Make this Green Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe

Making my own scented play dough recipe is fun for me and my daughter loves play dough. Last year for fall we did a pumpkin pie scented play dough recipe that my daughter loved. This year I decided to go the apple route and do an apple scented play dough.I like making my own play dough because it is a great sensory experience with the added smells, plus I know exactly what is going in it.

green apple scented play dough recipe for kids

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Finding something to use as the apple scent was a little challenging. I tried finding apple extract or something similar in the baking isle with no luck. As I was walking out of that isle, I spied the jello packages and saw the green apple flavored jello. I had seen people use jello before in play dough recipes, so I decided to try it.

Let me tell you, this scented play dough smells amazing. I could not get over how fragrant it was. And you know how if you leave play dough out overnight it gets hard and crumbly? Well, I tested this by leaving it out over night. It got a little crusty on the outside, but after kneading it a few times and working out all the crusty edges, it smoothed right back out.

To keep this even longer I wrapped it in some plastic wrap, but you could also use an air-tight container of some sort.

Easy Green Apple Scented Play Dough Recipe

3 cups of all purpose flour

1/2 cup salt

2 tbsp vegetable oil

2 tbsp cream of tartar

1 1/2 cups boiling water

2 packages of green apple Jello mix

8-10 drops of green food coloring (if you are wanting to avoid dyes, you can find dye free colors on Amazon)

Directions:

Add all your dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and stir together. Add vegetable oil and boiling water and mix with a large mixing spoon. Once the mixture is cool enough to tough, take it out and knead it on the counter. Once you begin kneading it by hand, add the 8-10 drops of green food coloring and mix in with your hands. Add as much coloring as you want to get the desired green color.

This recipe is inspired by the Best Ever No Cook Play Dough Recipe from The Inspiration Tree.

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Kneading the color into green apple scented play dought

It almost looks good enough to eat. But of course that is not recommended because of the salt. My daughter is actually pretty good about not eating play dough. However if she does, I just take it away and she is done playing with it for a while.