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Taste Safe Cloud Dough Recipe

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Learn how to make a colorful cloud dough recipe that is taste safe to enjoy with your toddler. With only 3 ingredients our cloud dough recipe is just what you are looking for! Great for sensory play! Cloud dough is also known as fairy dough!
Remember, this recipe is to make 1 color. So if you're going to make 4 colors like i did, you will need to do this 4 times, and you will be just changing the color.)
Prep Time 10 minutes

Equipment

  • 1 bowl for mixing
  • 1 sensory tub for playing in

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Cups All purpose flour
  • 1/4 Cup Vegetable oil canola / olive oil
  • 5-10 Drops Oil based food coloring

Instructions
 

  • Make at least 4 colors. Use your kitchen measuring cups and don’t guesstimate, else your cloud dough recipe will be too wet. 
  • Premix coloring in the oil before adding it to the flour.
  • Mix your ingredients in a sealable plastic bag. Knead and shake around until mixed as much as possible. 
  • Before you play you will have to get your hands into the mix to pinch the flour to distribute the remaining oils and coloring. At this point, it should be mixed well enough that your hands will not stain.
  • Empty out into a sensory tub for playing.
  • If you do this activity indoors a large bed sheet or shower curtain is recommended for under the sensory tub to catch little messes.