Playdough Alternatives?

[CraftyMom]

This is the recipe I use. It's good for weeks probably longer but I like to make fresh stuff.
Kool-Aid Playdough
Ingredients:
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 pkg unsweetened Kool-aid (just the
dry koolaid, don't mix it into juice)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Directions:
1. In a bowl, mix flour, salt and
kool-aid.
2. Stir in water and oil
3. Knead with hands for about 5 minutes.
4. Store in ziploc bag for up to 2
4. months.
5. Use like playdough.
6. Smells wonderful and takes on the color
of the koolaid.

I've seen this recipe, but does the kool aid stain their hands? Do the kids try to eat it because it smells so good? I guess that would be ok since it is food ::

[Sunshine74]

I've seen this recipe, but does the kool aid stain their hands? Do the kids try to eat it because it smells so good? I guess that would be ok since it is food ::

I have made play-doh with kool-aid before, I don't know if it was this recipe, but I can answer your questions. I didn't find that the kool-aid stained their hands. Mine when I made is yes, but that's because I am usually a mess. But once it was mixed with the other ingredients, it was fine.

I didn't notice any of the kids try to eat it any differently than anything else. I was with the younger toddlers (18m-2) when I made it, so one would occasionally try and put it in their mouth, but that is just the age.

I liked it because it smelled so good, and I do not like the smell of regular play dough.

[Unregistered]

I tell ya, I just had a lady bring in some homemade playdoh that was seven years old just so I could see it! The oil smelled rancid ( nobody had used it in years) but it was nice and soft! My homemade play dough lasts at least a year, even though I like to make new before that. It took me years to figure out the best way to make homemade.

It's soft and perfect! Not crumbly or sticky.

I've found the cooked recipe is the best and make sure to use the cream of tartar! It is a MUST! Do not over cook either. Cook only till it starts to firm up.

1 C flour
1 C warm water
1/2 C salt
2 Tablespoons cream of tartar
1 Tablespoon oil
2 pkgs unsweetened kool aid. Strawberry or orange smell really great. Lime too

This will be really soupy at first. Heat on medium/low and stir till it just holds together. Take off heat. Take out of pan after a minute or two so it doesn't keep cooking.

Store in a Ziplock bag. Again, this is a perfect, soft consistency and keeps forevah!
Good luck!

[butterfly]

A YEAR? Would you share that recipe with us, please?

I couldn't find the last recipe that I used (that lasted a year). I know that I had to cook it and I used Kool aide. I was bummed to not be able to find the exact recipe that we had used last. This time we used the standard recipe with cream of tarter. We'll see how long this one lasts... I'm not sure if keeping it in the fridge helped prolong it's life or not.

[CraftyMom]

Update to my "do they try to eat it" question

Today we made 4 batches of kool aid playdoh, in 4 different colors. I had asked if the dcks try to eat it since it smells yummy. Well THEY did not. My 13 year old daughter however is a different story :: She came home from school and saw it and started playing with it, then said "can I eat it?" as she pops some into her mouth. The look on her face when she realized it has a ton of salt in it! ::::::