My 2 year old has decided that craft time equals snack time! I had to get creative since he is eating me out of house and home. These days craft time only lasts a couple seconds. Oh and yes before you ask me, I am feeding him! He is a bit picky when it come to REAL food but for some reasons crafts look good to him.
I decided to try out some edible Play Dough recipes so that we can enjoy craft time in peace!
To see how the edible Playdoh in the picture was made, Check out Mama Jenn’s post!
My favorite edible play dough recipe is:
Kool-Aid or Jell-o Play Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
3 teaspoons Cream of Tartar
1 package Kool-Aid Mix OR Jell-o Mix (any flavor of unsweetened)
1 tablespoon cooking oilDirections:
Mix dry ingredients together in a large saucepan. Slowly add water mixed with oil and stir over medium heat until mixture thickens to dough. Place on a heatproof service and knead until cool enough for children to handle. Dough will be the color of the Kool-Aid mix and will smell like the Kool-Aid mix. his dough can be stored in a tightly covered container for up to six months.
This recipe makes the most brilliant colors and the dough smells so yummy! My boys love it and it is so much cheaper hat the store brand! I think it is better quality too!
The runner up recipe is Peanut Butter Play Dough. I can not personally use this in my house since one of my boys is allergic o peanuts but it is a yummy recipe and many kids love it!
Peanut Butter Play Dough
Ingredients:
one 18-oz. jar creamy peanut butter
6 tablespoons honey
3/4 cup non-fat dry milkSimple Directions:
Mix ingredients together, using varying amounts of dry milk for desired consistencies.
Don’t forget small candies, dried fruit, and so on for eyes, and other fun additions to your creations!
Storage: When not using, MUST be stored in an airtight container.
These and 8 more yummy Play Dough recipes can be found here!
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About dealiciousmom
Hi, my name is Sara. I am a wife and a mom to two amazing boys. I am also work as a special education teacher. I am not sure I have room for anything else but I sure can try!
Wow what a great post in tis summer time i have been trying to find all kinda things for the girls to do i cant wait to try this!!! THANKS AND IM SURE MY GIRLS WILL THANK YOU TOO!!!…
These look GOOD!
I tried a peanut butter play dough recipe once that used corn meal. It was an interesting texture. It was very delicious! I’ll have to try making it with kool aid next
you have been putting up some awesome craft ideas! we’re going to try this one too!
Great ideas. I’ve done the peanut butter but not the other flavors. And my 2 year old eats me out of house and home too!
Yum! These are great ideas – especially for the little ones that are always putting EVERYTHING in their mouths!
Does the Kool-aid play-dough stain fingers or furniture?
that pb one looks YUMMY
So it this like a play item then you eat it? Or only a just in case they eat it kind of thing?
Intrigued!
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This sounds awesome! I can’t wait to try this with my 2 year old twins.
A friend of mine also said her interventionist did colored yogurt as finger paint! I can’t wait to try that one either. 
Edible play-do! Oh no! I’m scared that if i make this my kids will think ALL play-do is edible. That said, it does sound pretty tasty…and fun!
I found this through pinterest and love it! Thank you for sharing, your site is amazing!
Just made the one with jello and the kids love it! It tastes horrible so I don’t have to worry about them trying to eat playdoh.
The dough from Kool-Aid is awesome! We’re making it for the kids and it’s better than actual Play-Doh. Doesn’t taste good… but it’s fun anyway!
I’m so thankful to you for posting this. My girls are grown now with their own kids and lost my recipe I had when they were little. Made me sick. Now that I have grand-babies, this will be an awesome project to work on together and they will be so amazed and excited. You have just made me the “coolest” Nana, lol, and love to watch their little faces light up with excitement and amazement. So Thank You, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this…it is something that both my girls 6.5yr and 17m can do together. I have a question tho…do you have to use the cream of tarter?
Too salty! Very fun to make and smells good. I would rather eat the regular playdoh!!
I am excited to try the jello and kool-aid play dough. My son can’t have peanut butter so I have been looking for a recipe that doesn’t use peanut butter. Thanks
Well, are you trying to kill us? That was GROSS! I think that the 1/2 cup of salt is WAY to much!It almost made me gag!