool.

 

I gave her gems, birthday candles, and cupcake wrappers to make it even more fun!

Coffee dough

 

Coffee dough: 1/2 cup of coffee grounds, 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, 1 cup of very hot coffee, 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 1/8 teaspoon vegetable glycerin, optional: brown food coloring(we're out) optional: 1 tablespoon coffee grounds.
Mix & knead all ing. & have fun!

Soap playdough

Soap dough: 1 cup cornstarch, 1 cup handsoap knead and play like playdough. (We played with it for about an hour. Went back 2 hrs later and it was kind of dry so we added a few drops of water. Idk if this would store well.)



Kool-aid playdough

Kool Aid play dough:

1 Cup of Flour, 1/4 Cup of Salt
1-2 Small Package(s) of Kool Aid (un-sweetened),
1 Cup of Boiling Water,1 1/2 teaspoons. of Oil . Mix the dry ingredients. Add Oil and Boiling Water
Stir well, turn out onto table.

  knead well, then play.