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Homemade playdough is always a hit with my kids. It’s always so much softer and smoother than store-bought play doh. And, you can customize it with different colors, scents, and ingredients, too!
Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough: An Easy Homemade Playdough Recipe for Christmas!
Not only is playdough great for sensory play and creative play, it makes a cute DIY gift for kids, too. Today I’m sharing my favorite easy homemade playdough recipe. Then, I’ll show you how to turn it into festive Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough and package it into cute little homemade playdough jar gifts, too. Let’s get started…
Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough Ingredients
So, what makes this easy homemade playdough recipe so easy? First, this no cook playdough recipe only requires a few household ingredients.
For the basic homemade play dough recipe, you only need all-purpose flour, salt, cream of tartar, vegetable oil, and water. Then, you just need some red food coloring and peppermint extract (or peppermint essential oil) to turn your plain homemade play dough into festive candy cane play dough that’s perfect for the holiday season.
How to Make Peppermint Playdough — Using a Stand Mixer!
What else makes this easy homemade playdough recipe so easy? A stand mixer! I love to use my stand mixer to make playdough, because I can make big batches. Plus, using the dough hook to mix the the food coloring in saves me from staining my hands!
No worries if you don’t have a stand mixer. You can make homemade playdough in a large mixing bowl and use your hand mixer or just stir with a wooden spoon and knead by hand.
Easy Homemade PlayDough Recipe Instructions
But, first, you have to make your basic homemade play dough. It’s so easy! Simply add your dry ingredients (flour, salt, and cream of tartar) to your mixer bowl. Then, with the whisk or paddle attachment on your mixer, mix at slow speed until thoroughly combined.
Next, with the dough hook attachment on your mixer, mix at slow speed while drizzling the vegetable oil (or any oil, like coconut oil or canola oil) into the flour mixture. Continue mixing until thoroughly combined.
Finally, with the dough hook still on, mix at medium speed while carefully and slowly pouring the boiling water into the mixture. Allow it to mix until it forms a soft doughy consistency that pulls cleanly from the sides of the bowl. If the play dough mixture gets too sticky, just sprinkle in some more flour and mix more. Likewise, if your playdough is still too thick, add a bit more hot water and mix.
Now, Turn Your Plain Play Dough into Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough!
After you get your playdough the consistency you want, press an indent into it inside the bowl and add a few drops of peppermint extract into the indent. Then, with the dough hook still on, mix at medium speed until thoroughly combined.
Now, take half of your homemade playdough out of the mixer and set aside. This is your white playdough.
Then, press an indent into the middle of the remaining playdough in the bowl and add some red food coloring inside it. With the dough hook still on, mix at medium speed until the playdough turns red. Add more food coloring and mix some more, if needed, for a deeper red playdough.
DIY Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough Jar Gifts
Now this peppermint playdough is fun to play with right away as is, especially since it’s so warm and soft when it’s first made. But you can also use it to make some super cute DIY Christmas playdough gifts, too.
Simply layer the red and white peppermint playdough in a small mason jar (or a small airtight container). Push a small Christmas cookie cutter into the playdough inside before tightening the lid on. Or, use holiday ribbon to tie the cookie cutter and a candy cane around the jar.
Full Candy Cane Peppermint PlaydoughRecipe:
Candy Cane Peppermint Playdough Recipe
Use your stand mixer to make this easy homemade playdough recipe that's colored red and white and scented with peppermint to make it festive for Christmas time. Then, layer it in little mason jars for cute DIY Christmas playdough gifts!
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Prep Time10 minutes minutes
Total Time10 minutes minutes
Tools
stand mixer (with dough hook, or large mixing bowl and wooden spoon)
2 16 ounce mason jars (or other similar-size airtight containers, optional)
2 small Christmas cookie cutters (optional)
Materials
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or coconut or canola oil)
- 1 cup boiling water (more or less, for desired consistency)
- 5-10 drops peppermint extract (more or less, for desired scent)
- 5-10 drops food coloring (more or less, for desired color)
Steps
Add 2 cups all purpose flour, 1/2 cup salt, and 2 tablespoons cream of tartar to stand mixer. With whisk or paddle attachment on, mix at slow speed until thoroughly combined.
With dough hook attachment on, mix at slow speed while drizzling 2 tablespoons vegetable oil into flour mixture. Continue mixing until thoroughly combined.
With dough hook still on, mix at medium speed while carefully and slowly pouring 1 cup boiling water into the mixture. Continue mixing until it becomes a soft doughy consistency that pulls cleanly from sides of bowl. Add more flow or hot water as needed for desired consistency.
Press an indent into the middle of the playdough in the bowl and add 5-10 drops peppermint extract into indent. With dough hook attachment on, mix at medium speed until thoroughly combined. Add more as needed for desired scent.
Remove half of playdough and set aside for white playdough.
Push an indent into the middle of remaining playdough in bowl and add 5-10 drops food coloring into indent. With dough hook attachment on mixer, mix at medium speed until playdough is consistent in color. Add more food coloring as needed for desired color of red playdough.
Notes
This peppermint playdough is fun to play with right away as is, especially since it's so warm and soft when it's first made. But you can also use it to make some super cute DIY Christmas playdough gifts, too.
Simply layer the red and white peppermint playdough in small mason jars (or other airtight containers). Push a small Christmas cookie cutter into the playdough inside before tightening each lid. Or, use a holiday ribbon to tie a cookie cutter and candy cane around each jar.
This recipe makes enough homemade playdough for two 16-ounce mason jar gifts.
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Project Type: Arts and Crafts · Play · Sensory
Category: Holiday · Kid-Friendly
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