S loves play dough and it’s always fun to make some. This time we decided to make fall scented play dough – pumpkin pie and apple cinnamon.
My favorite way to make playdough is with a no cook recipe. That way S can help me, since that’s half the fun – all the measuring, pouring, mixing and kneading.
Base Recipe
I make one base for every scent/flavor/color that I make. The base of the playdough is:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon cream of tarter
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup of boiling water
optional: food coloring or liquid watercolors
Mix flour, salt, and cream of tarter together. Add oil and water and mix until combined. Roll out onto a lightly floured surface and knead. If the playdough is sticky knead in additional flour. *Test the temperature of the playdough before allowing children to knead.
Pumpkin Pie Playdough
For the pumpkin pie playdough, I added 1 tablespoon of pumpkin pie spice before adding the water. We liked the natural color of the playdough, so we did not add any food coloring. 
Apple Cinnamon Playdough
For the apple cinnamon playdough, I used 1 cup of apple juice instead of water and added 1/2 tablespoon of cinnamon. We added green food coloring as we were mixing.
Invitation to Play
After making the playdough, S sat down at the table with some pumpkins, silicon cupcake liners, and cookie cutter. She immediately went to work making pumpkin pie cupcake and added a green stem to her pumpkin.
S loved smelling the playdough while she played. I loved that the playdough looks and smells like pumpkin pie and apples.
Note: This playdough recipe is safe to be eaten, however it will not taste very good.
The smell does fade some over time, but a week later the play dough does still have its scent. I store the playdough in Ziploc bags.
What is your favorite way to play with play dough?
You may find me linking up with the following: Mon: Magic Moments; How Do You Do It? Parenting Linkup; Made by You Mondays; Creative Mondays; Click and Chat Social Media Link Up; Merry Monday Linky Party; Motivational Monday; Weekend Wanderlust;Tue: Treasure Box Tuesday; Turn it Up Tuesday; Good Tip Tuesdays; Project Life Tuesday; Lou Lou Girls Link Party; Delicious Dish Tuesday; SoMe2; Wed: The Wednesday Roundup; The Super Mommy Club Party; Centerpiece Wednesday; Whatever Wednesday; Retro Repin Party; Wake up Wednesday; Creative Spark; A Little Bird Told Me; Thur: Weekly Kids Co-Op; The Pin Junkie Pin Party; Thrify Thursday; On Display Thursday; Fri: Pretty Pintastic Party; Foodie Friends Friday; That’s Fresh Friday; Family Fun Friday; For the Kids Fridays; Craft Frenzy Friday; Product Review; Friday Favorites; Weekends: Show and Share Saturday; Country Kids with Coombe Mill; The Weekend Social; Snickerdoodle Sunday; Ultimate Link Party; Coast to Coast Blog Post Party
I’ve always loved playdough! I can imagine how good it smelled and S made the cutest cupcake! This will be a fun activity to share with my grands. Pinning!
Thank you Alli! I hope they enjoy!
S is so adorable in her little Cinderella costume. Awww! I’ve never heard anyone make fall-scented playdough, so this sounds absolutely amazing and neat! I may have to give it a try. My boyfriend would love it!
Thank you Tiffany! I hope you give the recipe a try!
This is so neat and fun! I’m going to have to try this with my nephews! Pinning!
They will have so much fun with it!
I used to make play dough for my kids when they were little. I had totally forgot so I am glad you shared your way to make it lol. I have a new grandson and I will be making it for him when he is older
Thanks! I hope he enjoys when he gets bigger!
Oh how fun! Wish my boys were young enough to still enjoy this.
Thanks Lysha!
Mmm this sounds yummy, obviously not in a, to eat kind of way, but in a I bet that smells amazing to pay with kinda way. Thanks for linking up to #magicmoments
It smells awesome! Thanks!
I remember the days of playing with play dough. My girls use to play with it but always forget to put the cap back on after playing and the play dough would dry out. You always have such great ideas Paris! I wish I was creative like you!
You are so sweet Louida!
This is such a good idea for my Fall Tot School!! Love it!
I hope your tots love it as much as we did!
I love this idea! My kids would love the smell too – I cant stand the smell of regular playdoh!
Me either MJ! This playdough smells so good!
This is so awesome! I bet these smell SOOO much better than the regular play-doh (I can’t stand that smell!!!
Exactly Natalie! I dislike the smell of store bought playdough too! This smells wonderful!
Saving this idea for a rainy day. Looks like fun!
Thank you Jeannette!
I’m one of those weirdos who actually hate the scent of Play Doh, so this is awesome! I’ve always made my own play clays, and this is a fun way to make it fall oriented. Thanks for sharing at Fridays Unfolded!
Alison
Nancherrow
Play Doh does have a weird scent. I promise these smell much, much better 🙂
Sounds like it smells great! Thanks for linking up with Good Tips Tuesday last week! This is one of our featured posts this week. Congrats!
Thank you Sarah!!!
What a great idea, it looks like S had a great time and those smells sounds totally fall-like and delicious.
Thanks! I love the smell of these playdoughs!
Thanks so much for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday last week. You are very much appreciated. Hope to see you again this week. Starts tonight at 8PM CST.
Have a great week!!
Thank you Bobbi!
This looks so fun! Pinned. We had so much fun partying with you at our last party. We hope to see you tonight’s party at 7 pm. We love to see what you have been working on! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Aww what a great idea, I bet it smells great too 🙂 lovely pictures ..
Thanks for linking up #CreativeMondays
Thank you Claire! They smell so good.
I love these recipes! I’m sure they smell wonderful.
Thanks for linking up at Family Fun Friday!
Thank you Selena! It smells so yummy!
This kind of makes ME want to make some to play with! Thank you for sharing with us at the Merry Monday Link Party!
Thank you Amanda! You would have a blast playing 🙂