Munashe has had a fascination with space for nearly a year now. So playing with this fabulous Space Playdough was a real treat. Making black holes for the glitter to get sucked into was a favourite!
When we saw black glittery galaxy dough on Growing a Jeweled Rose he made it well known that was what he would like to do.
Cream of Tartar seems to be the secret ingredient for playdough… Not really sure it’s a secret and I’m not sure what it does . But it makes playdough good! It warranted a trip across town to Waitrose to buy copious amounts of the stuff. I’m not really sure why every other grocery store only sells measly 5g packets!
So here’s all the items that you need to make some lovely super black glittery space playdough
* 2 Cups of Flour
*2 tbs cream of tartar
* Half a cup of Salt
* 1 and a half cups of boiling water
* A lot of Black Food Colouring
* 2tbs Baby Oil
* 1tsp Glycerin
* As much glitter as you like!
We put the flour, salt and cream of tartar into a bowl and had a good mix.
Here’s the bit I couldn’t let the little munchkins join in with. I mixed the boiling water with the food colouring. I went a bit crazy and added nearly the whole bottle! I really didn’t want to have a yukky grey colour. Then I added the baby oil (I’m sure other vegetable oil or olive oil would work) and mixed it all together. It’s was very hot to begin with so I waited a while before handing the warm dough over to some keen munchkins. 
Zori and Nash then kneeded in some blue and silver glitter. I’m sure any colours would look fantastic. It was great to involve the munchkins in the making process. Prolongs the fun!
We got out the planets and some pretty gems and had some more fun.
Do your kids have a favourite playdough recipe? I’d love to here your comments and thoughts on best playdough ideas 🙂
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fab idea, love playdoh always nice to have so strict with it and teach the kids rather than them just playing how much can i get into the carpet haha! Thanks for sharing on #KidsCorner x
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We have so much playdough on the carpet! Not so good on a cream carpet!
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Oh this is fab!! I have never made black playdough but it is so cool!! Thanks for sharing in #KidsCorner x
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Thanks. Just beware it needs lots of food colouring!
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We love those 3d planets – brilliant for glow in the dark fun too!
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They are great, they spend sometime hanging up but they certainly are good for playing with in the dark.
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I love this! We home make playdough but this is a brilliant version! I love the space theme and I love the glitter and gems to make it sparkly. xx #letkidsbekids
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The gems were a brilliant find and really add to the play 😀
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That’s some fantastic play dough. What a great way to inspire more space play for you your children. The planets look fab with the black play dough.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
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The latest space play consisted of us all getting sucked up into a black hole, so I’m a little worried!
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This black playdoh looks impressive and so easy make! Thanks for sharing the instructions the kids looked like they had great fun! #LetKidsBeKids
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It also lasts well too 😀 though beware of it getting in the carpets!!
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