Ramen Noodle Seasoning Packets Play Dough

Another cupboard blocker for us is the seasoning packets that come with Ramen noodles. We have bags of them. As they are free and hence cheaper than salt, I substitute them for the salt in a normal salt dough recipe. They make a saffron colored dough which smells super savory especially when cooked. See also my post on Baby Lotion play dough.

Recipe:

• 1/2 cup seasoning packets
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup water
• any glitter or food coloring you like (none included in dough in photo below)

Bake at a low temperature - 120 C or 200 F- for an hour or two till hard.

Baby Lotion Homemade Play Dough

I love storage space and there always seems to be a bottle or bag of something that never gets used at the back of the cupboard. For us, it's Johnson's Baby Lotion. It smells great but we find it dries out the children's skin so I don't really use it except for stubborn diaper changes. I don't want to throw it out but at this rate we'll never get through the two bottles we own.

My main problem with homemade play dough is if it's the normal salt dough recipe it's awfully scritchy-scratchy to work with. That's where Johnson's baby lotion comes in!

See also my post about Seasoning Packet Play Dough.

Recipe for Baby Lotion Homemade Play Dough:

• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup baby lotion (more if you want a wetter dough)
• any glitter or food coloring you would like

Bake at 250 F or 120 C for an hour or two till hard. It smells great in the oven too!

Our boys love the consistency of baby lotion homemade dough!