We had a birthday party to attend last week for my sweet friend Michelle’s daughter. I had recently bookmarked a chocolate play dough recipe, from A Foothill Home Companion, in my notebook entry that I thought would make a fun birthday gift.
I love to make play dough for my kids and usually use my Fruity Play Dough recipe, but I wanted to try something different for this party. Although this play dough wasn’t as pretty as my usual colors, the fact that it smelled like a little bit of heaven seemed to trump it’s, less than appealing, shade of brown.
This play dough smells divine. In fact, both the kids came upstairs and begged for some of the chocolate cake I was making. It was quite disappointing to see that it was only play dough that I was cooking and a batch that wasn’t even for them.
We packaged this up with a set of pretty cookie cutters and a copy of the recipe so that their family could replicate the recipe in their own kitchen.
I love to make gifts like this for birthday gifts because it is affordable and a gift that they can use more than once. Ethan drew his own birthday card for the birthday girl complete with a princess tiara and money… because that is apparently two items that princesses possess. Having him make the birthday card added a special touch and saved on the cost of a store-bought card.
Here are some other fun play dough recipes:
Pumpkin Pie Play Dough (@ Like Merchant Ships)
Homemade Play Dough (@ Skip to My Lou)
Play Dough Tips & Tricks (@ Organizing Connection)
Edible Play Dough (scroll down a bit)
Perfect Play Dough (@ Family Fun)
Natural Play Dough Recipes (@ Nature Moms)
Gingerbread Play Dough (@ Recipezaar)
What is your favorite birthday gift to give or a favorite gift that your child received for their birthday?
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12 Responses to “Homemade Play Dough: A Play Dough Recipe Round-Up”
I’m definitely going to remember this for the next birthday party that comes up!
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Great idea Amy! So cute too! thanks so much!
Blessings!
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Oh my gosh – thank you SO much for this round-up. WOO HOO!
We always do handmade/homemade cards, too!
My absolute favorite gifts the girls have received are tutus. So fun and unique and memorable.
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Great idea! I love those theme/kit gifts. One that I remember very well that my son received in his preschool years was a bath kit – it had bath toys and some of those bath color tablets. That was a big hit and a very practical, not so cluttery, gift.
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Thanks Amy.
I’ve been thinking of making playdoh with the twins for months and just haven’t gotten around to it.
Now thanks to your list and the holidays being almost over I have no excuse not to try it.
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We had a Bob the Builder party mid December. The kids loved making homemade play doh as one of the activities. I love the warm feeling straight out of the pan. They added allsorts; glitter, scents and colours. Then took them home in tin boxes from Michaels. Was a real hit.
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Melissa- What a GREAT idea for something to do with the kids at a birthday party. I love it!
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This is a great idea that I’ll file away for future use.
One of the favorite things I have given for kids birthdays are a package of socks, with each sock filled with a little treat (candy, matchbox cars, pencils or markers, girls hair accessories, change, etc.). I tie each sock with a ribbon and then usually bundle the bunch together. I get the socks and goodies throughout the year on clearance or with coupons. They seem to be well received because they are fun for the kids and moms usually express that one can’t have too many socks (especially the moms of boys!).
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Miss Belle loved the play-dough. So much, in fact, that she could not resist the urge to taste it. (actually whitney dared her to, so she gave in and did it). She was very disapointed that it did not TASTE as wonderful as it SMELLED.
It was a delightful gift. Thank you so much.
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I use the same Kool-aid RecipeZaar recipe. It’s my absolute fav!
I’ll have to give those other scents a try too.
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book marking this. Thanks!
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We made this playdough for a birthday party recently and packaged it in the empty cocoa box. My husband googled “Hershey’s font” and downloaded the font to personalize the label. He scanned in the label, changed the name to “Ashley’s Cocoa” and switched some of the type to say play related things (can’t remember right now), and attached it and covered it in clear contact paper. It turned out SOOOO cute and one batch of the playdough fit perfectly in the box! We’re making some this weekend for my nephew and it’s going to be my go-to gift from now on.
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