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DIY Halloween Playdough

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Who’s kids don’t love playdough? Well I know mine are right into it.

I’ve had this idea in mind for about one thousand years. Ok… I lie, not that long but for a while. Ever since the start of Autumn and I finally got around to making it for the kids. The verdict? Massive success. Locky loved the colour combinations. He kept pointing out the black one. They have played with colourful playdough but never black so it was pretty exciting stuff.

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Cooper turned one yesterday and he played with playdough as a little birthday treat for the first time. How exciting for him. He loved it. He snuck a little in his mouth but no where hear as much as the ridiculous amounts that I have to dig out from Locky’s mouth every time he plays with the stuff, hence why I started making playdough in the first place. I love knowing what’s in it but also because Locky is terrible with shoving anything in sight in his mouth. The stuff that I’ve found in that boy’s mouth is not right.

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I really don’t need to sit here and sell you on making this because it’s pretty obvious how awesome playdough is. I will tell you though that this has already provided hours of fun for my kids. I’ve been making them playdough pumpkins, bats, witches hats, black cats, black worms> Pretty much anything easy to make that’s Halloween themed and then we sit and practice the words and it’s actually a lot of fun.

If you’re new around here then you may not know I’ve gone on some sort of crazy frenzy with Halloween because I’m terrible for leaving everything to the last minute so I’m having a “HALLOWEEN WEEK” where I try to post as many Halloween inspired posts in a week. Now my limit is one a day, not sure if I will reach this but I do have some other cute Halloween DIY’s coming up in the next couple of days. You can view the first two DIY’s I made and that you still have time to make HERE and HERE.

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This post has lots of images but I loved this playdough so much I couldn’t help but take a million photos. haha. And I couldn’t choose which ones to use so I used a fair few of them. It has turned all black now thanks to the boys but this is ok.

Here are the boys enjoying their DIY Halloween Playdough. Coops felt like such a big boy playing with his big brother. It was pretty adorable and special. And as you can see Locky was enjoying his Playdough feast! haha. Crazy child.

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To Make this really simple and quick non cook DIY Halloween Playdough recipe follow the instructions below.

Ingredients
2 Cups Plain Flour
1 Cup Salt
2 Tbsp Cream Of Tartar
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Cups Boiling Water
Food Colouring- Black & Orange (I used powder food colouring as I couldn’t find black in liquid form)

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Method
1. Place all the dry ingredients in a large metal bowl. Mix.

2. Create a well in the middle of your dry mixture. Add olive oil followed by the boiling water.

3. Quickly stir dry and wet ingredients.

4. Leave until cool enough for you to touch and knead.

5. You have two options. You can do one colour for one batch (that is a lot of one single colour) or can separate the batch into two balls and use half of the bath per colour. If you wish to make one large batch per colour I suggest you add the food colouring with the wet ingredients. If you wish to divide the batch then after making the playdough creating two even sized balls, make a well in the middle of each ball and add your colours to each of the balls. The amount of food colouring depends on how bright you want your playdough. I wanted bright and the black dark! This is completely up to you what you choose to do though. Once you have added your food colouring knead until the dough and food colouring are mixed well and have an even colour. It is much more difficult to choose the second option, I did this a few months back and really needed to work the playdough to create lots of different colours. I suggest the first option!

*Note: I made two large batches. The above recipe makes a pretty large amount but I made this recipe twice. One batch per colour.

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Now your kids can have hours of Halloween Playdough fun AND they can make all sorts of cool halloween playdough objects. My kids are too small but maybe print some inspiration images for them to try and recreate some items or a while halloween scene. Just an idea 😉

Let me know if you make this recipe and how it turns out! If you want some more playdough recipe ideas try my Easy Homemade Playdough which is very Bright & Colourful!

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And for some more Halloween DIY fun check out these recent posts! Be sure to pop back to check out some other awesome Halloween crafts and inspiration coming to the blog soon!

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by 🙂 xx

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  1. Malinda @mybrownpaperpackages says

    October 10, 2015 at 11:19 am

    Oh yes – black playdough – awesome!!!

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 10, 2015 at 2:08 pm

      Certainly is Malinda 🙂

      Reply
  2. Margot @ Coffee & Vanilla says

    October 10, 2015 at 12:47 pm

    I’m loving this idea! 🙂 Will mention this in our newsletter today.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 10, 2015 at 2:13 pm

      Thanks so much Margot! Appreciate it. Have a great weekend. xx

      Reply
  3. Maxabella says

    October 12, 2015 at 5:09 am

    Such a fun and simple way to get a little Halloween going on. Your photos are excellent! x

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 12, 2015 at 8:43 pm

      Thanks Bron 🙂 Working on my photography so it’s nice you noticed it. It’s super fun to do Halloween playdough. My kids loved it.

      Reply
  4. Kaz @ Melting Moments says

    October 12, 2015 at 7:02 am

    I really love this. It looks so much fun. You’re one creative mumma 🙂

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    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 12, 2015 at 8:46 pm

      Thanks Kaz. It’s super fun 🙂 x

      Reply
  5. Sarah @ 2paws Designs says

    October 13, 2015 at 3:14 am

    How fun! I’ve made play dough before, but using a recipe with baby oil. Will have to try yours. I like the idea of orange & black for Halloween. Thanks for sharing! #SITS

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    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 13, 2015 at 8:50 am

      Thanks Sarah. It’s a great recipe because you don’t have to worry about your child putting it into their mouth. My son is bad for eating everything in sight so this recipe is perfect I don’t worry too much if I find him eating some though I do tell him not to eat it. Thanks for popping by 🙂

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  6. Jan says

    October 13, 2015 at 3:59 am

    I’d love for you to come share this wonderfully creative and fun post with us over at Country Fair Blog Party, a once a month link up! We’d be thrilled to have you join us!
    http://www.thetipgarden.com/2015/10/country-fair-blog-hop-october-15.html

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 13, 2015 at 8:10 am

      Thanks Jan. Will head over and check out your linky party 🙂

      Reply
  7. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    October 14, 2015 at 1:29 am

    This play dough is SO cute and so is the pic of your boy trying to eat it! haha! I have had that happen here! These colors are so vibrant and fun!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

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    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 19, 2015 at 1:26 pm

      Thanks Carrie! Haha, yep. He eats EVERYTHING! It’s so intense and gross really. haha.

      Reply
  8. Karen says

    October 19, 2015 at 9:58 am

    Eating the play dough!!!! So interesting that they loved the black play dough – we go out of our way to make things bright and colourful for them so much that something black is a novelty! Thanks for sharing with the #BlogFair, hope you can visit again this week.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      October 19, 2015 at 1:39 pm

      It’s so true. It was amazing how much they loved the novelty of black play dough. Haha. Thanks for stopping by 🙂

      Reply
  9. Hil says

    October 17, 2016 at 2:13 am

    My son would so try to be eating it too!! Your boys are so cute! I like the Halloween colours but every colour gets combined in a blob at my house anyway lol!

    Thanks for sharing at #anythinghalloween

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