Playdough activities

email at anytime with queries, feedback, ideas or suggestions
buy a range of playdough resources
about playdough activities website
follow on Twitter for news and updates



 
Playdough recipes - edible and non-edible
an alphabetical list of playdough activities and ideas
playdough colour themed activity ideas for children's play and adults well-being
Playdough activity ideas for children and adults A recipe for onion skin dye to colour playdough might seem an unlikely idea but it's an interesting way to discover how these brown flakes of peel do not carry the same strong odour their bulbous contents do and as with tea, the brown outer leaves can be steeped in hot water or simmered to soak out the pigmentation and create a mixture that works well if blended (although optional) and strained, separating a brownish tincture from a squashy mulch!

Onion skin dye recipe to colour playdough

Once the liquid has been measured, added to the rest of the playdough ingredients and cooked, it produces a subtle peach coloured dough, a little lighter than the rosehip recipe and whilst we didn't try staining fabrics with the dye this time around, a search on google images suggests there are a variety of lovely hues that 
onion skin dyes can be used to achieve.

Onion skin dye recipe
30g onion skins
200ml water - if simmering over heat


Brown onion skin dye, playdough recipe
  • 150g plain flour
  • 120g salt
  • 120ml grass dye liquid
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 1 tbsp cream of tartar (optional)
  • Hand moisturiser (optional)  
Place all the ingredients except the hand lotion into a saucepan and cook over a medium heat until everything comes together in a ball. Leave it to cool and then knead until smooth. At this stage add a few spoonfuls of hand cream and enjoy the squelchiness as the two combine into a soft pliable dough.

Onion dyed playdough activities  

This was an activity we thoroughly enjoyed and for once the compost heap took second place as the nest of crispy layers at the bottom of our onion basket were repurposed for alternative crafting and to cap off the activities there was an inspired rewatch of Shrek!

Making natural dye recipes from plants

 Grass dye
 Rosehip dye
 Blackberry
 Elderberry
 Blueberry
 Spinach
 Carrot
 Red cabbage  
 Raspberries
Onion skin dye  

 









Buy a blender on amazon.co.uk
Buy muslin strainer cloths on Amazon.co.uk






 

  Playdough Recipes
 
 Edible playdough recipes
 
 
 Not for eating  playdough recipes
     
 An alphabet of playdough

 
Aa - Bb - Cc - Dd - Ee - Ff - Gg - Hh - Ii - Jj - Kk
 

 Ll - Mm - Nn - Oo - Pp - Qq - Rr - Ss - Tt - Uu
 
 
 Vv - Ww - Xx - Yy - Zz   


 Seasonal playdough activities  
       
 Winter
   
 
Spring
 
 
Summer
 
 Autumn
 
 Playdough books  
 Colour themed playdough activities
 
 Mixed - metallic rainbow and duos
  
 Red playdough
 
 
Pink playdough
 
 Orange playdough
 
 Yellow playdough
 
 Green playdough
 
 Blue playdough
 
 Purple playdough
 
 Brown playdough
 
 Black playdough
 
 Grey playdough
 
 White playdough
 Home

 Contact  

 About this website  
   
 Buy playdough products
  
 In the playdough tool box  
 
 Playdough activities by age 

          
 Benefits of playdough  

 
Sensory playdough activities

Playdough textures

Copyright notice - designed, written and illustrated by Ruth Grimes