Comments on: Playdough Accoutrements

By: tulip

tulip — Sun, 28 May 2006 15:34:49 +0000

Great suggestions everyone!
We made the dough from Jo’s recipe in the microwave and it worked out beautifully. We did 2 minute increments and only needed 4 minutes. I think the secret is making sure the ingredients are very well mixed before you start the heat. In under 20 minutes my gal was playing with her playdough for the first time!
I also used 2 packets of grape Kool-aid for colour and smell.
I’ll be posting a few pictures of ours on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuliptoe/

By: rhonda mundy

rhonda mundy — Sat, 27 May 2006 13:16:18 +0000

Hi,

You can also get children to make their own play doh (uncooked). Same ingredients but texture slightly courser and doesn’t last long, but very good for children to be totally involved in the making.

Also for children with allergies it has been suggested that replacing flour with rice flour works well. You need to add more rice flour.

Cheers!

By: Zoe

Zoe — Tue, 23 May 2006 07:54:28 +0000

Hello all,

Mathilde and I have now tried two of the playdough recipes – the one’s from Krista and Jo – and photos or the results are up on Flickr. We found Krista’s recipe easier and produced nice dough.

Given that I was making the dough with my little daughter I was a bit worried about having boiling water about (that’s why I tried Jo’s recipe using a microwave), but in the end Krista’s recipe was less fiddly (using the microwave involved several checks on whether the dough was ready), and the dough is lovely and elastic. The other dough ended up much drier (perhaps I overdid the microwave bit) and more like pastry than bread dough.

In the photos, the red dough is Krista’s and the blue dough is Jo’s.

Thanks again for all the recipes,

Zoe

By: Angela

Angela — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:27:43 +0000

YOu can also add food flavorings for scents, like vanilla and peppermint! Also certain types of glitter make an interesting addition for older children (who you’re sure aren’t going to be eating it! 8-o)

By: Natalie

Natalie — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:36:58 +0000

We have the 100 cookie cutters set too. Some of the cutters don’t work out too well with the Play-Doh though (heck, they don’t work well with cookie dough either!). Some of them don’t have large enough openings to pop the creations out. We’ve sorted out those and only use the wide-open cutters now.

By: Hsien Lei

Hsien Lei — Sun, 21 May 2006 17:04:01 +0000

After marvelling at the creations, I started thinking about how it is to clean up. Must.Snap.Out.Of.Mom.Mode

By: mollie

mollie — Sun, 21 May 2006 11:28:18 +0000

we’ve got the clay-play set and the only thing that doesn’t work well for preschoolers (boys only?) are those hammers! it’s just too tempting to beat on everyone or anyhthing in the proximity . . . and they hurt like the dickens . . .

sometimes, i get the box out and the hammers have “disappeared” (“disappeared! wow!” one exclaims, astonished . . .) and all is well.

maybe next year?

so happy to have stumbled onto this blog here. fantastic!

By: kylie d

kylie d — Sat, 20 May 2006 21:58:45 +0000

I LOVE that dog!!!!!!!

By: jenny vorwaller

jenny vorwaller — Sat, 20 May 2006 18:11:36 +0000

hee heee!! those dogs are sooo cool.

we use the 100 cutters but also my 4 year old loves to rummage through my kitchen drawers and use ice cream scoops, veggie brushes (those hard things that you clean potato skin with), straws (inevitable dried dough inside) and kiddi scissors!

By: Krista

Krista — Sat, 20 May 2006 14:35:39 +0000

Why not jumup on the bandwagon?

You can find another great recipe for playdough here

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21846268@N00/148985531/

Because you can never have too many.

I love the alien army, and the idea for number and letter cutters is great (after my homeschooling heart)!!