Saturday, January 25, 2014

Essential Oil Play Dough - Valentines for Kids


This is a wonderful Valentines gift to give to kids.
Peppermint, Orange and Lemon are fun oils to add to home made play dough. It will help chase those rainy day blues away!

Here is the list of ingredients.
2 cups flour

2 cups colored water. Make sure you make your colors very dark because when they are mixed with the flour they will get lighter. I used yellow for lemon, orange for Orange and red for peppermint.

1 cup salt

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon cream of tartar

10 drops essential oils (the original recipe calls for 5 but it wasn’t enough for me)

Directions:
1. Combine all ingredients (except for essential oils) in a large bowl and stir until well mixed.
Note: There will still be some lumps but they will cook out later.

photo credit: CK Worley
photo credit: CK Worley

2. Once combined pour into a large pan over medium heat. Using a spatula, continue to stir ingredients together until it forms a ball. Just when you think that maybe you should cook it a little more take if off the heat. It will continue to cook as you kneed the dough.
Note: Don’t overcook or your dough will get too dry

photo credit: CK Worley

Once cool, add 10 drops of your favorite essential oil and knead until thoroughly combined. I repeated this recipe three times to make three colors and scents.

photo credit: CK Worley

I found these heart zip lock bags at the Dollar Store. The dough will keep for a couple of months in your refrigerator!

photo credit: CK Worley

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