Comments on: Homemade Playdough

By: DIY – Make Your Own Playdough | The Mom's Cheat Sheet

DIY – Make Your Own Playdough | The Mom's Cheat Sheet — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:19:39 +0000

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By: Carly

Carly — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:16:08 +0000

Playdough is the best… and it is even better when you can go right over to Candice's (the best playdough maker in the world) house and pick some up!!!!!

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:59:36 +0000

I took a child psychology class in college and part of the requirement was to volunteer in the local nursery school for 2 hours a week. Play dough is a great stress reliever, I'd go in all ticked offf about something and sit down at the playdough table and pound away with a couple of kids, and feel much better. I'm sure all the hugs I got from the 3 year olds helped too.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:19:55 +0000

Making playdough is the best fun! Have you tried making it with scents? Our favorites are chocolate & vanilla extract. We have also used cinnamon. A bit of teacher knowledge for those who might not know… Playdough helps kids with fine motor development since it strengthens their hand muscles. Fine motor is needed for writing. Letting your child measure and mix the ingredients, while making play dough, is a Math & Science lesson. Help them mix food colors and you've got an art lesson too. Thanks for the fun post & pictures. : ))

By: Heather Solos

Heather Solos — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:20:26 +0000

Almond is probably one of my favorite scents, thank you for the tip.

By: Heather Solos

Heather Solos — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:18:46 +0000

You can use kool-aid packets but make sure it's the unsweetened kind and that it is thoroughly worked in before handing it off to the kiddo.

By: Angela

Angela — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:42:56 +0000

I have been meaning to make this for my kids… might have to do this tomorrow as I will not have a car and the weather here has been unpredictable. I will have to make sure the kids don't see that you can add colors though… I do not have food coloring and well it dough colored is just as fun, right?

By: Stacy

Stacy — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:52:58 +0000

I need to get some food coloring, but I will try this very soon. I've thought about making it in recent months but never got around to looking for the recipe. Thank you!

By: Heather Solos

Heather Solos — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:06:58 +0000

The post has been edited to include the all important ingredient. . . water. Thanks for pointing out the error.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:46:10 +0000

I'm not sure if I just can't read today…but where it says "1 1/2 c plus 2 T", what is the ingredient?
Thanks – this looks like fun!