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Ice Cream Sensory Play: Frosting Play Dough Recipe

This week it’s all things Ice Cream starting with our recipe for Play Dough Ice Cream. I know there are a lot of recipes floating around, but we needed one that is taste safe for my little toddler. We combined two ingredients from our pantry and came up with a wonderful recipe that smells and even tastes good (although it’s not made for eating, it wont hurt if you try a little). It is so fun to squeeze, shape, and if you flatten it out and then fold it into a ball it looks like ice cream! Cool!
Ice Cream Playdough made with Frosting: A taste safe sensory play idea for kids of all ages (Summer, kids activity)

I based my recipe off of one I found by Wild Flower Ramblings, but changed it to match what I had available in my cupboards.

Here is a fun list of other Ice Cream Play Dough Recipes that eventually we will try once Little Dragon is older. Since this activity is made to resemble food, I don’t want to confuse the poor little guy with an activity he can’t eat…I think that would be so frustrating!

Ice Cream Shop Pretend Play

Ice Cream Playdough made with Frosting: A taste safe sensory play idea for kids of all ages (Summer, kids activity)

Ingredients:
One can of frosting-We used Pillsbury Pink Lemonade flavor and it smelled divine!
1 1/4 C. flour
Food coloring (optional)

1 batch should be plenty for 2 kids

 

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Directions:
1.  Stir frosting and flour together, then knead until forms a dough. If it is sticky add a little flour until it no longer sticks to your hand. If it is stiff, add a couple drops of water until it reaches the right consistency.

Doesn’t it look like ice cream?
I gathered cups, ice cream cones, sprinkles, cookie cutters, and tooth picks, and let the kiddos play.
Little Tiger was busy making darling little ice cream play dough cups that looked good enough to eat.
Little Dragon loved poking things into the Play Dough Ice Cream and decorating his treats.
He couldn’t resist trying a few bites of our sweet smelling play dough, the nice thing is I didn’t have to freak out on him or dig in his mouth. The less interrupting of playtime that I have to do is best.
Update: Here is a preview of the other ice cream activities we posted this week:
Ice Cream in a Bag
Ice Cream Handprint Craft

 

Ice Cream Playdough made with Frosting: A taste safe sensory play idea for kids of all ages (Summer, kids activity)

Thanks for playing with us today. If you enjoyed the activity please pin & share it with others so they can play too! Love, Katie & the Kiddos
(Updated: 7/30/2016, Originally posted: June 30, 2014)
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    • Katie says

      Hi Whitney,
      Thanks for following, I just visited your blog and it's adorable! I joined you on Bloglovin and can't wait to see your next post! 🙂

    • Katie says

      Hi Amanda,
      Thanks for visiting and the lovely comment. This frosting is so good that even after adding flour to it, it still tastes good too! LOL 🙂

  5. Jill R. says

    I love this recipe for play dough! I didn't know you could use frosting and flour!!

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    • Katie says

      Hi Jill, isn't this recipe fun and so easy…thanks so much for visiting and the invite. I will be sure to stop by next week too! Have a fun week!

  7. Brook says

    I couldn't find the pink lemonade frosting, so tried the neon yellow funfetti variety. The best part was the sprinkles were included. We added just over 1.5 cups of flour for the best consistency.

    • Katie says

      Hi Brook, thanks for sharing and posting the measurements you used for others to see. I never thought about the frosting that comes with the sprinkles… what a great idea!

  8. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

    Congratulations! This post is going to be featured over at Diana Rambles tomorrow and has been pinned in the Featured at Diana Rambles board at Pinterest, Tweeted, and Recommended on G+. Please grab a featured button off my sidebar or via the link under the features. Thanks for sharing this awesome idea!

    • Katie says

      Hi Diana,
      I appreciate the time you put into sharing our idea in your features! I hope you visit again. Have a great weekend!