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Herb and Lemon Peel Play dough

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My husband is an amazing bread maker.  As I looked at his new baby (his whole wheat sourdough starter), I wanted to make some new, interesting dough for Lil and I to play with.  Plus, my soon-to-be-moving son, will certainly be eating play dough that falls on the floor, so I wanted to make something safe for him as well.  I have had to repeatedly explain to my sweet daughter that we aren’t going to feed the dough to Matthew, but rather we are trying to make it safe for him if he happens to put it in his mouth….I somehow picture her feeding him play dough in the future…but, for now, he’s safe!  I grabbed some left over herbs and a couple of lemons and we got to work.

Herb and Lemon PlaydoughHere are some play dough recipes that I’ve used and love:

No cook Play dough from The imagination Tree

Koolaid Play dough from Mom to 2 Posh Divas

Homemade Play dough with natural dyes from Mommypotamus

We used The imagination Tree’s recipe which calls for – flour, salt, vegetable oil, cream of tarter, and boiling water.  Most recipes call for these ingredients, but I like that the boiling water cooks the play dough for me instead of cooking the ingredients in a pan – I always seemed to over cook some areas of the play dough when I was a preschool teacher.  But, this method makes it easy!

Lil adding herbsWe did not add any dye to our play dough.  Instead, we blended up the herbs and kneaded it with half of the cooled play dough.

lemon peelsThen, we added lemon peels to the food processor (with a touch more vegetable oil).  As a note – I would have cut much smaller pieces of peel.  It was too thick for my food processor to break down so I had to take it out and chop it up a bit.  Ideally, I could have grated the peel, but I just didn’t have the time to do that!

Lil smelling lemonRegardless, the lemon smelled heavenly!  Although, I would have used lemon extract to really bring out the smell!  Then, we added that to the other half of our play dough.

Lil cutting play doughLil loved kneading the dough and cutting both balls into fourths.  Then, smaller and smaller pieces.  It was the perfect activity for her while I busily cooked dinner.  She used the knife from her cutting foods – it worked perfectly!  She often helps me cook dinner, but tonight, she wanted to work with her new dough.

Herb and Lemon Playdough mixedTomorrow, we have big plans for this dough: pizza, because the herb dough smells and looks like the perfect crust and, muffins, because the lemon dough smells just like lemon bread.  It will be lovely to see what other types of play these doughs inspire.  Bon appetit!

Your turn!

Are you using play dough in your home?

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By Katie Joiner October 1, 2013

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  1. Lawrence Flynn says

    October 2, 2013 at 8:17 am

    Hey Katie: Love the play dough story. It is very innovative and the look on Lillian’s face showed her intrigue with the activity. Very helpful to have this information to use for entertaining and educating your children.

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  2. Jodi says

    October 2, 2013 at 10:58 am

    That is such a great idea! I am going to try that with my little one, she loves different textures and if it does go in her mouth it is okay.

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    • happilyevermom says

      October 2, 2013 at 10:03 pm

      Thanks, Jodi!

      Reply
  3. Megan Strong says

    December 30, 2013 at 11:24 pm

    I love, love, love this idea! I am very inspired to try some new flavors. I’m been wanting to try herbal play-dough for awhile, it’s nice to see how lovely it can turn out!

    Reply

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    October 2, 2013 at 9:45 pm

    […] Lil and I dabbled in our own play when we opened a pizza shop.  It paired perfectly with the book, Pete’s a Pizza, and we got to use our new, lemon herb play dough!  If you didn’t see the post about the play dough we made, you can read more about it here. […]

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