Traditional PlayDough Recipe
Most people will end up going for the tradional playdough recipe. It works well, is easy to make, and is the same recipe your grandmother made. There are however alot of other playdough recipes to choose from and some examples include Jello playdough recipe and Cream of Tartar Playdough Recipe.
Traditional PlayDough Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 cups of baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup of water
- 1 cup of corn starch
- Optional food coloring
Directions:
This is a really simple playdough recipe, just follow our explanation.
- Mix the ingredients with a fork until smooth.
- Boil until thick.
- The whole procedure takes about 4 minutes, quick and easy fun!
When finished, store in airtight container if you want the playdough to last longer. Feel free to try another of our playdough recipes, we have plenty to choose from!
Extended directions for Traditional Playdough Recipe
The traditional playdough recipe is really simple with few ingredients and steps, but it’s even easier with our extended step-by-step explanation with images.
Step 1:
We gather the ingredients, baking soda, corn starch, water and food coloring. The food coloring isn’t needed to make the playdough, but the playdough will look really boring without it.
Step 2:
Here you can see that I’ve mixed all ingredients but the food coloring. The color is quite boring and some green/blue/red would really make a difference.
Step 3:
So, to please the crowd I added some green food coloring. You can pick whatever color you prefer.
Step 4:
After heating the mixture for a minute or two, it will begin to look like this. From this point it will only be a quick moment until the playdough is finished, so be aware.
Step 5:
Here you can see how it should look when the playdough is finished. It holds together really well. It’s still hot so don’t pick it up with your hands, just place it on a plate using a spoon or similar.
Step 6:
My finished playdfough looked like this. Nice and greenish, ready for your imaginative creations. Good luck!
(4 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)
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15 Comments.
Not a bad playdough recipe at all, thank you for the share
Just made this with my daycare kids. They had a blast, and it was so easy! Much nicer than the salt recipes!
Good! The salt recipes makes some really good playdough, but they dry your hands, that’s the downside. Glad you liked this one
I tried this, and it turned out a mushy gross mess. It feels sticky, too. did i do something wrong?
Too much water maybe? Did you use standard corn starch and baking soda?
This worked so great for me! My son is allergic to wheat so I can not use the traditional flour recipes. Thanks for putting this up!
Glad to hear!
I just made two batches of this recipe. Both turned out a sticky concoction. It looks like it holds together, but it is very sticky and would be a mess to play with. It looked like such a nice recipe, but it didn’t work for me. back to salt/flour playdough.
If it’s sticky, try cooking it a bit more, or add some more cornstarch. If a playdough is sticky it’s mostly a question of working against the added water.
did not turn out well – was all crumbly by the time we went to play with it??? Doesn’t stay together, “too hard” my son says
But it was good when you first made it? Did you store it in something airtight? It can dry out quickly.
If it was dry/crumbly to begin with, add some more water.
About to try this
Can you mix the food coloring in at the end? I would like to do a few different colors, and I’d like to avoid having to make multiple batches. Thank you!
Absolutely, you just need to knead a bit more to spread the color.
Fab recipe – so quick. My mum used to make us play dough when we were little and I loved it. Like the idea of no salt so if my little is tempted to eat a bit theres no harm done and no risk of being sick!
Good point! Considering how tasty playdough looks it’s quite understandable if they want to take a bite