Playdough with Straws and Toothpicks

My big boy loves play dough. I mean, he REALLY loves play dough.

We have more commercially made playdough accessories than you can poke a stick at. I am not sure why you’d bother poking a stick at play dough accessories, but if you did, you’d have trouble poking all of ours. Those playdough accessories are fun, but sometimes it is the simple things that bring the most joy.

flourless play dough

The other day, as a way to avoid doing the house work I suggested we make some play dough. Deciding to try something a bit different we used this recipe for ‘flourless play dough’ from Messy Kids which turned out great. It is soft and smooth, but it did leave a bit of a residue on our hands, and didn’t keep as well as our regular play dough recipe.

We made our dough hot pink (using some fluro liquitemp paint) and as we waited for it to cool we decided on a few new, but simple accessories. Silicone patty pans, tooth picks and cut up straws.

flourless play dough

With just these few simple things we made so many interesting creations.

play dough with straws and toothpicks

There were lots of birthday cakes with candles, some trees, an echidna, a dinosaur or two…. Hours of fun!

play dough with straws and tooth picks

What are your favourite play dough accessories?

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  1. We got a Mr Potato Head (branded) Play Doh set from the op shop for $4 in mid-August. All the play doh has dried up but it came with a cool extruder and other bits and pieces to make Mr Potato Head and his wife… Hours of fun! The utensil drawer is also popular. And the cookie cutters…still!