Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe – The Easiest Homemade Play Dough!

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

Slow Cooker Play Dough

Growing up one of my favorite things in the whole world was when my mom would take me to the teacher supply store and I could pick out a little tub of homemade play dough.

I can still remember the smell of the play dough and how smooth it felt to smush it for the very first time!

The girls and I make lots of homemade slime recipes and while we’ve tried a few fun edible slimes and play dough recipes before, we’ve never made classic play dough.

If you like play dough, be sure to check out our Homemade Play Dough Recipes Ebook!

Then a couple months ago I saw a photo on Facebook of play dough in the crockpot, and I had no idea you could do that!

My middle daughter is five years old, so I thought making our play dough in the slow cooker would not only be fun, but a  safer way to cook it.

So I gathered up my supplies and got to experimenting with my own recipe. I wanted to make it extra soft and smell-good!

You guys…this is seriously the BEST play dough recipe ever!! I can’t even believe how amazing it turned out!!

Why Make Play Dough in the Crockpot?

Since I’ve posted this play dough recipe, a few readers have asked why didn’t we just make it on the stovetop?

Here’s why we I think slow cooker play dough is the BEST play dough recipe:

  1. It turned out PERFECT — Our crockpot play dough was smooth, soft, the perfect consistency. It smells ahhhh-mazing!! The colors are so vibrant!! And it’s lasted for two weeks now (we keep it in an airtight container).
  2. It’s SUPER easy — The best part about this slow cooker play dough is that it is pretty much foolproof. Seriously, this is such an easy play dough recipe…just mix, cover, and go!
  3. Kids can help make it — Since stove top methods involve an open flame or hot burner, I like the crockpot play dough method because it’s safer for kids to help cook.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention – you can make play dough in the crockpot TWO different ways! I’ll show you both below, plus I’ll share a video so you can see exactly how we did it!

Don’t Have a Slow Cooker?

  • For a traditional stove top recipe, this one from my friend Kim at The Best Ideas for Kids is great!
  • You can also make play dough in the microwave with our super fast microwave play dough recipe!

 

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

Homemade Play Dough Ingredients

For your convenience in creating this easy play dough recipe, we’ve included shop-able ad links to some of the products used; disclosure policy available here.

PS – I love my Pioneer Woman slow cooker – it is absolutely gorgeous and a great value!

Here’s the video tutorial (click to play):

 

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe #1 (all one color)

Add dry ingredients to slow cooker, followed by the wet ingredients. Stir until well combined.

How to make play dough in the crockpot

Add a few drops of your favorite food coloring and stir until you have your desired shade.

adding food coloring to play dough in slow cooker

Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.

Remove lid and stir play dough until you have an even consistency. Scoop the dough out of your slow cooker and it is ready to play!

how to make play doh in the slow cooker

crockpot play doh recipe

Caution: Play dough will be hot when you remove from the slow cooker, so allow it to cool before playing.

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe #2 (multiple colors)

Add dry ingredients to slow cooker, followed by the wet ingredients and stir until everything is well incorporated.

stirring play dough in slow cooker

Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.

Remove lid and stir play dough until you have an even consistency. Scoop the dough out of your slow cooker and divide evenly into as the number of portions that corresponds to the number of different colors you want to make.

adding food coloring to homemade play dough

Add a few drops of food coloring to each portion, kneading with a spoon first (to avoid staining hands). Once colors starts to mix into the dough, finish kneading by hand.

If needed, add more coloring until you have your desired shade.

Repeat for each color you’d like to make.

Caution: Play dough will be hot when you remove from the slow cooker, so allow it to cool before playing.

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!

How to Store Homemade Play Dough

Your homemade play dough should last for a few weeks if you keep it in an airtight container. Washing hands before playing will keep the dough from getting as dirty and extend its life too.

