Valentine’s Day Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months
I’ve used this play dough recipe a lot and my kids and I love it.
My original post is quite popular online. In it, I share a lot of tips about salt content, why play dough may grow mold, the use of essential oils, etc. Here is the original homemade play dough that stays soft for a month post if those topics interest you.
If you are just here for a great play dough recipe, look no further…
This recipe makes a great Valentine’s Day activity/craft to do with kids and the play dough works great with Play-Doh brand sets and tools. As the title says, it will stay soft for months. That said, I’d recommend putting it in the fridge for prolonged periods of nonuse as it will last much longer and not mold if refrigerated.
Ingredient List for this Valentine’s Day Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months
This makes a BIG batch, you can cut it down if you want; it will make about 12 Cups of play dough…
gel food coloring 3 drops of food coloring of each color you want
6 Cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 Cups salt (powdered in a blender or food processor)
5 TB cream of tartar
1/4 C vegetable or canola oil
6 Cups water
Optional- glitter both coarse and fine
essential oils (optional) 3-5 drops per play dough ball
Supply List for this Valentine’s Day Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months
How to make this Valentine’s Day Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months
You can watch the video tutorial and/or continue reading…
- Pulverize salt in a blender or food processor to make it super-fine.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a stock pot with a whisk.
- Stir the wet ingredients together with the dry ones with a whisk in the pot.
- Turn the stove on to medium-high heat and once hot, turn the temperature to medium.
- Continue stirring until the play dough comes together and there are no longer any really wet areas.
- Once the play dough is no longer wet and has turned into a mass of dough, turn it out onto a cutting mat.
- Using thick kitchen gloves to knead the dough and form a roll (as it will be hot!), cut off pieces to make as many dough balls as you desire colors. This recipe made 12 large dough balls.
- Make a well in each dough ball and add essential oils (optional) and gel food coloring (optional) into each ball and place it into a quart-sized Ziploc bag. Knead the dough together with the oils and food coloring. Add glitter (also optional), both coarse and fine glitter work well.
- Once you get the color you desire, it is ready to play with.
- Keep it refrigerated for as long as you desire to have it around to play with. If you plan to make new batches often, it will keep unrefrigerated for up to a few weeks.
Homemade Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months
This is a recipe for Homemade Play Dough That Stays Soft for Months. I made this months ago and it is still super soft and pliable and works really well in my children's Play-Doh activity sets. You just need to keep it in the fridge or it will mold.
Ingredients
- Essential oils (optional) 3-5 drops per play dough ball
- Food coloring 3 drops of food coloring (gel food coloring is what I use) of each color you are wanting
- 6 Cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 Cups salt (powdered in a blender or food processor)
- 5 TB cream of tartar
- 1/4 C vegetable or canola oil
- 6 Cups water
Instructions
- Pulverize salt in a blender or food processor so that it is super fine.
- Mix the dry ingredients in a stock pot with a whisk.
- Stir the wet ingredients together with the dry ones with a whisk in the pot.
- Turn the stove on to medium-high heat and once hot, turn the temperature to medium.
- Continue stirring until the play dough comes together.
- Once the play dough is no longer wet and has turned into a mass of dough, turn it out onto a cooking mat.
- Using thick kitchen gloves (as it will be hot), knead the dough and form a roll, cut off pieces to make as many dough balls as you desire colors. This recipe makes 12 large dough balls.
- Make a well in each dough ball and add 2-4 drops of essential oils and as much food coloring into each ball to get the desired color. Place the dough balls into a quart-sized Ziploc bag. Knead the dough together with the oils and food coloring.
- Once you get the color you desire, it is ready to play with.
- Store in a sealed zip loc bag in an air tight container and for best results put it in the fridge when not using it.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
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