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Easy Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

October 24, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Confession time: I didn’t really eat pumpkin pie as a child. 

I’m from the Deep South and, down here, we tend to eat more sweet potato pie than pumpkin. At least in my family. (I honestly don’t have enough space here to write about the wonders of sweet potato pie.)

After I became an adult, though, a good friend of mine made a pumpkin pie and I finally had a taste. 

It was delicious. 

So since we enjoyed making apple pie playdough earlier this fall, I thought this easy scented pumpkin pie playdough recipe would be a nice addition to our fall sensory activities!

Fun Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

This playdough feels and smells incredible, so it’s a simple way to give the kids some sensory play while adding a nice fall scent to your home or classroom.

If you’re studying pumpkins or harvest this year, this scented playdough is a wonderful play activity for your unit!

Easy Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

Get the full instructions and the printable recipe below!

And for more ways to have fun with playdough, stop by to read our roundup of edible playdough recipes you can make at home!

Make up a batch of this scented pumpkin pie playdough to have some fall sensory fun with the kids! You only need a few household ingredients!

How to Make Easy Pumpkin Pie Playdough

To make this easy pumpkin pie playdough recipe, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see my Disclosure Policy.)

  • flour
  • salt
  • pumpkin pie spice
  • cream of tartar
  • coconut oil
  • food coloring
  • pumpkin essence
  • Playdough tools (optional)
  • My Cinnamon Playdough Recipe

Easy Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

What I love about this playdough recipe is that it’s a reliable go-to activity. Once you make it, you’ll have a quick sensory activity you can whip up for the kids in just a few minutes.

Fall Playdough Mats

Making Pumpkin Pie Scented Playdough

Start by pouring warm water into a pot.

Then add a few drops of orange food coloring, coconut oil, and pumpkin essence.

Simple Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

In a separate bowl, mix together flour, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cream of tartar.

How to Make Pumpkin Pie Playdough

Gradually add the flour mixture to the pot and stir well.

How to Make a Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Heat the mixture on low and stir continuously, until the mixture starts to firm up.

When it pulls away from the sides of the pot, you’re done.

Fall Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

Knead the dough back and forth between your hands until it forms a smooth ball. (Little hands are great at doing this step!)

How to Make Pumpkin Pie Scented Playdough

If you want to make the “piecrust”, whip up a batch of cinnamon playdough to use as the base.

Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

It’s play time!

Give the kids a few playdough tools to flatten, cut, and shape their dough into a pie. 

They’ll play with this for hours and get some sensory practice too!

DIY Scented Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

Scroll down to get your printable Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe!

Take a look at these other fun fall play ideas!

Make counting practice fun with this five in a row printable farm game! Great for early math centers!

These easy and fun paper bag woodland animal crafts kids can make! Choose from a paper bag fox craft, paper bag bear craft, and a paper bag deer craft!

Make up a batch of this apple pie playdough to have a fun fall sensory activity with your little ones! So fun for little hands!

And follow my Fall Activities for Kids board on Pinterest for more ways to have fun during autumn!

DIY Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Printable DIY Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Read the full pumpkin pie playdough recipe right here! You can also print it to use offline.

DIY Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe
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Pumpkin Pie Playdough Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup salt
  • 4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 2 cups warm water
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • food coloring
  • 1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 tsp pumpkin essence

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, salt, pumpkin pie spice, and cream of tartar.

  2. Mix the warm water, coconut oil, pumpkin essence, and a few drops of orange food coloring in a pot.

  3. Gradually add the flour mixture to the pot, stirring well.

  4. Heat the mixture over low heat, stirring continuously until it firms and pulls away from the sides of the pot.

  5. Remove the dough from the heat and let cool until safe to touch.

  6. Knead the dough until it forms a smooth ball. Store in an airtight container.

Make up this scented pumpkin pie playdough recipe for some fall sensory fun with the kids! Only takes a few ingredients!

Filed Under: Fun Activities for Kids, Sensory Activities Tagged With: fall activities, playdough recipes

Fall Apple Pie Playdough for Kids

August 8, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

My kids have loved to play with playdough for as long as I can remember.

Of course, some of that is because I like to play with playdough and I basically insisted they did too. I make no apologies.

