Make Your Own Playdough!

Where does playdough come from? While it's often waiting for us on trays when arrive to school each day, today we saw and experienced what it takes to create this exciting material.

Morah Kim shows how to measure the salt

As we describe and measure each ingredient, the kids wait patiently to dump the ingredients into the bowl, and mix it all up.

When the dough was ready, each of us got a tray with a ball of fresh playdough to squoosh, pat, and pull.

Freeda feels the sticky dough

We can make imprints by pressing in natural elements, like leaves.

The No-Cook Playdough Recipe:

1.5 C water
3 C flour
1.5 C salt
1/4 C oil
food coloring (optional)

Teacher Tip: To get a natural-toned playdough like that in the pictures, use black tea instead of plain water