Rainbow playdough Little People Nutrition Cooking with kids

Rainbow playdough.
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When the children are frazzled, getting their hands working and moving their thoughts out of their mind and into their bodies, is the best medicine.

Playdough is always a good idea. Even for older kids. They love it. And using a natural, food based colours and even essential oils, makes the sensory experience even more peaceful and invigorating.

Rainbow Playdough

What you need is:

1 – 1 1/4 cups of boiling water.
1/2 cup of salt
2 tbsp of oil
2 tbsp of lemon juice (or cream of tartar)
2 cups of plain flour

What you do is:

Boil the water and then add it to a bowl with the salt, oil, colour and juice/cream of tartar.

Add in the flour and mix it all together until a well mixed dough is formed and knead until smooth.

For some natural foodie colours…..

1 tbsp of turmeric to make a bright yellow colour
2 tbsp of acai powder (from Aldi) to make a light pink colour.
1 tbsp of spirulina (from Aldi) to make a dark green colour.

Such beautiful natural hues of colour. Which also create a pathway for a conversation about colour and how we colour foods. You could also paint with these powders as well.

For some more rainbow ideas, or perhaps a tale about how powerful rainbow foods are, head over to this Foodie tale.