Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

Crayon Play Dough

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M just recently started really loving play dough, and so I made this crayon play dough for him to add a little more fun to the mix! I used the leftovers from my crayon initial that I made for his room.

 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

Play dough is a fun for kids to poke, prod, and mush, even before they really know how to make things. M loves “cutting” it with a knife, but most of all, he takes it apart and makes little pieces with his tiny fingers.

 

I added the little bits of crayon to give it a fun speckled color, but it went way beyond that. M had a lot of fun pulling out the pieces, or just fingering them. It gave it an extra texture which he really enjoyed. 

 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

I did leave out the cream of tartar from the play dough recipe, which made it not last as well. That, combined with the fact that I under-cooked it a little, made it leech a little, and become slimy. I had it stored in plastic bags, so the second time we played, I just let M mush it in the bags. HE LOVED IT. He was able to feel the crayons through the bag, and appreciated finding them.

 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

Either way you do it – it’s a fun take on play dough. So go ahead, read on, and give it a try!

 

What you need for crayon play dough: 

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How to make crayon play dough: 

 

1. Make (or buy) your play dough and roll them out into rods or balls. 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

2. Press in your fingers to form wells.

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

3. Add your crayon bits!

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

4. Mix it in. 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

5. Enjoy your speckled, textured dough! Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

Here’s a closer up view. My one regret is that I did not use contrasting colors instead of similar colors. The contrasting colors would have been so much brighter and more colorful.

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

 

Have fun exploring, mushing, and playing. Your child will love it, and you’ll finally get the laundry folded… You can even use it with these fun, free play dough mats for some extra creative fun.

 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

 

Have you ever made crayon play dough? What other things do you love to add to our dough? Comment below or post your photos on my Facebook page

 

Make this super easy and fun crayon play dough recipe! Your child will love the extra sensory exploration. It's a fun crayon craft to use old crayons, and is an engaging kids activity as well!

 

 

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