Glitter Homemade Playdough. With a few pantry ingredients, you can make this easy homemade playdough recipe that is so much fun to play with. This easy no-cook homemade playdough recipe is quick and easy to make!
Homemade Glitter Playdough
I wanted to let my daughter have some fun with her imagination pretending she got snow. This Homemade Sparkle Playdough is perfect for kids! They can help you make it and then get to play with it too!
We love making our homemade playdough and making it the colors that we want to have. But of course when you have little girls in the house they want sparkles! What does that mean? It means mom comes up with a sparkle playdough recipe because she loves homemade playdough!
Lucky for you all I came up with one and you can just make this one instead of having to come up with one yourself. You can also make this Sparkle Playdough smell awesome by using our scented playdough recipe and use winter scents!
Play dough activity ideas
Aside from just playing with it, playdough is great for fun activities too. Here are a few of our fun playdough activities that the kids love.
- Snowman Playdough Activity
- Pumpkin People Play-Doh Halloween Activity
- Playdough flossing. This one is great for teaching the kids how to floss!
Tips for Making Glitter playdough
The great thing about making homemade playdough is that it is really hard to mess up. It is super forgiving when you are adding ingredients to it and the fixes for playdough that is to wet and playdough that is to dry are super easy.
If your playdough is dry from adding more spices to make the scent strong you may need to add a little bit more water.
If your playdough is too wet from using food coloring to make deeper and darker colors you may need to add more flour. This can also happen if you are using liquid scents.
If you are worried about your child eating any of the play dough then you can buy a non-toxic glitter like this one here instead of using normal glitter. However, most kids would have one bite of this homemade playdough, spit it out and then not ever do it again because of how salty it tastes.
How to Store homemade Glitter playdough
When you are done making and playing with the playdough store it in an air tight container or a zip close bag.
How long will this playdoh last?
It should last 2-3 weeks depending on how well it is stored, however, keep an eye out for mold growth because this is made with food items.
Homemade Glitter Playdough Ingredients
- All purpose flour
- salt
- cream of tartar
- glitter
- vegetable oil
- water
How to Make Glitter Playdough
In a small sauce pan bring your water to a boil.
While you bring your water up to a boil, In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, cream of tartar, glitter, and oil.
Slowly pour the water into the flour mixture, stir until dough forms.
Once the dough is cool enough to touch place the dough on your counter and knead it until it reaches a smooth consistency.
Looking for more fun to have with the kids? Check these out!
- How to make fluffy slime with glitter glue
- Under the Sea Sensory bin
- Pumpkin People Play-Doh Halloween Activity
- Snowman Playdough Activity
- Homemade Scented Playdough
- Homemade Playdough Recipe
- Borax Free Fluffy Slime
- Unicorn Slime
- How to make slime with Saline
Glitter Playdough
Supplies Needed
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
- 1 tablespoon glitter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups boiling water
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan bring the water to a boil.
- While you bring your water up to a boil, In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, cream of tartar, glitter, and oil.
- Slowly pour the water into the flour mixture, stir until dough forms.
- Once the dough is cool enough to touch place the dough on your counter and knead it until it reaches a smooth consistency.
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