Aromatic Dirt Playdough

With the cold weather setting in and more hours been spent indoors, this is a fun way to bring an outdoor concept in. Let your kids have fun driving trucks through their playdough dirt, making animals tracks, or building fences with popsicle sticks. The options are endless and it smells good too!

Playdough Recipe:

2 Cups Flour

1/2 Cup Salt

2 Tablespoons Cream of Tartar (you can find this cheapest in the bulk spices)

2 Tablespoons of Oil

2 Cups water

Red and Green food coloring (or brown if you have it )

2 Tablespoons of Coffee grounds – This will make your playdough gritty and dirt like.

Peppermint extract (optional)

1) Start by mixing your flour, salt, cream of tartar, oil, and water in a medium saucepan. Whisk your ingredients together until your mixture is smooth and clump free.

2) Add your food coloring. To make brown just add equal amounts of red and green food coloring until you get the color you like ( just know that once your playdough is cooked the color will darken, so don’t worry about getting it too dark)

3) Add your coffee grounds and your extract.

4) Cook your playdough in the saucepan over medium heat mixing constantly with a wooden spoon or a spatula. Mix until it takes on a dough-like consistency.

5) When it looks done remove from the pan on to your counter top and let cool until its easy to handle.

6) When it is cool enough to work with knead your playdough for an extra smooth consistency.

Enjoy the texture and the smell of your playdough dirt!

Tip: Put out some trucks, animals, and Popsicle sticks and make an invitation for your child to play. Have fun driving, scooping, building!

 

 ABOUT KATIE: Katie spends her days with toddlers, as their preschool teacher. She loves to bake, cook, camp, and read, but she her greatest love is creating crafts and sharing them with kids. Katie and her newlywed husband are living happily ever after on a little island in the Pacific Northwest where she was born and raised. Keep your eyes open for her posts on Bonbon Break, where she will be a regular contributor.

 

 

 

This post was written by Katie Myers exclusively for Bonbon Break Media, LLC

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