Liven up play time with this DIY sparkle play-doh recipe the kids can help you make!
Ingredients list:
- Flour, 2 cups
- Salt, 1 cup
- Cream of tarter (powder), 1 tablespoon
- Glitter, any color, any size, as much as you like (we used about 1/3 cup of silver glitter)
- Cooking oil, 1 tablespoon
- Water, 2 cups
- Food coloring, any color (about 4 drops made a pastel green color)
- Peppermint extract (optional), 2-3 drops as desired
You’ll also need 1 medium mixing bowl, 1 medium sauce pan or pot, a measuring cup and measuring spoon (1 tablespoon).
1. Measure and mix all of the dry ingredients except the glitter into a mixing bowl; measure the liquids into a medium sized sauce pan.
2. Heat the liquids on very low heat just until warmed.
3. Slowly pour the dry ingredients in as you stir.
4. Turn off the heat once everything becomes a dough and is fairly well combined. Continue to combine the dough in the pan (removed from heat) until most of the powder is incorporated. **You don’t want to heat it too much or it will turn into a dry crumbly mess.**
5. Transfer dough to a cutting board or other work surface. Dough will be warm so let it cool for a couple minutes if necessary — just until it is cool enough to handle. It will look crumbly at first, this is ok.
6. Work the dough until it looks like soft play-doh. Squash, squeeze and knead for a few minutes until it looks good. If you haven’t already, this is another good point to add peppermint extract (or other food flavoring) to give your play-doh a nice scent. All you need is a few drops.
7. Sprinkle some glitter onto the lump of dough and fold it in. Kids love this part! Add more sprinkles as you fold, if desired.
8. Let your sparkly, minty play-doh fully cool before you store in a plastic storage bag or give it to the kids. This should only take a few minutes. Any longer and it may begin to dry out.
