Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Kool-aid playdough

I decided to make playdough for Edin since we had to stay inside so much. I remembered my aunt Amy making kool-aid playdough for kids and thought I'd give it a whirl. I found this recipe online.

Kool-Aid® Play Dough

* 1 cup flour
* 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
* 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid
* 1/4 cup salt
* 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
* 1 cup water

Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool-Aid® in a medium pot. Add water and oil. Stir over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes. When mixture forms a ball in pot, remove. Knead until smooth. Put in a plastic bag and refrigerate.

They say red and green flavors work the best. I thought about adding food coloring to the other colors to intensify them. And I love this playdough because it smells so good. Edin hasn't figured out that he could eat it. This recipe doesn't have a lot of salt in it so I bet it doesn't taste too yucky.

I'm going to make playdough for play group in the next couple of weeks. The kids will get to pick the "flavor" the want. Yay! Here's some pictures of our first adventures with playdough.

The first roll


This is Lizzie peaking around the dishwasher to get a glimpse of the action.


My creation


Edin liked cutting out a shape and then putting the dough back in place.

3 comments:

Julie said...

I used to make play dough for the kids. It was so fun. You are bringing back memories. We always had play dough, bubbles and sidewalk chalk on hand. Those were fun days.

bevans said...

I want some! Can you eat it too? Cute kids by the way.

Lydja said...

I had a neighbor try eating a little and said it was still sick so I wouldn't recommend it.