 

FREE PRINTABLE SLIME JOURNAL
Complete and submit the form on the right to get your printable slime journal page for kids. Save and print for each new slime recipe your kids try! Plus we’ll send you more slime recipes and kids activities right to your inbox weekly!
Featured Image

ALL of our Favorite Play Dough Recipes in One Place!

NEW!! Now you can get all of our most popular homemade play dough recipes in one convenient printable ebook!

homemade play dough recipe ebook

In our homemade play dough recipe book, you’ll find everything from seasonal play dough, to edible play dough made with taste-safe ingredients.

There are 10 unique play dough recipes that you can make with simple ingredients you probably already have at home!

 

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe (Free Printable Copy)

Want to Save This Recipe?

Enter your email & I'll send it to your inbox. Plus, get great new recipes from me every week!

Save Post

By submitting this form, you consent to receive emails from The Soccer Mom Blog

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!
Print Recipe
4.70 from 13 votes

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe - The Easiest Homemade Play Dough!

This homemade slow cooker play dough recipe is super easy and creates the most fabulously soft, smooth sensory dough ever! It will be your new go-to recipe!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 10 minutes
Keyword: play doh, play dough, sensory, sensory play
Servings: 1 batch
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Cost: $5

Ingredients

Instructions

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe #1 (all one color)

  • Add dry ingredients to slow cooker, followed by the wet ingredients. Stir until well combined.
  • Add a few drops of your favorite food coloring and stir until you have your desired shade.
  • Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
  • Remove lid and stir play dough until you have an even consistency. Scoop the dough out of your slow cooker and it is ready to play!
  • Caution: Play dough will be hot when you remove from the slow cooker, so allow it to cool before playing.

Slow Cooker Play Dough Recipe #2 (multiple colors)

  • Add dry ingredients to slow cooker, followed by the wet ingredients and stir until everything is well incorporated.
  • Cover and cook on high for 1 hour.
  • Remove lid and stir play dough until you have an even consistency. Scoop the dough out of your slow cooker and divide evenly into as the number of portions that corresponds to the number of different colors you want to make.
  • Add a few drops of food coloring to each portion, kneading with a spoon first (to avoid staining hands). Once colors starts to mix into the dough, finish kneading by hand.
  • If needed, add more coloring until you have your desired shade.
  • Repeat for each color you'd like to make.
  • Caution: Play dough will be hot when you remove from the slow cooker, so allow it to cool before playing.

Video

More of our favorite homemade play dough recipes:

Doesn't this Strawberry Ice Cream Play Dough look just like the real thing?! You only need 2 simple ingredients to make this super soft edible play dough recipe!

Edible Ice Cream Play Dough – Only 2 Ingredients!

This colorful, scented, edible, all-around amazing Unicorn Poop Play Dough recipe is a sensory play experience that your kids will love!

Edible Unicorn Poop Play Dough

Stacey aka the Soccer Mom
Latest posts by Stacey aka the Soccer Mom (see all)

Share this post:

Similar Posts

22 Comments

    1. Cream of tartar helps make it a bit stretchier and acts as a preservative, so without it the dough might not last quite as long (our recipe lasts for months usually!) If you have lemon juice on hand, you can try adding a Tablespoon in place of the cream of tartar. If you try it let me know how it goes.

    1. Mine was also sticky and what worked for me was kneading it with gloves on and adding a couple tbsps of flour until it came together and was slightly cool. I then added my colour and kneaded it until the colour was incorporated. Then I wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. The stickiness was gone once I took it out of the fridge and it was fully cool.

  1. This dough lasts so long! I made it with 1/2 hot water and 1/2 apple cider and, not only did it smell delicious, it lasted for week over 4 weeks in my kindergarten room. The kids loved it!

  2. Substitute baby oil for the veggie oil and it lasts even longer. Veggie oil can sometimes get rancid. Smells great too

  3. This was so easy to make and followed the recipe as stated. I was concerned I would spend a lot of time kneading and adding more flour but there was no need and turned out perfect. Was nice my daughter could make most of it also.

4.70 from 13 votes (11 ratings without comment)

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating