I am on play dough duty for preschool for the month of April, yay! And that is a real yay. I acutally LOVE making play douhg with Thomas. It is SO much fun.

I previously wrote about my expierience making home made play dough{here}. So, of course, I was more than happy to volunteer.

I ran across this DIY tutorial by The Creative Mama on making glitter play dough and had to share. I would definitely do make this for Thomas’ preschool, but I think that might not be quite fair to him. So I will patiently wait for a time to come when glitter play dough is a necessity. Until then, here is how you can make it.

 

What you need:

  • 1 C Flour
  • 1 C Water
  • 1/4 C Salt
  • 1 TBSP Vegetable Oil
  • 2 tsp Cream of Tartar
  • Food Coloring (or if you want it to smell yummy, kool-aid)
  • Glitter (the bigger flakes, the better)
  • pot/pan & spatula
  • & an eager little helper :)

Steps:

  1. Add everything to the pot. Doesn’t matter what order.
  2. Stir, stir, stir. until pretty smooth.
  3. You can either make one big batch of the same color, or separate it out before you add the food coloring. I doubled my batch & separated it out into six bowls.
  4. Add food coloring or kool-aid & stir well.
  5. After the food coloring, add glitter. Add a decent amount–some will definitely stick around on little hands, but that’s half the fun, right?!
  6. Your mixture should be pretty runny before you add to your pot.
  7. Heat the pot on MEDIUM & DO NOT STOP STIRRING once you pour in the mixture. This step went extremely fast for me–well under a minute, so stir & don’t let it stick to the bottom! This is a mommy job.
  8. The mixture will get clumpy & start to change colors. This is normal. It will eventually all turn a slightly darker shade of the original mixture. I had the best luck flattening mine into a pancake-ish shape & flipping it over. When you think it’s done, remove from heat. I just scooped mine onto the counter.
  9. After mine cooled a tad, I kneaded it a little to be sure it was done. If it is a little too gooey, just put it back in the pot & cook a little longer.
  10. & VIOLA! Glitter Playdough!

 

I cannot wait to make this. Maybe for Easter. I think I might be able to get away with it then.

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