To celebrate the beginning of the holiday season we are going to make some Christmas play dough! I plan to make a huge batch so that I can give some to all of the kids in my program. We can decorate it together. 
The recipe is from The Imagination Tree.
No Cook Play Dough (This is an awesome recipe!)
You need:
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp cream of tartar
- 1.5 cups of boiling water
- A few drops of food coloring or a food coloring paste.
- Glitter, sequins for decoration
I used Wilson’s icing coloring in leaf green. It is a paste and can be found at Walmart:
- Mix the dry ingredients together. Stir together the food coloring and water (especially if you use a paste form of coloring, mixing it with another liquid helps thin it for easier distribution), add boiling water, food color, and oil to the dry ingredients. Stir vigorously until all lumps are gone and it begins to come together. Then knead it until it stops being sticky.
- I suggest that if you need to make a lot of play dough, do each batch individually. I made a double batch and it didn’t turn out as smooth as a single batch.
It is beautiful!
Decorate it with sequins and glitter:
Very fun! Very sensory!
Mix it up and add some more:
If I were doing this project again, I would use coarser glitter and smaller sequins. Feel free to learn from my experience.
You can be Christmas traditional:
Or be a little on the wild side:
The sky is the limit! We usually have cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning…
Be creative with your add-ins and the colors that you use.
If you need a Thanksgiving activity to keep the little ones busy, just change the colors from Christmas green to Thanksgiving orange.
Have a wonderful *Christ*mas season!
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That really is a stunning color! We’ll definitely have to do this. Thanks for sharing!
The color really turned out well, perfect for Christmas! Thank you Joyce!
Once i add the water I usually let the mixture sit for a minute or so before stirring as the bowling water cooks it up
Oops boiling!
I agree, I stirred it in, then let it set for a few moments too.
This is really beautiful! I think we are going to make some! I love the bright green and sparkles! I would love to make them as ornaments!!! Maybe make the self hardening kind with the bright green food color.
My kids and parents have both loved the sparkles. Thanks for stopping by!
LOVE it! Planning to make some for the kids to play with while Grams and I are in the kitchen cooking tomorrow. Thanks so much for all your fabulous ideas!
SO glad you liked it Jennifer!
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What a great activity! I’d love for you to link up to my homemade in December Christmas Link Carnival.
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Super fun and will be featured at The Sunday Showcase! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us on The Sunday Showcase
Thank you Aimee, for featuring this post! Truly appreciate it.
I LOVE THIS! We are definitely going to have to make this. I think I might be just as excited to play with the playdoh as my kids are. hahaha! It looks like so much fun!
I’m going to share this on my Facebook page.
I have been giving this to my kids at work this week. We play and add the glitter and sequins…I never get tired of it!! Thanks for sharing it!
I just wanted to let you know we made these today and I did a post about them. Thanks for the great idea!
http://iheartcraftythings.blogspot.com/2011/12/making-tracks-in-snow-with-glitter-play.html
I have a much less green batch of play dough that I made over the weekend. I just used plain old food coloring. I will have to check out some real serious dye sometime. We have been using jewels as ornaments and I added a container of peppermint extract. It smells amazing!
I love seeing all the different variations of the same kinds of activities that people share this time of year!
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Sierra
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Oh, I love the idea of adding peppermint! I agree, there are some amazing activities out there. Thanks for visiting.
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