No Cook Playdough Recipe

How to make the BEST easy no cook homemade playdough recipe! DIY playdough recipe with almost boiling water, flour, and a few other basic ingredients. There’s no stirring over a hot stove involved in this homemade no cook playdough recipe- that means kids can help with the whole process!

No Cook Playdough Recipe

When you’re ready to make the best playdough recipe, gather the following ingredients:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• 1-1 1/2 cups of hot, almost boiling water
• 1 tablespoon of oil (vegetable, coconut, and baby oil all work)
• 2 tablespoons of cream of tartar
• food coloring (we use this all natural food dye)

STEP ONE

Start by mixing the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl combine food coloring and warm water- stir well.

STEP TWO

Add the water to the dry mix slowly, stirring well until it becomes a sticky, combined dough. You may not need all the water, start with less and a little at a time.

STEP THREE

Next comes the most important step! Allow playdough to cool enough to handle, then knead it vigorously for a couple of minutes until it becomes a smooth ball and all of the stickiness has gone. Keep kneading until it is right!

Note: If playdough is still a little sticky, knead in additional flour 1 teaspoon at a time until it reaches the right texture.

How to Store No Cook Playdough

Just another reason why this no cook playdough recipe is the BEST playdough recipe.. you can store it in an air tight container for about 6 months (ours lasted a year!).

However, if you live in a very humid climate you might find that it starts to mold after a while- in that case, storing it in the fridge will help extend the life of your no cook playdough!

Try this easy no cook playdough recipe today, it lasts for months!

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Ideas for Using No Cook Playdough Recipe

Playdough is an iconic part of childhood for good reason. It’s fun to squish and squeeze! No cook playdough can be used in about a million ways.

Some of my personal favorite playdough ideas are:

• Allowing kids to play with it during a read aloud session helps keep their attention longer- they can get their wiggles out through their hands! Well, some of their wiggles anyways..
• Having kids make a bunch of little balls for practicing counting skills, sorting colors, plus developing fine motor skills by rolling the dough
• Modeling something that we recently read or learned about such as characters from a book, animals, the planets, etc.

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The Best No Cook Playdough Recipe

Prep Time

10 mins

 

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1-1.5 cups hot, almost boiling water
• 1 tbsp oil coconut oil, baby oil, vegetable oil- they all work
• 2 tbsp cream of tartar
• food coloring

Instructions

1. Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and oil in a large mixing bowl.

2. Add food coloring to the warm water and stir until well combined.

3. Add the hot water to the dry mix slowly, stirring well until it becomes a sticky, combined dough. You may not need all the water, so start with less. Don't pour the full amount in at once.

4. Allow playdough to cool enough to handle, then knead vigorously for a couple of minutes until it becomes a smooth ball and all of the stickiness has gone. This is the most important step, so keep kneading your playdough until it's right!

5. If homemade playdough is still a little sticky then knead in additional flour 1 teaspoon at a time until it reaches desired texture.

6. PLAY!

Recipe Notes

Storing Your No Cook Playdough

Store homemade playdough in an air tight container for about 6 months. However, if you live in a humid climate you might find that it starts to mold after a while - in that case, storing it in the fridge will help extend the life of your no cook playdough!