Playdough isn’t toxic, so there’s no need to worry, but if you want your kids to have a bit of fun, why not make some edible St. Patrick’s Day Jello playdough recipe?
Children love playdough and with good reason. It’s so much fun to play with. It’s something that inspires your children’ to be creative and use their imagination. The only problem is kids often want to eat it. While the makers of playdough have tried to curb this behaviour by making the dough taste horrible, kids are simply too curious for their own good.
This edible St. Patrick’s Day Jello playdough is not only fun to play with, but tasty as well. Your kids will love cutting out shamrocks and eating their tasty creations. The Jello gives the play dough a fun green tint and the sprinkles are an added bonus. In other words, kids are going to flip for this edible playdough.
Edible Playdough with Jello
This edible playdough with jello is extremely easy to make and this one is a nice spin on the other varieties because it offers a holiday twist. Best of all, you may have everything you need to make it in your pantry. Your kids will love making this recipe.
Playdough For Every Holiday
What’s really fun is that you can easily change this recipe for edible playdough up to match whatever holiday you want. You could use orange Jello for Halloween, cherry or strawberry for Valentine’s Day, etc. You can also find sprinkles in any holiday theme. Just have fun and allow your kids to be creative.
Playdough Stem Activity
This would be a great STEM activity for your children. It’s also a great craft for the classroom. You could also make a large batch of this and place in airtight containers for your kids to give to their friends. Tie on a shamrock cookie cutter with some St. Patrick’s Day ribbon and you’ll have a cute gift.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY CRAFTS
If you are looking for more St. Patrick’s Day craft ideas, you can make one of these:
- Pot of Gold Paper Craft For Kids on St. Patrick’s Day
- 20 Saint Patrick’s Day Crafts
- St. Patrick’s Day Hat Craft
St. Patrick’s Day Edible Jello Playdough
Ingredients Needed
- 1 box Lime green Jello
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp. Salt
- 2 ½ tbsp. Cream of tartar
- St. Patrick’s Day themed sprinkles
How to make edible playdough
1. Mix all of your ingredients together in a saucepan. Make sure that the water is warm when you add it to the mixture.
2. Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat on the stove until all of the lumps are gone and the consistency is smooth.
3. Continue to stir the mixture until it starts to thicken and clump together. This will take some time, close to 10 minutes in some cases, so just keep stirring so the mixture will not stick to the bottom of the pot or burn.
4. When you can no longer stir the mixture anymore, and it has formed one big lump that does not stick to your finger, remove it from the heat.
5. Place the playdough mixture onto a cutting board or counter lined with flour.
6. Let the mixture cool completely.
7. Once cooled, knead the playdough with some extra flour until it is no longer sticky when played with.
8. Add some St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles to your playdough mixture and knead them in well.
9. Let little ones play with and enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day playdough. Store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
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St. Patrick’s Day Edible Jello Playdough
Ingredients
- 1 box Lime green Jello
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp. Vegetable oil
- 2 tbsp. Salt
- 2 ½ tbsp. Cream of tartar
- 2 tbsp St. Patrick’s Day themed sprinkles
Instructions
- Mix all of your ingredients together in a saucepan. Make sure that the water is warm when you add it to the mixture.
- Stir the mixture constantly over medium heat on the stove until all of the lumps are gone and the consistency is smooth.
- Continue to stir the mixture until it starts to thicken and clump together. This will take some time, close to 10 minutes in some cases, so just keep stirring so the mixture will not stick to the bottom of the pot or burn.
- When you can no longer stir the mixture anymore, and it has formed one big lump that does not stick to your finger, remove it from the heat.
- Place the playdough mixture onto a cutting board or counter lined with flour.
- Let the mixture cool completely.
- Once cooled, knead the playdough with some extra flour until it is no longer sticky when played with.
- Add some St. Patrick’s Day sprinkles to your playdough mixture and knead them in well.
- Let little ones play with and enjoy the playdough. Store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week.
This is awesome and something my granddaughter would love to make with help of course, she loves her play-doh!!
I like that this is edible. Can’t believe st patricks day is coming up
This is really cool and every time I tried to make it when I was a kid it never turned out but that’s because I didn’t know you needed cream of tarter. Who knew !
This really does look tempting to eat! Kids would have a lot of fun making these.
This looks great, the jello is a neat idea.
Can’t believe St. Patrick’s day is almost here. This is an awesome craft that my grandkids would really enjoy making.
They will love it!
How much does this recipe make?
It’s been a while since I made it and I did not write it. From the size of the ball, I would say 1 1/2 to 2 cups? If you are asking about how many shamrock it will make, that all depends on the size of your cookie cutter.