Need a non-candy small gift item for your kids friends and classrooms this Halloween? Or a fun Halloween Craft? Why not make some of these mini Halloween Play Dough Characters.
Fill them with some easy to make Play Dough. I love making this Play Dough and shared it with my readers a couple of years ago. It is so soft and smells so good. And you can customize it by just using different packs and flavors of Kool-Aid or any powdered drink mix packet.
To make the Play Dough you will need just a few simple ingredients.
Homemade Play Dough Recipe
1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream of tartar
**1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid or other powdered fruit drink
(I did not add the Kool-Aid mix to this batch because I wanted to make several different colors of Play Dough)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup water
1. Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and Kool-Aid in a medium pot.
2. Add water and oil.
3. Stir over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes.
4. When mixture forms a ball in pot, remove.
5. Knead until smooth.
I simply took the ball of white Play Dough and separated into four different equal pieces and then colored each section a different color with a couple of drops of food coloring. Then drop some play dough into some small containers. I found mine at my local craft store for really inexpensive, but you could also repurpose some small baby food jars if you have some of laying around too.
Then I simply decorated each little container to represent some sort of Halloween character with google eyes, pom poms and construction paper.
The possibilities are endless! And you can have a fun little take home goody for a lot of different activities.
Wouldn’t these be fun to give to your kids classrooms for the Halloween class party? Or as a small party favor? Or give to your kids in your church group? Or if you are feeling extra motivated…make them to give to the Trick-Or-Treaters?
And…because everything is cuter with a label…I have provided a free printable label that can be used to hang on the side of your Halloween Play Dough container or put on the top of it. Click here for the Halloween Playdough Tags.
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So Cute! I’m def. making this for my kiddos soon!
So cute!! And perfect timing for National Play-Doh Day today! :)
Well…that is because I totally planned it! (sarcasm) Haha! Seriously? What an awesome coincidence!
Toooo cute!
What an awesome idea! Love it. So cute :)
What a great idea! Love it!
Such a fun idea! I love your creativity!
What a wonderful idea! I hope I can find the time to make these this year!
That is the cutest idea! Might have to steal that for our playgroup.
OM they are adorable! My son is watching me on th ecomputer and was VERY excited when I openned your post :)
Thanks Jessica!
SO CUTE!! My favorite is the mummy
Thanks Heather. He is my favorite too!
Oh my goodness! These are completely adorable!! How cute.
SOOOO cute Amy!!
Thanks for linking up! I featured your post in my wrap up http://tidymom.net/2011/fall-crafts-and-recipes/
Have a great weekend!
This is such a fun Halloween idea. It’s great that it’s DIY playdoh (since it can even be made gluten-free) & not candy oriented. Thanks for sharing!
Yes! More and more people I know have gluten allergies! And I get sick of all the candy treats. Your welcome!
This is unbelievably cute!!! Where did you find the containers though?
SUCH a cute idea! Thanks for sharing!!
I think I have lost my mind. Lol. I am looking for the idea that mentioned Moo.com. Was it on your website and if it was can you resend it to me please? I always think I’ll remember and this proves I can’t and on’t.
Thank you,
Kris
Oh Amy too cute!! Featured these http://funfamilycrafts.com/halloween-play-dough/
Adorable.. I am going to be doing this for sure, but I am going to take the lazy route and buy mini playdough :)
thanks for the free labels! So cute
Not lazy! Mom’s only have a limited amount of time. So it is okay to take a shortcut for things that don’t really matter sometimes! Hope your kids love them!
Love these! They are SO cute and I know the kiddos I watch are totally going to love getting this for Halloween! I featured you as a favorite find of mine on my blog Copy-Cat-Crafter
Thank you so much Jessica! I really appreciate the feature. I will have to stop by and check it out!
I don’t think I can tell you enough how much I love this idea. It is so stinking adorable Amy. I adore it. I am toooooooooooooooooooooootally doing that for my daughter’s preschool class. Another one of your tutorials that I do.
Ummm…thanks lady! You are too kind. I hope Kayla loves them!
Hi Amy,
These are adorable. What craft store did you get the containers at? And what section of the store were they in?
Thanks!
I got them at my local Ben Franklin Store. They were in the aisle with the cardboard boxes and other container items.
Very Cute!
I just shared it on my FB page ;) Pinning now!
Thanks Desiree! And thanks for pinning and sharing on FB! I love pinterest!
What a cute idea! am a new follower and have pinned his idea. May attempt it for my kids, try to steer them away from too many sweets!
Thanks for being my newest follower. I hope you enjoy following along. I hear you on the sweets…so many for all the holidays…not that I don’t enjoy sweets :)
What did you use for the mummy? I just love those! These are too cute and a great gift for our halloween fund raiser
Adorable! http://athriftydiva.com/2011/10/03/crafty-monday-halloween-fun/
I loved this idea but just ran out of time before Halloween. I’m thinking about doing this for the kids in my daughter’s preschool class for Christmas instead fo the gazillion cookies I know will be floating around. Do you happen to have any Christmas craft pics from the past that you have done my chance? I am not that creative and would do much better if I had a picture to go off of. Just curious and thought I would at least ask. If not, hopefully I’ll find some creativity in my little pinky, maybe? LOL!!
Thx!
-Holly
what are the containers that you used to put the play dough in?
ADORABLE! And I’ll bet I can figure out a way to have the kids make them… easier for me. ;)
These are great. I’m currently putting some together. What did you use for the stem of the pumpkin?
So adorable! Would like to do for my son’s halloween party at school next week. Where did you get those clear containers? Thanks!
Halloween Play Dough Turn an unassuming pot of play dough into a super cute Halloween character as a playful offering for tiny tots.
Thanks so much! The mummy is my favorite too and so easy!