It has been a little gloomy here on the Gold Coast the past few weeks – raining and too wet to play outside most weekends. So the kids and I made some playdough, which resulted in hours of fun and creativity.
I’m going to make up some more and give to my niece for as a Christmas gift. I have included 2 home made playdough recipes below, a regular recipe and one for the Thermomix. 1 batch will fit perfectly into one container.
I store our playdough in these round containers, 3 for $2 at Kmart. They are a screw top lid so will keep the playdough nice and soft while not in use.  Playdough labels available here, 12 coloured labels. Print on A4 paper cut labels then using double-sided tape stick to container.
Home-made Playdough
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
Ingredients
- 2 cups Plain Flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 cups water
- 1 tlb oil
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- food colouring
Instructions
- Place water in medium saucepan
- Add food colouring to desired colour, mix
- Add flour, salt, oil and cream of tarter to the water mix
- Stir constantly over medium heat until it turns into play dough
- Allow to cool
 Thermomix Playdough
PrintThermomix Playdough
- Prep Time: 7 mins
- Cook Time: 7 mins
- Total Time: 14 mins
Ingredients
- 100g rock salt
- 250g water
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- 250g plain flour
- 15g olive oil
- 1 teaspoon food colouring
Instructions
- Add rock salt to bowl mix for 10 sec / speed 9 scrape down side of bowl
- Add in water and cream of tartar mix 5 min / temp 60 / speed 3
- Add flour, oil and desired colouring (leave colouring till last if you want to divide mixture and make several colours) 40 sec / speed 4
- Then knead 1 min / close lid/ knead
- Remove from bowl and have fun!!
Playdough labels, 12 coloured labels
Make your own playdough at home. Â Print on A4 paper, cut labels then using double sided tape stick to container. Â Playdough labels are available here.
