I love stuff like this. It’s the kind of thing that every parent needs to have on brain-file so you can whip it out at a moment’s notice when the kiddos need some quality fun time. The best part is that I can almost guarantee that you have all of these ingredients in your kitchen at this very moment. Both recipes are made with every day stuff from the kitchen so they’re especially great for little ones who are still in the everything-in-mouth phase. (My oldest is 3 1/2 and he’s still kind of in that phase!) I can also almost guarantee that the kids won’t be the only ones eating the playdough. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya…
Peanut Butter Playdough
1 C creamy peanut butter
2 C powdered sugar
1/2 C honey
Directions: mix mix mix. I use my stand mixer to make it quick, clean and easy, but if you prefer to make it long, messy, and not-so-easy, let your kids mix it up by hand 🙂
A lot of PB playdough recipes you’ll find include dry milk powder, but I really don’t like the grainy texture it creates so I use straight powdered sugar. Plus, it tastes waaaay better.
This makes plenty for 2-3 kids to enjoy. Just give ’em rollers, cutters, molds, etc. and let them go to town! My son and his most favorite gal-pal had a blast with it.
My cupboards were a little bare when we made this batch, but one thing that’s really fun is to give them things like pretzel sticks, graham crackers, cheerios, m&m’s etc and let them build stuff and decorate it.
Be prepared to see a lot of lip smackin’ going on because this stuff is goooood.
Like really good. Good as in I had to have my own pile of playdough which I hoarded and dreamt about dipping in chocolate. Hmmm….chocolate. I think I might have a party one day where adults play with peanut butter playdough and then turn it into fondue. Brilliant, right?? Anyway, next time you need something quick to entertain the kiddos, bust out the PB playdough!
Onto recipe numero dois:
Let me start by saying that calling this recipe “edible” is somewhat of a stretch. While it’s totally healthy to consume it, you’re probably not going to want to voluntarily shove it in your mouth like you will the PB playdough. But at least you know what’s in it and it won’t hurt a thing if your little ones start licking their fingers! Another great option for finger paint is adding a few drops of food-safe coloring to vanilla yogurt or pudding. Both are fun to play with and taste super yummy! We had a lot of fun with this one though.
Home Made Finger Paint
3 T sugar
1/2 C cornstarch 2 C cold water
food coloring
Mix sugar and cornstartch together in a sauce pan. Add cold water and combine with a whisk. Cook on medium heat until the mixture thickens to a thin pudding consistency. I recommend stopping the cooking process a little before it’s the consistency you’d like because it thickens upon standing. Once removed from heat, COOL and then separate into bowls and color as desired.
Spread out big sheets of freezer paper or newsprint and let the kiddos go to town. Better yet, do it outside! A friend of mine told me she has her kids paint all over the shower walls. Makes a great canvas and when they’re done she just washes it down. I thought that was brilliant!
This paint will be soft and smooth at first and over time it will start to thicken. Depending on your kids {ie: 3 1/2 year old boys} the thickened goop may be even more fun to play with than the original mixture!
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Other posts from Kids Week:
Homemade Hot Pockets
Hand Tossed Ice Cream
Frozen Pudding Pops– updated with Strawberries & Cream recipe!
My neice LOVES peanut butter this is going to be fun lol.
I just tried the peanut butter playdoh. If your doing it for just one kid definitely cut the recipe in half. I’m going to let it stay in my fridge for a day as I think it’ll be okay. Does anyone know for sure how long it’ll be “good”?
My son really liked it, playing and making them into “balls” and kept calling it candy. Thank you, he just turned two! I will be trying the paint tomorrow :)!
Just found this recipe for my little 1 year old. I am so glad I tried it first before giving her real playdough because the first thing she did was put it in her mouth! She then didn’t even play with it, all she wanted to do was eat it! Thanks for the recipe, it was super quick and easy.
ur a wonderful, kid friendly what could be better, my 2 year old still insist in putting everything in her mouth first!!
Super easy and quick to make! My 2 1/2 year old loves it.
This looks like fun but just a warning to everyone if you are doing this for a play group or daycare facilities…
A Lot of kids are allergic to peanuts so please be sure to double check that it’s safe for everyone! (parents may not know that there’s peanuts in it unless you specifically tell them so.
OMGOSH!!! I think you must have read my mind when this weekend I wished there was such a thing as non-toxic edible finger paints! Have I mentioned recently how much I love you guys! My 15-month-old would say it if he could talk, that's for sure!!
Mary, regular homemade playdough is edible too- it just doesn't taste good! lol I don't really have a sub for a yummy one that's peanut free, sorry!
Do you happen to have a recipe for edible playdough w/o peanut butter? My 2 y.o. is allergic :(. I know, right? It sucks, but it would be worse if she were allergic to eggs or flour or something else I really couldn't live w/o!
Thanks for sharing this! We did the edible finger paint today & had a blast! I put a link on my blog back to this recipe. Hope you don't mind! =)
Jill- I don't know about the food coloring. I would guess the brown color of the playdough would kind of ruin any attempts at pretty color, but if you try it out let us know!
This looks like a really great idea! My (almost) 3 year old niece and I played with Playdough on my last visit and she spent most of the time licking her fingers…so the idea of edible playdough sounds great. I think I will make it as part of her Christmas present this year. Has anyone tried adding a little food coloring to the PB Playdough? I was wondering if it would work with PB or not.
oh my goodness!!!!!!!! Thank you SO MUCH! I am 13 and I loved the peanut butter playdough! I am taking it to school and sharing it with my friends! it tastes amazing!
Entirely too cool…esp since I'm looking for the kids to do when I go out to Utah to help my mother go through her house and they are at home in Kentucky with DH for a week!
Cute models! I will have to try this. Maybe the cub scouts would enjoy making this, then again maybe not. I just had a scary thought of this flying through the church.
Yeah for kid's week!
Sara, you saved my summer!
Can't wait to try both these things.
You're the best!
I love these ideas! I'm going to have to try the finger paints, for sure with my littlest one. I actually have a variation of the PB playdough using powdered milk and honey instead of sugar – you can check it out at:
candidcook.blogspot.com
It's still sweet from the honey and the powdered milk add extra nutrition as well as the "dry stuff" you need to make it playdough.
i've done the colored yogurt but never the pb play doh. very excited, this would be a good idea for a 2 or 3 year old party activity-snack included! 🙂
Soooo fun! We made this today and the girls loved it! They even pulled it out this evening for the babysitter. And I'm thinking that would make a great center for homemade PB cups? No????
I love the little chubby finger painting fingers! My favorite.
This looks super fun!
I can't wait to eat, wait I mean make the peanut butter playdough for my kids.
Ok, I was a little hesitant (about the mess) when I first started looking at this post, but now I think my 2 year-old would really love it! Especially the finger paint… he's not too into playdough yet.
Thanks for a great week!
-Jennifer
Love the edible playdough idea! Thanks!!
I just had to send this link to tons of mothers here, since its over 100 and they are probably in desperate need of something to do inside, thanks for the idea! I'm also hoping to get them addict to this site, I know I am!
My three boys are going to LOVE this!!
This looks like something fun to do with my nieces & nephew once they get older!
definitely doing this one! Powdered sugar and peanut butter…mmmmmm
I've been looking for some fun craft ideas for my kids to do. These look perfect and so fun!
My utterly bored children thank you profusely. 😀