DIY Christmas Playdough

This DIY Christmas Playdough is the best, and easiest to make! Plus, it comes in all the Christmas colours and smells like the holidays! Gift to a friend or keep around the house for a fun activity this season.

Whether you want to whip some of this up for your kids to play with or package up to gift, this Christmas playdough is super easy to make and smells just like the holidays. Our friend Alie from Creation Space – a magical little art studio in Edmonton, Canada – passed along her amazing playdough recipe for me to share and we added in the Christmas! Thank you, Alie!

If you’re gifting these, package them up in plastic containers (this trio of three is from The Dollar Store) and include a Christmas stamp (I got ours at Michaels), along with a few Christmas-themed cookie cutters. Would make for a cute present for your little ones to pass along to their buddies!

You’ll Need:

• One cup Flour
• 1/3 cup salt
• Two teaspoons cream of tartar
• One Cup of Water
• Two tablespoons vegetable oil
• 12 drops of tree scent essential oil (Green)
• 1/2 Dried cranberries or cranberry essential oil (Red)
• One TBSP peppermint extract (White)
• Green + red food colouring

Directions:

• Add flour, salt, and cream of tartar to a non-stick pan.
• Add vegetable oil.
• Drop in your scent of choice.
• Cook on medium stirring frequently until it clumps around the spoon like playdough.
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Once cooled, knead.
• Form a ball and create a divet for the dye.
• Work the dye into the playdough by squishing and kneading.

I would love to see your finished product! Be sure to tag me on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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DIY Christmas Playdough

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Ingredients

  

• ▢ 1 cup Flour
• ▢ 1/3 cup Salt
• ▢ 2 tsp Cream of tartar
• ▢ 1 cup Water
• ▢ 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
• ▢ 12 drops Tree scent essential oil (Green)
• ▢ 1/2 cup Dried cranberries or cranberry essential oil (Red)
• ▢ 1 tbsp Peppermint extract (White)
• ▢ Green + red food colouring

Instructions

 

• Add flour, salt, and cream of tartar to a non-stick pan. 
• Add vegetable oil.
• Add your scent of choice.
• Cook on medium stirring frequently until it clumps around the spoon like playdough.
• Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
• Once cooled, knead.
• Form a ball and create a divet for the dye.
• Work the dye into the playdough by squishing and kneading.

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