Making Homemade Play-Doh

Today is day 12 of the Cornerstone Content Blog Challenge and I must say I’ve been grasping at straws on some of the topics. But I’ve always been one to dance to my own music and make the topics work no matter how off the wall they may seem. Today is one of those days, it’s content that gives the tools needed to change. Well the main tool needed is baby cereal to make homemade play-doh instead of purchasing ready made. So making homemade play-doh is the tool needed to change from store bought play-doh and save money along the way!

The first thing Lia did was put her craft shirt on and then we gathered the supplies for our play-doh project. Lia hasn’t eaten baby cereal in over a year but we’ve been hanging on to a few containers for this reason! Lia and I got the baby cereal, coconut oil, cream of tartar, water and food coloring ready.

This is so easy to make, the recipe called to put the baby cereal in a food processor to turn into powder but we used it as is. We poured the cereal in a mixing bowl and added 2 tablespoons of Cream of Tartar. (We omitted the salt) Next add 2 tablespoons of oil then pour in the boiling water. The dough will be hot so you need to make sure the little ones don’t put there hands on it yet.

After mixing all the ingredients together to form the dough, I divided it into three sections. Lia picked pink, purple and teal food coloring (it’s no wonder those are her favorite colors!) for coloring the dough. After she squeezed a few drops in the containers she mixed them up all by herself.

Lia had so much fun rolling the dough and making shapes. She even checked with pop to see what he thought of her creations.

Check out the video with the flower Lia made and look at her dinosaur! I thought that turned out cute!

By the time we were finished, all the playdoh went in one container. Look how cool it looks all blended together! If it’s in an airtight container or ziplock bag it can be reused for about a week. As I mentioned at the beginning, the recipe called for putting the dry cereal in a food processor first but I like the texture of it they way we made it without doing this step.

This is such an easy recipe and a fun project for children of all ages. It is edible and safe if they get any in their month but it’s very salty so chances are your child will spit it out. Lia didn’t even attempt to put it in her mouth and she carefully picked up all the dough when we were done playing! If you want to see this and other recipes you can visit hustlemomrepeat.com where I found this recipe. So while I may have grasped at straws to come up with the content that gives the tools needed to change Lia and I sure did have fun!