Northwest Children's School

Kid Tested Crafts

Our Favorite Playdough Recipes

Soap Dough
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
2 Tbs. liquid tempera
1 Tbs. liquid soap
1/2 cup water

Mix all the dry ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mix the soap, tempera, and water. Add the water to the dry mixture. Knead until pliable.

Gluey Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup white glue
1/2 cup water
Mix flour, cornstarch, and glue. Slowly add just enough water to make a dough. Knead until soft and pliable.

NWS Rainbow Stew
1/3 cup sugar
1 cup cornstarch
4 cups cold water
red, blue, and yellow food coloring
Cook over medium heat, stirring until thick. Divide into three parts. Add red food coloring to one, blue to another, and yellow to another. Place all three into one zip lock bag and shut tight! Reinforce with duct tape. Have fun mixing! This is a good way to teach the secondary colors.

NWCS Blubber
Mix together:
2 cups glue
2 cups water
In a separate bowl, mix:
1 Tbs. Borax soap
1 cup water
Combine and mix together until it forms a solid Blubber form. Have fun! This is supposed to resemble whale blubber-I dare you not to play with it!

Famous NWCS Playdough—the good old-fashioned kind
2 cups water
2 cups flour
4 tsp. cream of tartar or alum
1 cup salt
1 Tbs. oil
food coloring
Mix ingredients and cook over medium heat until it forms a ball. Knead until smooth. Try putting peanut butter in your playdough. Or peppermint oil. Or cinnamon oil. Or colored sand. Or grated crayons. Or cocoa powder. Or cornmeal. (Please submit any unusual ideas you may have to add to our ongoing list.)