Gingerbread Playdough

This Gingerbread Playdough recipe is not only edible, it also smells great too! Kids will love playing with this fun scented homemade playdough!

I started making basic homemade playdough for my girls and they loved it so much I started playing around with the recipe! Recently I’ve been experimenting with seasonal scented playdough like this Gingerbread playdough and the Sugar cookie homemade playdough I shared awhile ago.  The recipe can make 2 cups of playdough for pennies and in under 5 minutes! It also lasts for up to 3 months if kept in an air tight container.

This Gingerbread playdough smells good enough to eat!  It really does. Keira called it the “brown one” though which doesn’t sound quite as nice as the “gingerbread one”.

My girls like to use the gingerbread playdough to make armies of gingerbread men by using a kids rolling pin, gingerbread cookie cutters and buttons. 

It honestly keeps them busy for hours, and they are obsessed with playing with it!

Gingerbread Playdough

Materials:

1 Cup All-purpose flour
1/2 Cup Salt
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 Cup Ginger tea, prepared (or water)
1 1/2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
2 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 heaping tbsp powdered ginger
1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tbsp ground all-spice

Directions:

In a medium sauce pan, mix the flour, salt and cream of tartar together then whisk in the tea, oil, spices and extracts until smooth.

Place over low heat and stir until it thickens and becomes hard to stir. When it is ready it tends to form a ball (4 mins).

Remove to a heat safe surface and knead a few times before setting aside to cool. Store in an air-tight container.

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Gingerbread Playdough

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Ingredients

• 1 Cup All-purpose flour
• 1/2 Cup Salt
• 2 tsp Cream of Tartar
• 1 Cup Ginger tea, or water, prepared
• 1 1/2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
• 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 1 heaping tbsp powdered ginger
• 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tbsp ground all-spice

Instructions

1. In a medium sauce pan, mix the flour, salt and cream of tartar together then whisk in the tea, oil, spices and extracts until smooth.
2. Place over low heat and stir until it thickens and becomes hard to stir. When it is ready it tends to form a ball (4 mins).
3. Remove to a heat safe surface and knead a few times before setting aside to cool. Store in an air-tight container.

Nutrition Information:

Serving Size:

1 grams
Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

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Elizabeth Lampman

Elizabeth Lampman is a coffee-fuelled Mom of 2 girls and lives in Hamilton, Ontario. She enjoys travelling, developing easy recipes, crafting, taking on diy projects, travelling and saving money!