It’s pretty obvious from the name of my blog that I love gingerbread. Mmmm, so many happy memories are associated with the very smell! My children adore playdough, it’s probably one of their top 3 favourite activities, so I thought I would make them some gingerbread playdough. We often make our own playdough as it’s cheap and lasts a long time. If you’re looking for ideas on how to play with playdough, take a look at our free printable gingerbread playdough mats.
This is my tried and tested no-cook playdough recipe:
150g plain flour
100g salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
200ml water
Easy gingerbread playdough recipe
I put all the ingredients into a bowl and mixed with a wooden spoon. When everything was mixed and very sticky I kneaded it by hand until a dough was formed. Then I added a pinch of ginger, cinnamon and all spice to give it an authentic smell and make the house smell lovely too.
My children love this spiced version of playdough and it’s great for sensory play. When I asked my son what he thought he said it “smelled like cakes”.
My daughter has recently received a play kitchen so she’s been in heaven playing cook, “just like mummy”. They’ve both been baking batches of gingerbread men with cookie cutters and buttons instead of currants.
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Little Miss A played with some gingerbread playdoh at toddler group and loved it. Will have to try out your recipe as mine never turns out right!
What a fabulous idea!!! Really original and fun. Will share 🙂
I loved making playdough for my children when they were young, great idea adding ginger.
I adore play dough to and used to make it for the boys when they were younger. I love the idea of gingerbread dough. What a fab gift this would make with cookie cutters and a small rolling pin
Oooooh! I want to make some for my son! 🙂
I’ve made plenty of playdoh before but never gingerbread. Great idea
Fran has just discovered playdoh and all her lovely colours have been mushed into one brown ball. I love the idea of making your own and putting cinnamon in.
What a brilliant idea…I would love to be around them when they played with this as I also love gingerbread. Definitely will be making this!!
Great idea, I bet it smells lovely. I will try some of this for Baby x
Home made play dough brings back childhood memories when my girls were little. We used to make a batch every holidays.
Making home made playdough is a fond memory from my childhood days spent with my Mum. I always forget about this as a fun craft activity to do with Spud, I must, MUST, give it a go one day! x
Oh would never of thought of gingerbread play dough..will have to try making this!
Oh would never have thought to make gingerbread play dough! Will have to try this!
I hate the smell of playdoh so this sounds fab. Hope the kids wouldn’t be tempted to eat it though
Yum, gingerbread! I can smell it from here and I want to play!
I would be so tempted to eat it! Your gingerbread play dough sounds like a fantastic sensory experience. Have pinned 🙂
Love the idea of gingerbread play dough. I’ve been meaning to make some play dough for the longest time now so this has given me a kick up the butt, thanks! x
What a fab idea and so much better than bought play dough. I can almost smell it now!
Making your own play dough is really good fun for children but I’ve never thought of adding smells to it before! really good idea. I like that they’re making gingerbread men with buttons instead of raisins too 🙂
oh what a great idea. I kind of want to make it for myself though, is that wrong?
Making playdough is a fantastic idea. Not only do children/parents have fun playing with it but they also have the chance to have fun whilst creating it. Brilliant post!
This is a lovely idea. I would play with a dough like this as well 😉
I can only imagine the smell! I would like to play with this by myself 🙂
I love gingerbread and I would love to play with this let alone the kids!
What a great idea, I’ve never tried making my own before. I bet it smells amazing and so cute using the buttons. x
Oh I bet this has a wonderful Christmas feel about it. just what my sensory seeker craves – thank you for sharing the recipe.