Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Candy Cane Play Dough


Our candy cane play dough smells good and looks very festive!  To make it, I used my favorite play dough recipe and added a lot of red food coloring, a few teaspoons of peppermint extract, and red and silver glitter (a few teaspoons of each).  I thought about making some plain white play dough to go along with it, but it will just get mixed together and end up pink so the silver glitter is in there to represent the white in a candy cane!

Here is the recipe:
1 c. flour
1/2 c. salt
1 T. cooking oil
1 T. cream of tartar
1 c. water
peppermint extract (about two teaspoons)
food coloring  (a lot of red)
silver and red glitter (a few teaspoons of each)

Measure the ingredients into a nonstick pot and stir until well mixed.  Then cook over medium heat until the dough pulls away from the sides and forms a ball.  Dump the dough out onto a cutting board and knead it until smooth.  Keep the play dough in an airtight container or ziploc bag; it usually lasts a few months.  Enjoy!

We currently have quite the stash of homemade play dough (pumpkin pie, cranberry, gingerbread, and now candy cane); I think we'll have to get all of them out one day this week and see what happens.

We were able to pick up the book, The Legend of the Candy Cane by Lori Walburg, from the library today.  C, R and I enjoyed the story.  Whether the legend is true or not, I like the story and it is just another way to remember why we celebrate Christmas.  We also got the Zonderkidz video cartoon adaptation of the book featuring the voices of Florence Henderson and Tom Bosley.  I recommend both the book and the video!  They are both heartwarming and perfect for the Christmas season.

12 comments:

Natalie PlanetSmarty said...

I am waiting until all of our store bought playdoh turns brown - the process is well underway. Then I have to try your playdoh recipe for some new homemade choices.

Jenny said...

All of these scented playdoughs make me hungry! LOL!

MaryAnne said...

I really need to get some glitter to add to our next batch of play dough - I've seen it on several blogs recently, and it looks so pretty!

And we use that same recipe to make play dough - works great!

Ticia said...

I can just imagine those smells mixing......

Love the glitter in it.

An Almost Unschooling Mom said...

The glitter makes it perfect - we're so making some!

And, I'll look for the video, too :)

Unknown said...

I may need to "get a life", but I can't tell you how excited I am about making candy cane playdough :)

The Activity Mom said...

Yum! Great idea!

Anonymous said...

I bet it's a refreshing scent! Looks pretty too.

Rebecca said...

Your playdoh looks sooo pretty Christy! Cant wait to make some of our own :)

Emily said...

That looks like some great playdough! I need to give it a try! Thanks!!

:D
Emily

Sherri said...

Who can resist play dough with glitter! =)

Darcey said...

I love the idea of the candy cane play-dough! I'm not sure how good they'd smell if all the scents mixed, but it'd probably be fun for the kids. This was one of my favorite posts for the week and I've linked up to it here: http://play2grow.blogspot.com/2010/12/weekly-favorites-december-12-2010.html