Thursday, September 2, 2010

Apple Pie Play Dough

I made some apple pie play dough for the kids to play with this week.  It smells so good!

  apple pie play dough

What You Will Need:

  • 1 cup of flour
  • 1/2 cup of salt
  • 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon of cream of tarter
  • 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon of allspice
  • 1/2 cup of water
  • 1/2 cup of apple juice
  • red food coloring (add until you get desired color)

What You Will Do:

  1. Mix all the ingredients together in a large sauce pan. 
  2. Place on medium high heat on the stove
  3. Stir frequently until the dough starts pulling away from the sides of the pan.
  4. Remove from the stove.
  5. Once the dough has cooled enough to handle knead the dough. 
  6. Place it in an airtight container.

I love homemade play dough!  It’s so easy to make and you can make so many different scents.  Best of all it keeps the kids occupied!  The kids have been having fun making little miniature apple pies with the play dough. 

~Cindy

11 comments:

Deborah said...

Mmmmm, That looks awesome!

Michelle Gibson said...

Cindy, this will be a wonderful addition to our learning fun when we get to "How to make an apple pie and see the world!" So colorful and I can imagine that it smells so good. Thank you so much for sharing! =)

Jolanthe said...

we really need to make this!!!

Counting Coconuts said...

Oh funny - we made the same thing a few days ago! Tis the season! :)

Monica said...

I found your blog from Delightful Learning, and I'm glad that I did! You have so many nice activities and I'm looking forward to reading what you'll do next.

We made apple pie themed dough the other day too. I love the way it smells and looks.

Monica @ Family Fun Notebook (www.familyfunnotebook.blogspot.com)

Anonymous said...

must try this when I get back from the beach!!

Blog Squad @ Kids Matter said...

Love this idea and I am featuring you on our blog on Monday. Thanks for the great idea.

Kelly said...

Love the idea behind this. Have one question though - how long does it last? Since it has apple juice in it, I didn't know if it would make the play dough 'go bad'.

Cindy said...

We have been playing with our apple pie play dough for 3 weeks and it is still good. Maybe the apple juice ferments it? If I want our play dough to last awhile I stick it in the fridge.

Magic and Mayhem said...

I featured this today on a green craft round-up here: http://www.examiner.com/green-culture-in-mankato/green-craft-round-up-north-woods-ornaments-wine-cork-trivets-and-more

Thanks for the great project. :)

Cassandra said...

This looks great, thank you~ Will definitely try it and link you in at TheUnpluggedFamily.com :) Blessings.

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