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One Minute Playdough

You may have seen my recent post on Bubble Dough; while I was making that I was curious to see what washing up liquid [dish soap] would do when mixed with plain white flour. To my amazement what it did was to turn into a wonderful soft playdough. 

 The red colour of the washing up liquid sort of turned the dough a murky pink colour, so I added a little red food colouring to enhance it. It feels and moulds just like regular playdough, and Jake's been enjoying playing with it in his regular way...
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This literally takes a minute to make. Add 1 cup of regular flour, and a couple of squirts of washing up liquid (dish soap) - add gradually to the flour and mix and knead until you get the desired consistency.

The other reason I love it is because it has no salt in it does not dry your hands out, and it smells lovely too. :) I think we're going to be making this a lot, a playdough session never fails to help with a stressful day, or to unwind at the end of a busy day, or just for fun of course!  I urge you to try this; its so easy and so much fun. 


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31 comments:

  1. Laura3 February 2013 at 19:45

    great idea! just pinned this to remember to do this week! thank you!

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  2. Unknown3 February 2013 at 23:19

    wonder how long it would last comparing to koolaid playdough?

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    1. Kat4 February 2013 at 09:12

      Ive never made Kookaid playdough, so Im not sure, but its still going strong 4 days on....

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    2. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 13:24

      I love this! Thank you for sharing.

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  3. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 01:35

    Did you add any water? I'm in the states and using a different dish soap and can't seem to get it to form. How much did you end up adding?

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    1. Kat4 February 2013 at 09:12

      nope, no water at all. Probably to a cup of flour, 2 generous squirts.

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    2. stampinscrapper64 February 2013 at 22:59

      I try tried it too. Here in the states and did not work. I used dawn. Hmmmm

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    3. laura oreamuno5 May 2013 at 16:41

      I tried a little (Costa Rica) with granddaughter and worked fine. When I took the materials to Science class didn´t work fine...kids enjoyed the process but at the end we did an enormous ball and painted it as planet Earth. Seems to stick to hands but not to other balls. We had free days because Obamas visit, I will see how the planet dried tomorrow.

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  4. Anonymous4 February 2013 at 03:15

    definately going to try this, thanks! i need to make playdoh, but was out of cream or tartar which is a little pricey, so this would be awesome!!

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  5. Unknown4 February 2013 at 05:10

    Love this!! Going to have to try it out. Just pinned. (Momma's Fun World)

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  6. RedTedArt4 February 2013 at 10:26

    Wow! This looks innovative!

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    1. Anonymous5 February 2013 at 07:57

      My bubble dough crumbled when used! What did I do wrong? Love it!

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  7. Anonymous5 February 2013 at 16:42

    I made it with a cup of flour and it seemed to take a LOT of squirts of dish soap to get it to form a ball....never did make a smooth plYdoh consistency. Sure it has to do with brand of soap? Made anothe batch with cheap conditioner and flour...that one turned out better, but still nothing that was exciting:(. Glad yours turned out so wonderfully, but it was a dud here bummer

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  8. Samantha @ Stir the Wonder5 February 2013 at 17:56

    Love it! What a great idea! I will have to try it!

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  9. Karin5 February 2013 at 20:22

    Wow, I love all the great ideas in here, that I can try out with my 4 years old :)

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  10. Jenna@mumcentral.co.uk5 February 2013 at 22:55

    Great idea- will be trying this :) Off to pin now!

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  11. Anonymous6 February 2013 at 01:31

    My little guy and I are going to have to experiment with this. Thanks for sharing. Have a great week! :)

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  12. Unknown6 February 2013 at 21:22

    pinned and shared! we will have to make this - then I'll have to blog about it and be sure to give you credit & a link for the brilliant creation! thanks -

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  13. Anonymous7 February 2013 at 19:15

    tried to make this not quite got it right. can you use any flour ? Used plain flour and alot of fairy liquid didnt bond should i have added water? only used a small cup of flour would love to try again help please x

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    1. Kat7 February 2013 at 20:25

      I used plan flour and the fairy liquid as shown in the picture. When you say it didnt bond, what do you mean? Did you knead it together?

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  14. Anonymous8 February 2013 at 00:26

    well i tried it here in Canada using Palmolive(green); it didn't work, so I added some Mr.Bubble left over from the kids bubble days of last summer...still didn't work, so I added some more flour, some vegetable oil and a bit of salt...tahdah; we got playdough! Wish it had of worked with just the flour and dishsoap, but oh well..thanks for sharing anyway! :)

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  15. Unknown9 February 2013 at 00:39

    Cool idea Kat!

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  16. Emma @sciencesparks21 February 2013 at 21:25

    ooooh very coo idea. I must try this.

    Thanks for linking to Science Sparks. x

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  17. Dana Gorman, Playfully Learning24 February 2013 at 22:11

    Just found your blog and love it!! I'm going to share it on my facebook page, PlayfullyLearning and try some of these dough recipes.

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  18. Miss Night3 March 2013 at 20:50

    Just wanted to let you know: I tried it and blogged it, here: http://missnightmutters.com/2013/03/trial-run-one-minute-playdough.html. It wasn't quite like regular playdough, but it worked, I and I would TOTALLY make it with my class. I think they would love to choose from a variety of colours of soap... Thank you for the inspiration!

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  19. Anonymous15 March 2013 at 20:48

    Awesome! So going to try it!

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  20. Unknown18 May 2013 at 01:24

    Love this - I have featured it in my 50 Wonderful Ways with Play Dough post, Alice @ Mums Make Lists

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  21. Angel The Alien30 June 2013 at 22:11

    I'm in the USA and I tried it using Dawn dish detergent. I'm guessing the dish soap in the UK is more liquidy maybe. But mine did work! I just had to add a little more detergent than described here. I also added some vegetable oil, which made it more flexible!

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  22. Anonymous23 August 2013 at 20:11

    how can we harden it permanently?

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  23. Anonymous7 September 2013 at 18:35

    I used Dawn. It took a LOT of squirts. I think I used too much. It was quite sticky and hard to wash off of hands when we were done. But my 2-year-old didn't mind. My 8-month-old even tasted it. Ugh. :-p Turn your back for one minute... haha...

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