World's Easiest Homemade Smelly Play Dough

We made "Smelly Play Dough!"

Kool Aid drink mix gives the play dough its color and scent. Today, at summer school, I made 10 batches between my 3 classes of kids! I have made this many times in the past, both with summer school last year, and several times with my kiddos throughout the year at the 21st Century Community Learning Center that I manage. So easy and the kids LOVE it! It's a no-cook recipe, so it's perfect for kids - they actually get to do the whole recipe themselves with out teacher or parent assistance.

Ingredients + Supplies:

• Mixing bowl
• Mixing spoon
• Measuring cups
• Measuring spoons
• Storage baggies
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 3/4 cup water (can be cold or warm)
• 1 packet drink mix, any flavor
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil

Yield: Makes enough for 4-5 kids to get a good chunk to play with!

Instructions:

1. Gather supplies!
2. Place in mixing bowl in any order: flour, salt, water, drink mix, vegetable oil. Stir with a mixing spoon. If the mixture seems too wet, add tiny bits of flour until desired consistency. If mixture seems to dry, add small amounts of water until desired consistency.
3. Once mixed fairly well (see photo below), use your hands to finish mixing. You might have to knead the play dough. I tell the kids that the more they play with it, the better the play dough will be.
4. That's it! Let the kids go crazy playing!

Note: You can certainly use Kool Aid brand drink mix, however, I just used 10 cent/packet Great Value brand from Wal-Mart. Make sure you get the kind that does NOT already contain sugar. In the photo below, that is just water in the white bowl.

This will be your end result:

One of my students adding the salt:

This is what the play dough will look like just before you need to use your hands to finish mixing:

A sampling of some of my students' creations: