Soothing Lavender Playdough Recipe

This post was contributed by Erica of eLeMeNO-P Kids.

Enhancing a Playdough Recipe with Oils!

Hi! My name is Erica Leggiero and I blog over at eLeMeNO-P Kids. I am so excited today to bring to you my favorite essential oil play recipe: Lavendar Playdough!

Now, just when you thought playdough couldn’t get any better…it can! With just a few drops of essential oil, your homemade playdough recipe is brought to whole new levels of awesomeness.

We’ve been using essential oils in our family for a year now, and I’ve been so happy with the various, amazing ways we can incorporate them into our daily lives.  Including our play recipes!

For this particular playdough recipe, we chose our favorite essential oil, Lavender. Lavender oil has calming, soothing, balancing properties and is just so aromatic that you can’t help but smile when you smell it! This is a great playdough to soothe your child, calm him down, or even relax him before bedtime.

Essential Oils for Kids – Soothing & Calming Lavender Playdough

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Ingredients:

• 1 C. Flour
• 1 Tbsp. Oil (vegetable/canola)
• 1 C. Water
• 1/2 C. Salt
• 1 Tbsp. Cream of Tartar
• Food Coloring {red/blue}
• Lavender Essential Oil

Steps:

1. Place all ingredients in a pot and whisk them together.

2. Add about 2 drops of red and blue food coloring, each.

3. Heat on med/high until mixture clumps together (this happens very quickly).

4. Stir the mixture the entire time to prevent sticking. It will begin to pull away from the sides of the pot.

5. Once it clumps nicely, put on wax paper to cool.

6. AFTER your dough has cooled, add 5-6 drops of lavender essential oil.

7. Kneed until dough is soft and aromatic. Add more drops of lavender oil to your liking.

8. Play & Enjoy!

I hope you enjoy this quick and easy Lavender Playdough Recipe and that your kiddos just love playing with the scented playdough!

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