DIY Adulation

Fawning Over a Do-It-Yourself Life

  • Crafts
    • Papercrafts
    • Fabric Crafts
    • Paint Crafts
    • Recycled Crafts
    • DIY Crafts
  • Home
    • Home Decor
    • Organization
    • Recipes
    • Finances
    • Cleaning
  • Holidays
    • Spring Holidays
    • Summer Holidays
    • Autumn Holidays
    • Winter Holidays
  • Relationships
    • Self
    • Marriage
    • Parenting
    • Friends and Family
    • Kids
      • Kids Crafts
      • Kids Learning
      • Kids Activities
      • Back to School
      • Kids Parties
      • Kids Korner
  • Policies & Disclosures
  • Newsletter
  • About Me
  • VIP Resource Library

Glittery No Cook Homemade Play Dough

07.17.2019 by Marie // Leave a Comment

How many times have kiddos opened up their play dough only to find it dried out because they didn’t get the lid on right (or some other mishap)? No more running to the store for new ones. Instead, whip up this glittery no cook homemade play dough with items you already have at home!

Affiliate links may be used in this post. Ordering a product through these links may result in a commission. Read the full disclosure here.

Collage of Balls of Play Dough Next to Creations with text overlay - Glittery No Cook Homemade Play Dough

 

No more trips to the store for play dough! Make your own budget friendly glittery no cook homemade play dough with ingredients you already have on hand! Click To Tweet

My kiddos love playing with play dough. Sometimes they even want to keep their creations sitting out to air dry then display in their rooms. This means we go through a lot of play dough and it gets expensive.

Finally, I decided enough is enough. It was time to create a budget friendly homemade version and that’s exactly what I did. Of course, I had to make it even better so let’s make it sparkle! The end result is this awesome glittery no cook homemade play dough that is super easy to make and a blast to play with. Even better, I had all of the ingredients on hand so it was totally free too. Definitely a mom win!

 

Glittery Play Dough Creations next to Balls of Play Dough

Glittery No Cook Homemade Play Dough Ingredients

  • 2 cups water
  • Loose Glitter in Multiple Colors
  • Food Coloring
  • 8 tablespoons oil
  • 4 cups of flour
  • 1 cup salt

 

Glass Bowls with Water in Them

Step 1

First, add 1/2 cup of water to 4 separate bowls. I used glass soup bowls for mine.

 

Glass Bowls with Glitter and Water in Them

Step 2

Then add different colors of glitter and food coloring to each bowl and stir the mixture. Try to make your food coloring correspond with the glitter color.

Tip:

  • Both gel and liquid food coloring work for this. The pink one in the pictures was gel food coloring because I realized after the fact that I was out of the red liquid coloring.

 

Glass Bowls with Glittery Water in Them next to Oil

Step 3

Next, add 2 tbsp of oil to each bowl and again, stir to combine.

Tip:

  • Don’t worry if your glitter starts to clump. It will separate as you knead your dough later.

 

Salt and Flour in Mixing Bowl

Step 4

Set your bowls aside and mix your flour and salt together in a separate mixing bowl.

Step 5

Then add 1 cup of your flour and salt mixture to each bowl of water and oil mixture.

 

Yellow Play Dough in Glass Bowl

Step 6

Mix your wet and dry ingredients together until a dough forms.

 

Yellow Play Dough on Floured Surface

Ball of Yellow Play Dough

Step 7

Lastly, knead the dough on a floured surface (use your remaining flour and salt mixture) until you achieve that play dough consistency.

Tip:

  • If your dough starts to get too stiff, knead in some additional water in half teaspoon increments.

 

Close up of Green Ball of Play Dough

Close up of Yellow Ball of Play Dough

Close up of Blue Ball of Play Dough

Close up of Pink Ball of Play Dough

Step 8

Store your homemade play dough in air tight bags or containers in between play. I used resealable plastic bags and squeezed the excess air out before sealing.

 

Glittery Play Dough Creations

Colorful Balls of Play Dough

Balls of Play Dough Next to Creations with text overlay - Glittery No Cook Homemade Play Dough

This glittery no cook homemade play dough turned out fantastic! It’s hard to capture the sparkle in the pictures but it is definitely pretty and glittery. Note that this makes a huge batch so your can easily separate it into multiple sets for your kiddos. That prevents fighting over colors and amounts which was a lifesaver for us. Anyone else so over the fighting between the kiddos this summer? Save yourself some trouble and separate your large batch of play dough before handing it over for them to play with.

See where I’m linking up!

Don’t Forget to Pin It!

Balls of Play Dough Next to Creations with text overlay - Glittery No Cook Homemade Play Dough

 

More Ideas You’ll Love:

  • DIY Beaded Pipe Cleaner Bracelets
  • DIY Travel Chalkboard with Storage
  • Roll of the Dice Ice Cream Color by Number Printables
  • Easy Washi Tape Popsicle Craft for Kids – Cookies, Coffee, and Crafts

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)

Categories // Activities, Crafts, Crafts, DIY, Kids

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Shop The Best Machine Prices of the Year

Copyright © 2021 · Modern Studio Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.