Sand Play Dough Recipe
August 1, 2015My kids absolutely love play dough. The only thing they like more than actually playing with it is probably helping me to make it. There are so many recipes for making play dough, and we’ve done a few of them: we’ve made Super Silky Marbled Play Dough, DIY Glittered Play Dough, & Speckled Edible Play Dough.
Today’s play dough recipe features sand, because well, we are outdoor pretty much every day in the Summer. We have this big ol’ sandbox in the backyard and the girls love playing in it all the time. They’d stay out there all.day.long if I let them! I figured, “What a wonderful way to bring the sandbox indoors” (especially when it’s rainy outside)! So here is the recipe I used for making a fun, moldable Sand Play Dough. This play dough really comes together wonderfully and has a wonderful texture to it, making it a fabulous sensory material for the little ones!
Here is the recipe!
Sand Play Dough Recipe
Sand Play Dough Recipe
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 tbsp. olive oil
1.5 cups sand
1/2 cup salt
about 1 cup warm water
Directions:
1. Into a small plastic bowl, add the flour, oil, salt and warm water. Try to combine, but don’t worry about making it smooth just yet.
Sand Play Dough Recipe
2. Add the sand and start working it through the mixture until it is free of clumps.
Sand Play Dough Recipe
3. Let the little ones start playing. It comes together beautifully and can be broken apart into pieces or stay together to mold into shapes.
Sand Play Dough Recipe
Sand Play Dough Recipe
It’s a whole lot of fun to add things you might find on a beach. I added some shells, glass beads and star fish.
Sand Play Dough Recipe
So pretty! And the kids had an absolute blast playing with this play dough!! Hope you try this one and love it, too!
Looking for more play dough ideas? Check out these below!
Soft Marbled Play Dough
Super soft homemade playdough
DIY Glitter Play Dough Recipe
Many Homemade Play Dough Recipes
DIY Play Dough Recipes
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It looks wonderful! What fun for your little ones.
It was a really fun project! The kids loved it so much! It’s definitely on our list of projects to revisit soon!! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Lisa!
My daughter would go nuts over this! She loves play dough and she loves sand, so it’s a complete win win!!
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Yes, my kids go crazy over play dough & sand, too! To be honest, I myself enjoy molding them into cool shapes, too! Ha! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Catherine!
OH wow…this is such a neat idea. 🙂
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Thanks Jess! The kids really loved it! 🙂
What a great idea! I found your post on the ‘skip the housework’ Sat link party and glad I did! My little guy would love this!
Thanks so much, Chrissa! I’m sure your little boy will love this- my girls are huge fans of anything playdough-related! Have a wonderful weekend!