Edible Playdough Recipe – Only 3 Ingredients!
This edible playdough recipe only requires 3 ingredients. Not only is this edible playdough recipe easy to make, but it is budget-friendly. Kids of all ages like toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary aged kids will love playing with this edible playdough! This edible playdough recipe is not only fun, but a fun sensory activity, perfect for at home activities.
Edible Playdough Recipe
One of the comments we get a lot is that you, our readers, are looking for a simple playdough recipe that is safe for toddlers to eat and gluten-free.
Today’s play dough recipe is just that!
Easy Edible Playdough Recipe for Kids
This play dough is made from three ingredients, is dairy and gluten-nut-free, easy to make – and safe for kids to eat. Much thanks to Powerful Mothering for inspiring today’s post. Check out her variation of this edible play dough.
Related: More easy edible play dough recipes
Video: How To Make This Edible Play Dough Recipe
Supplies Needed To Make Make Edible Play Dough
Ingredients for Gluten-Free Play Dough
- Tub of Whipped Topping
- 1/2 a box of Cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
How To Make This Fun Edible Playdough Recipe
Step 1
Dump the whipped topping into a larger bowl.
Step 2
Carefully fold the cornstarch into the topping until it is a crumbly mess.
Notes:
We used a spatula to fold it together.
Step 3
Drizzle the lumps with the olive oil.
Step 4
Use your hands at this point to work the dough together until it forms a ball.
Notes:
Be careful to use a folding motion with stirring.
Our Experience With This Edible Playdough Recipe
We didn’t – there was quite a cloud of cornstarch in the air.
Fun times!
Dusty kitchens are loved kitchens! Our kitchen is rarely clean, but we love making memories together.
Boy, oh, boy! That dust cloud and the slip it added to the floor is a fun memory.
Your kids will love playing with this delicate dough. Our dough was incredibly crumbly, we added some more olive oil to help the dough gel together. Our kids didn’t mind the crumbs one bit – those crumbs were reserved for nibbling. This is definitely something we could do again with our Gluten-free friends and family.
Edible Playdough Recipe
Use this edible playdough recipe to create soft, sticky, fun, play dough! This playdough recipe is easy, budget-friendly, is fun, and can double as a sensory activity.
Materials
- Tub of Whipped Topping
- 1/2 a box of Cornstarch
- 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
Instructions
Dump the whipped topping into a larger bowl.
Carefully fold the cornstarch into the topping until it is a crumbly mess.
Drizzle the lumps with the olive oil.
Use your hands at this point to work the dough together until it forms a ball.
Notes
Be careful to use a folding motion with stirring.
Other Play Dough Recipes From Kids Activities Blog
- Salt Dough Recipe – Create fun keepsakes with this recipe.
- Shining Dough – Transform plain play dough and add some glamor!
- Chocolate Ice Cream Dough – not as tasty, but smells just like a scoop of chocolate!
- 10 MORE ways to Make Play Dough – one of our popular round-ups of activities found around the web.
- Softest Playdough Recipe– This playdough is so soft and a fun texture!
Did you like this edible play dough recipe? Did your kids enjoy this edible play dough?
That looks so great. I wonder what the UK equivalent of “whipped topping” is?
When she puts the ingredient as a “tub” of whipped topping, then I deduce it would be cool whip. The kind of whipped topping you keep in the freezer. I hope that helps Emma(My Little 3 and Me) . It is also quite low in calories FYI!
This will be so much fun to do with my daughter! Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday. We hope you hop over and share with us again next week.
It says this recipe is dairy, gluten, and nut free. I’d like to know where you find dairy free whipped topping? I’ve never been able to find any. Even the “dairy free” cool whip has casein in it, so I’d be careful for those on a gfcf diet that might not think about that one.
Thanks so much for that information. You are completely right, the only whipped topping I have found that is truly dairy-free is made from coconut milk.
Silly question:
What sized tub of whipped topping?
A standard sized box of corn starch is 1 pound but whipped topping tubs come in several sizes.
What a fun and yummy idea!
Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday! We hope to see you next week!
Looks fun!
This is a cool idea! I have heard of using peanut butter for edible play doh maybe we can do edible play doh buffet sometime!
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Very cool! Great post! Thanks for sharing at the Happiness Is Homemade Link Party! We love having you. I have pinned it to the Happiness Is Homemade Party Board. I can’t wait to see what you link up next week!
Cathy
APeekIntoMyParadise.com
Thanks Cathy!
I haven’t eaten whipped topping since I was a child, mostly because I don’t care for the taste. But I would be really interested in finding some made with coconut milk. Can you point me in a direction with a brand? We do alot of coconut and almond as dairy alternatives, but I never thought to look for whipped topping made with one, probably just because it has been off my radar for *ahem* 30+ years. LOL
Thanks so much for sharing this in Tell Me About It Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing what you share next week!
This is marvelous! Sounds like lots of fun! I am honored that you shared at Home and Garden Thursday!
Kathy
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This is great! My kiddos will love these. Thanks a lot for sharing the recipe.
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Thanks for the recipe! I’m wondering how long it keeps or if you need to make it fresh every time?
Have you attempted this with chocolate powder in it? And how much does 1 recipe make? I’m thinking of making enough for a 16 kids. Would I need to start with a ridiculous amount of whipped topping? Could I make it the night before?