Healthy Byte: Make Your Nontoxic Play Dough At Home

Healthy Child
Monday, January 19, 2009

Kids love to squeeze this oozy, blobbly version of play dough through their fingers. We have a recipe for you to make your own nontoxic play dough.

Posted by Anne Kennedy North  on  02/04  at  07:30 AM

I have used this recipe for years and have found that if you mix the dry ingredients and then add the wet it is smoother.  Also it’s more mixing for little people.  In my pre-school class(3’s) we would use an electric fry pan on the table and everybody got a turn stirring and got a lesson in easy and hard!!!

Posted by Amy  on  04/02  at  02:41 PM

Thanks! I’ve been looking for this recipe. So happy to come across it!

Posted by Maureen Harper  on  04/03  at  06:47 AM

I have used this recipe for 30 years.  It was a staple in our home when our children were small.  I recently made it for a class and had my son who has celiac (gluten intolerance) mix it and handle it.  He had a reaction to it.  This is a caution to all parents of children who have celiac-  the wheat flour can be a problem.  I will experiment to find a safe substitute.

Posted by Mel Madison  on  02/15  at  08:24 PM

I was unaware that you could make your own play dough, this is great. I have a two year old and a four yeah old that would love this. I can’t wait to try this out with my little ones, I just know that they will have a blast with it. And thanks Anne for the tip I think I will try it that way to make it a little easier on my little ones.

Mel

Posted by maid reviews  on  02/21  at  08:11 PM

Well I finally was able to make up some of this play dough. I can’t believe how much it was just like the store bought play dough. And my kids just loved helping me mix it all up. Thanks again for the recipe!

Mel.