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Tag Archives: play dough kit

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

11 / 24 / 18

Unicorn Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

I feel like we’re re-entering a time of play dough kits and I won’t lie – I’m oh so excited about it!  When Miss G was a toddler, we had a minimum of four different play dough kits on our shelf at all times, we swapped them out for new ones each season, and they were played with EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.  They were also our go-to gift for her little friends for several years…  We’d just come up with a theme based on what the little birthday person loved and run with it!  There are truly too many to remember, but we’ve done a mermaid play dough kit, a dinosaur play dough kit, a construction site play dough kit, a Star Wars play dough kit, and a Frozen themed play dough kit to name a few.  And this time around?  For the little friend who loves everything sparkly?  We decided to try something new – a unicorn play dough kit!

Seriously – play dough kits like this where everything is neatly stored in one container are the BEST for quiet time, independent play while mama has to get something done, sick days, or even as a ready-to-go activity for when friends come over.  The kits we make hold plenty of dough for multiple kids, plus the tools and loose parts add interest and expand upon what can be done with the dough. And it’s all just sitting there ready to go when the mood strikes!

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Here’s exactly what you’ll need to recreate this unicorn play dough kit:

  • all-purpose flour
  • table salt
  • cream of tartar
  • vegetable oil
  • glycerine
  • boiling water
  • wilton gel colours
  • iridescent glitter
  • iridescent star confetti

 

  • a unicorn figurine (we included this one by PAPO and it’s truly beautiful, but it’s also too big to fit inside the kit…  this smaller one or this smaller one – or both – by Schliech would also be great options)

 

  • mini wooden rolling pin
  • mini heart cookie cutter
  • mini star cookie cutter
  • acrylic flower gems
  • clear acrylic diamonds
  • pink acrylic hearts
  • small acrylic mirror gems

 

  • a divided GLIS container from IKEA

 

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

First up, you’ll need to make the play dough.  We went with four colours – aqua, a soft peachy pink, lavender, and a soft, buttery yellow and as always, we used our super soft, no-cook play dough recipe and our trusty Wilton gel colours {<— truly the best}.

Now, to create this kit, we made a recipe per colour, but 4 full batches is a tad much for the GLIS container, so I simply kept a little chunk of each batch for our kids to play with at home.  If you were making two unicorn play dough kits, I think you could probably get away with just doing the 4 separate batches and dividing each colour equally between the 2 boxes. 

If you’ve never made our play dough before, here’s a recipe run down…

  • 1 cup of all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup of  table salt
  • 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon of glycerine

 

  • 3/4 cup of boiling water (measured in a dry measuring cup – this is important as wet and dry measures aren’t the same and using a wet measure will likely make your play dough too sticky)

 

  • Wilton gel colouring {for colours like these, you’ll only need the smallest amount}
  • fine iridescent glitter {I made a commitment to quit buying glitter once I learned about how detrimental it is to our environment, but we had this on hand and there are several eco-glitter options now available}

Place all of the ingredients, save the boiling water, in a bowl and whisk well.  Measure out the water using your dry measuring set and add the teensiest bit of Wilton gel colouring to it before adding the coloured water to the bowl.  Give the mixture a quick mix with a wooden spoon, banging off it off every once and a while.  At this point, the mixture may seem too wet and sticky to make good play dough… Do not fret!  Leave the semi-mixed dough on the counter to cool for 5 or so minutes.  Afterwards, dump the mixture out onto the countertop and knead really well.  You’ll know you’re done when the dough is fully cooled, soft and squishy, and the super smooth.  And if it’s still a little sticky once completely cooled (your climate and even the slightest bit of extra water can change the texture quite significantly), add flour touch by touch and kneading it until the stickiness is gone.

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

Next, form your dough into balls and roll them in iridescent glitter.  Rolling the glitter on the outside of the dough will give it mega-shine and will make it look extra pretty for gift giving.   

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

Next up, sprinkle the tops of your dough balls with iridescent stars and gently press them down so they stay in place.  

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

Because divided GLIS containers aren’t airtight, you’ll want to place your dough into a big clear zip-close bag before gifting it, but I like the get the doughs shaped and in the container first to see how they’ll fit.  

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

Now because our unicorn was too big to fit in our container (I would have liked to put it in that big compartment on the left), we just tied it to the top of the kit once done, but had we have been able to get our hands on a smaller unicorn, I would have found a spot for it next.

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

Alright, now onto the loose parts!  These little bits and bobs are surprisingly easy to find at craft stores and dollar stores and make such a great addition to play dough kits.  For our unicorn play dough kit we went with clear acrylic diamonds, pink acrylic hearts, and small acrylic mirror gems, but you can really do anything that you feel fits the theme.  I think little pastel bottle brush trees would have been amazing in this kit, but alas – we live in a small town where these sorts of things aren’t easily found.

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

To finish off the kit, we added a miniature wooden rolling pin, a mini heart-shaped cookie cutter, a mini star-shaped cookie cutter, and some little pastel-coloured acrylic flowers.  

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

And that was it!

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

We carefully placed the play dough balls into a plastic bag and then gently set it back into the container.

Unicorn Play Dough Kit

To finish off our gift, we tied the kit with some twine, added a handwritten tag and the unicorn, and called it good.  We don’t even bother to wrap our homemade play kits usually.

 

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Witch’s Brew Play Dough Kit

10 / 15 / 1810 / 19 / 18

Witch s Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Oh how I love putting together play dough kits!  After years and years of them being one of our play staples {as well as our go-to homemade gift}, Miss G sort of moved onto really loving other types of play around the time Sam was born {#sadday}.  Then when Sam was finally ready for it, we stuck with our taste-safe baby play dough and our go-to no-cook play dough for a long while before moving onto full-on play dough kits with loads of fun loose parts included, so it’s been a minute.  Recently we’ve done a really awesome Little Blue Truck play dough kit {which I’ll be sure to share soon} as well as an autumn spice dough with whole spices, but this witch’s brew play dough kit is our newest kit and it’s been oh so much fun.

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To make it, I started out by making three separate batches of our go-to super squishy, no-cook play dough.  This time around, I skipped the Kool-Aid and Frosting Creation packs and simply made unscented doughs in vibrant Halloween-inspired colours using my favourite Wilton gel colourings.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Then it was off to our Halloween bin downstairs to find some fun loose parts to add to our kit.  Here’s what Sam and I found {all purchased at Dollarama in previous years}…  Some small plastic rats, mini spiders, flies, and ants, some purple bats, and some monster googly eyes.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Of course a play dough kit means a GLIS divided container from Ikea, so we dug one of those out too.  {Seriously one of my very favourite things to buy at Ikea.  So much so that I always keep a few extras on hand for gifts and fun projects.}

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Alright, so here’s how we organized our kit!   Our freshly made play dough in one of the big spots {I’d first place this in a big zip-close bag if giving the kit as a gift or storing it for any amount of time as the containers aren’t air-tight}…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Our little creepy loose parts in the small slots in the front…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And some mini ‘cauldrons’ {aka apple sauce containers} and some play kitchen utensils for stirring the brew along the side.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

We also tucked our rats in with the cauldrons and utensils as that’s where we had space.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Here’s the finished kit!  Wouldn’t this make a lovely gift when paired with a copy of Room on the Broom?  Especially for a kiddos with a birthday or party around Halloween?  I also love the idea of making these and gifting them to your child’s preschool or Kindergarten class… I mean which teacher wouldn’t appreciate a ready-made sensory activity for her munchkins to enjoy??

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

The best thing about play dough kits like these?  ANYTHING GOES.

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

Miss G opted to use one of the big cauldrons we use for Halloween goodies for her witches brew…

Witch's Brew Play Dough Kit | