Best Homemade Playdough Recipe

I’m sure you have made playdough with your mom or grandma. It was a staple at our house. That’s why we are sharing the Best Homemade Playdough Recipe with you.

Orange, pink, and purple playdough balls on a countertop with fingers pressed into them.

I remember begging my mom to make playdough for us almost everyday, especially in the summertime. I remember the way the warm, almost hot at times, dough felt on my fingers. It was so fun to press into it and start to create.

Once I became a mom I decided that I needed to make playdough for my kids more often. I tried all those other recipes and have settled on this one being the Best Homemade Playdough Recipe.

I’m happy to share it with you.

Here’s what you’ll need for the Best Homemade Playdough Recipe.

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  • flour
  •  salt
  • water
  • oil
  • cream of tartar
  • a few drops of food coloring
  • and a sauce pan
  • Printable recipe is below for easy use.

Flour, salt and cream of tartar in white bowls on a white marble counter top.

Water that has had purple food coloring added to make it purple in a white bowl next to orange, pink, purple, and teal food coloring. Also, oil is in a white bowl next to those.

Step 1:

Gather all your ingredients and place them in a pan.

Playdough ingredients in a pan on a stovetop, not mixed together completely

Step 2:

Place the pan over medium heat and stir until dough is completely formed and no longer sticky.

Wooden spoon mixing purple playdough ingredients in a pot.

Wooden spoon mixing purple playdough together as playdough is almost fully formed.

It won’t take too long, but keep stiring so it doesn’t burn.

Orange, purple, and pink playdough balls on a white marble countertop.

Step 3:

Allow to dough to cool some before you dump it out for little hands to grab.

Orange playdough ball next to a purple playdough flower, and pink playdough flatended out with a heart shapped coookie cutter on top.

Step 4:

Pull out those cookie cutters and rolling pins and let those little hands play.

You’re family is going to love this and agree that is it the Best Homemade Playdough Recipe.

Best Homemade Playdough Recipe
 
The Best Playdough Recipe we have found!
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Ingredients
  • 2 C. flour
  • ½ C. salt
  • 2 C. water
  • 2 Tbsp oil
  • ¼ C cream of tartar
  • a few drops of food coloring
Instructions
  1. Place all ingredients into a sauce pan.
  2. Place the pan over medium heat and stir until dough is completely formed and no longer sticky.
  3. Let dough cool before giving to little hands.

 

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