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Well, Christmas has been over for a while and I’m thoroughly bummed. I love all the decorations and baking that come with the holidays and it’s always hard for me to let go of the season. For that reason I’m throwing myself into Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras prep.
Related Post: The Original Play Dough Recipe
In order to get into the Valentine’s Day spirit and get out of my Christmas slump, I put together some play dough for me and Robert to enjoy. This Valentine’s Day play dough recipe is cheap, easy, fun and only takes a few minutes. Paired with some heart shaped cookie cutters, it is absolutely adorable. This would make a great DIY Valentine’s Day gift for a class party or play group. This is the same recipe I used for the fall play dough with a few changes.
Valentine’s Day Play Dough RecipeIngredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 Tablespoons cream of tartar
- 2 Tablespoon red glitter
- 3 Tablespoons oil (I use coconut oil)
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- red food coloring
Instructions
- Mix the first 5 ingredients together in a bowl. Boil the water and add 10-15 drops of red food coloring once boiling. Stir well. Mix together and let sit for 10-30 minutes.
- Tip: if it seems too sticky, keep adding cream of tartar and flour until you get the consistency you prefer. Sometimes I need more, other times I need less. I think the humidity has a lot to do with it.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup salt
- 2 Tablespoons cream of tartar
- 2 Tablespoon red glitter
- 3 Tablespoons oil (I use coconut oil)
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- red food coloring
Instructions
- Mix the first 5 ingredients together in a bowl. Boil the water and add 10-15 drops of red food coloring once boiling. Stir well. Mix together and let sit for 10-30 minutes.
- Tip: if it seems too sticky, keep adding cream of tartar and flour until you get the consistency you prefer. Sometimes I need more, other times I need less. I think the humidity has a lot to do with it.
Our last batch lasted 4 months! I store mine in a glass container and I think that is why it lasted so long.
If you can’t tell, Robert loves his “dough”.
He asks for it at least once a day and it entertains him for a while.
I like that I’m not too afraid to leave him alone with it. Sure, the glitter can’t be awesome on the stomach, but no one has died from glitter yet, have they? You’ve seen glitter pills, right? This is the same concept.
While he loves to smell it, I haven’t caught him eating it yet.
Also, this comes right out of the carpet if you let it dry. That is the trick: let. it. dry. Don’t rub it in. Trust me on this one. I may have had a few pink areas in our carpet for a couple of days.
What are your favorite play dough recipes?
Get some cookie cutters to go with this recipe:
Oil! My go to recipt is pretty bare bones and it gets crumbly sometimes. I’ll try the oil next time, thanks.
Looks so pretty – I pinned this so I can remember to do this with my son next month. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Thank you. Let me know how it goes!
This turned out wonderful, and in the first try! Thank you for the recipe.
Yay! I’m so happy to hear that!
Your ingredient photo shows a bottle of vanilla, but the recipe does not list vanilla. Did you add that to scent it? And if so, how much? Thanks! Can’t wait to try it.
Sorry! I updated the recipe and took out the part that I sometimes add scents. My kids love smelling the dough too! For Valentine’s Day I add a tsp. of vanilla. When it’s Christmas I add cinnamon.
How may cups of dough does this make?
I’ve never actually put it into cups to double check, but I’d say it makes roughly 4 cups.
Thanks so much for the post! I made it today and it was super fun. Did you add vanilla extract? I saw it in the picture.
I’m so glad you liked it! Yes, I edited the post a while back and somehow I lost that part. I need to add it back. It works well either way though!