Store bought food colouring isn’t necessarily healthy for your children to eat – it’s generally what we avoid when we’re choosing foods for our children – so why not avoid it when we’re making them playthings. There are lots of ways to colour your playdough without resorting to commercial coloring. Here are some hints: Brown: [...]
No Cream Of Tartar Playdough Recipe
February 13 By 51 Comments
Most playdough recipes call for the ingredient cream of tartar and most people’s reaction is what is that? Cream of tartar is an acidic ingredient commonly used in desserts, beaten egg whites to give more volume, candy etc. While it isn’t a common baking ingredient (depending on your baking habits) it is used in many things you [...]
No Salt Playdough Recipe
February 1 By 16 Comments
If you have a playdough eater, and are concerned about the high sodium content – here’s a salt free playdough recipe for you. Ingredients: 2 Cups of Flour 3 tablespoons of Olive Oil (This is lovely on your skin while you play!) 1/2 cup of water Food Colouring, Glitter, Sand, anything you want to [...]
Gluten Free Playdough Recipe
January 7 By 8 Comments
For people with gluten allergies or Celiac disease it can be difficult to find recipes since things like wheat are not allowed. Even the playdough bought in stores contains gluten. Studies have shown that up to 0.6% of children have gluten allergies. So we modified our popular easy peasy no cook playdough recipe to create [...]
Edible Chocolate Playdough Recipe
September 15 By 12 Comments
Well while I only recommend this as a VERY occasional occurance, here is the edible chocolate playdough recipe. To make it a little healthier I am using the healthest ingredients possible considering the recipe. Ingredients 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder (personally I prefer Blooker Cocoa) 2 cups of organic raw powdered sugar (otherwise just powdered sugar is [...]
Aromatherapy Dough Playdough Recipe
September 14 By 4 Comments
Aromatherapy playdough should be in every parent’s rainy day toolkit. Tailor your aromatherapy dough to suit your child’s moods, or simply your taste. Begin with a batch of our Easy Peasy No Cook Playdough Recipe or our Cooked Playdough Recipe Select your colouring to suit the scent of the dough: Creative Play/Cheerful add one drop each [...]
Peanut Playdough Recipe (Edible)
September 7 By 2 Comments
Before making this recipe, peanuts are a known allergy trigger. Please ensure your children and others who are playing/eating it are not allergic to peanuts. After you have tried this recipe why not have a look at our playdough recipes page. Also another great thing about this recipe is you don’t have to cook it and [...]
Edible Playdough Recipe
August 27 By Leave a Comment
All of the playdough recipes I’ve posted on our site are edible. None of them will taste particularly good because of the high salt content. Generally edible playdough recipes entail peanut butter, or hazelnut spread – both of which are allergy triggers. So I’ve put together this list of things that would make really fun, [...]
Jelly Coloured Playdough Recipe
July 25 By Leave a Comment
This playdough recipe is coloured and scented using Jell-O crystals. It keeps beautifully in a sealed container. It is edible, but it won’t taste any good because of the salt. After you have tried this recipe why not have a look at our playdough recipes page. You will need: 2 Cups of plain flour 1 [...]
Koolaid Playdough Recipe
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