Kool-Aid Play Dough

Boiling Water!

Adult Supervision Required

 

What You Need:

• 2 1/2 cups of flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• 2 packages unsweetened Kool-Aid
• 2 cups boiling water
• 3 Tablespoons vegetable oil

Ask Yourself:

• Make a guess about what texture you think you will have when you are done making the play dough... will it be hard, soft, squishy, crumbly...?

 

 

 

What You Do:

• Mix dry ingredients together
• Add water and oil
• Stir
• Mix or knead with hands when cool
• Play!
• Store this play-dough in a Ziploc bag or a container with a lid
• It will keep for several months

The Big Science Words:

• You have made a squishy, pliable substance
• This is called a polymer
• Many polymers are synthetic (that means made from man made materials) but play dough is a really cool natural polymer
• A polymer is a substance that contains large molecules made up of lots of tiny molecules that are bonded together; that is what gives it its fun texture

Did You Know?

• National Play dough Day happens on September 16th!  Make this fun scented play dough and make the celebration official!