Working with playdough is such a soothing activity for kids (and adults) and it’s good gross motor and fine motor skill practice too.

So, since fall is just around the corner, why not try this fun apple pie playdough recipe with your kids for some fall sensory fun!

Easy Apple Pie Playdough Recipe for Kids

This is such a fun DIY playdough recipe to make with the kids. It smells amazing and it’s a fun way to get them ready for fall baking!

Fun Apple Pie Playdough Sensory Activity

It would also be a fantastic sensory activity to try after reading some of your child’s favorite fall books for kids!

Read on to get the full printable playdough recipe while you’re here.

Want more apple fun for early learners? Don’t miss our Apple Alike! Same or Different Worksheets!

Make up a batch of this apple pie playdough to have a fun fall sensory activity with your little ones! So fun for little hands!

Fall Apple Pie Playdough

To make this fall apple pie playdough recipe, you’ll need the following:

  • Flour
  • Coconut oil
  • Salt
  • Cream of tartar
  • Food coloring
  • Apple scented oil
  • Green apple scented oil
  • Cinnamon scented oil

How to Make Apple Pie Playdough

You’ll be following the same basic DIY playdough recipe to make each flavor.

You’ll just need to adjust the scents and colors to make each ingredient of the “pie”.

Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

As a note, this apple pie playdough recipe is NOT edible. Please don’t allow small children to eat it. It smells good, but it’s just for play.

Start by mixing the flour, salt, and cream of tartar together.

Easy Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

Then add the coconut oil, food coloring, apple scented oil, and some warm water.

Cook the mixture over low heat while stirring continuously.

DIY Apple Pie Playdough

You’ll know it’s done when it starts to look “doughy”. Keep stirring until the dough no longer looks wet.

DIY Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

Then remove it from the pan and knead it with your hand until it forms a ball.

 

 

DIY Green Apple Playdough Recipe

To make the green apple playdough, swap out the red food coloring for green food coloring.

Easy Green Apple Playdough for Kids

And use green apple scented oil instead of regular apple.

Simple Cinnamon Playdough Recipe

When you’re ready to make the “crust”, just use brown food coloring and cinnamon scented oil.

DIY Cinnamon Playdough Recipe

Follow the same steps to cook the playdough on the stove.

Easy Cinnamon Playdough Recipe

Then knead it into a ball and you’re done!

Apple Pie Playdough for Kids

The kids will love using playdough tools to mold each batch into a pie!

Fun Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

They can even use child-safe scissors to cut the lattice strips for the top of the “apple pie crust”!

Scroll down for the full fall apple pie playdough recipe!

 

 

 

Don’t miss these other fun ways to make playdough at home!

Mix up some sensory fun with these edible playdough recipes for kids! These are so fun for little ones who love to play with dough!

Make this fun (and yummy!) solar system edible playdough for some sweet sensory play!

See more ways to learn with sensory fun on my Sensory Play Pinterest board!

 

 

 

Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

Get the full apple pie playdough recipe below!

If you plan to make it with your kids, let me know how they like it!

Fall Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

Apple Pie Playdough for Kids
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Apple Pie Playdough Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 3/4 cup salt
  • 4 tsp cream of tartar
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 2 cups warm water
  • red food coloring
  • green food coloring
  • brown food coloring
  • apple scented oil
  • green apple scented oil
  • cinnamon scented oil

Instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, and cream of tartar.

  2. Add the coconut oil and mix well.

  3. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and add the warm water.

  4. Add a few drops of red food coloring to make the apple playdough. Add green food coloring if you are making the green apple playdough. Add brown food coloring if you are making the cinnamon playdough.

  5. Cook the mixture over low heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture is no longer wet and looks doughy.

  6. Remove the dough from the saucepan. Knead it with your hands until smooth.

Recipe Notes

Store the playdough in an airtight container for up to three days.

Welcome fall with this fun apple pie playdough recipe for kids! Wonderful as a fall sensory activity for preschoolers!

Filed Under: Sensory Activities Tagged With: playdough, playdough recipes, sensory play

20 Super Fun Edible Playdough Recipes You Can Make at Home

June 20, 2019 by Selena Robinson Leave a Comment

Do your kids love to play with playdough? It’s always been a big hit in our house. Our kids love to squish it, mix it with different colors, and mold it into all kinds of creations. 

But, once we learned that you can could make edible playdough, our world was officially rocked.

When we played with store-bought playdough, one of the questions they always asked was “Can we eat it?”

And I’d always have to answer, “No. I know it looks like it tastes good, but, trust me, it does not.” (It really, really doesn’t.)

Which is why I was so excited to gather up this list of super fun edible playdough recipes!

20 Edible Playdough Recipes You Can Make at Home

These recipes for edible playdough are all easy to make and fun for kids to play with. Plus, they can eat it after they make their art. It’s a perfect sensory activity for kids of all ages!

Read on to see the full list of edible homemade playdough recipes below. And, for more ways to learn with playdough, check out our Cupcake Playdough Mats!

Mix up some sensory fun with these edible playdough recipes for kids! These are so fun for little ones who love to play with dough!

20 Edible Playdough Recipes You Can Make at Home

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1. Solar System Edible Playdough – Look! We’re Learning!
2. Two-Ingredient Edible Playdough – Temecula Blogs
3. Baby Safe Edible Playdough – Learning 4 Kids
4. Cake Batter Edible Playdough – The Soccer Mom Blog
5. Sugar Cookie Playdough – Frugal Mom Eh
6. Edible Peanut Butter Playdough – I Can Teach My Child
7. Nutella Playdough – Still Playing School
8. Edible Pumpkin Pie Playdough – Coffee Cups and Crayons
9. Edible Playdough Fudge – STEAM Powered Family
10. Cookie Dough Playdough – Natural Beach Living

11. Dairy Free Edible Playdough – Look! We’re Learning!
12. Almond Playdough – Craftulate
13. Unicorn Poop Playdough – The Soccer Mom Blog
14. Strawberry Playdough – Powerful Mothering
15. Edible Jelly Bean Playdough – Lemon Lime Adventures
16. Cream Cheese Playdough – Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
17. Edible Rainbow Playdough – Preschool Powol Pockets
18. Chocolate Oat Playdough – Powerful Mothering
19. Cake Mix Playdough – Messy Little Monster
20. Peppermint Playdough – Frugal Mom Eh

Ways to Play With Edible Playdough Recipes

Okay, so you’ve chosen an edible playdough recipe to make. You’ve made it. Now what?

You can just hand the playdough over to your kids and let them play with it. (And don’t worry, they will.) But you can also extend the activity into helping them learn a few things while they play.

Use edible playdough for literacy practice.

Encourage the kids to roll the playdough into ropes and then practice forming letters and numbers with it. These ocean themed letter and number playdough mats are perfect for this!

Printable Alphabet Ocean Playdough Mats

Practice scissor cutting skills.

Grab a pair of child-safe scissors and then let the kids practice cutting their playdough into small pieces. Toddlers can use their fingers to tear the dough before trying the scissors.

Work on basic counting.

Once kids are comfortable working the playdough into little balls, it’s a great time to start counting! Kids can practice counting by ones, skip counting, counting by groups, and basic addition.

Pick up this free apple tree counting mat to use with your little ones!

Build fine motor skills.

Give the kids a few cookie cutters or a mini rolling pin so they can practice shaping the edible playdough into different shapes.

Here are a couple of playdough tools that may come in handy!

Clay and Dough Tools Six-Piece Set

Alex Art Wooden Dough Tools Set

Kiddy Dough 24-Piece Set Dough Tools and Party Pack

Have some fun sensory play with these fun and edible playdough recipes for kids! You can make these at home and let the kids play safely!

Did you love this list of edible playdough recipes? Don’t miss these other playdough activities!

Pick up these printable rainbow playdough mats for some colorful fine motor fun with early learners!

These beach themed number playdough mats are fun for practicing recognizing numbers from 0 to 9!

Help little ones practice fine motor skills and recognizing basic shapes with these fun printable mountain playdough shape mats for kids!

Be sure to follow my Sensory Play board on Pinterest for more sensory activities!

Filed Under: Sensory Activities Tagged With: edible playdough, playdough recipes

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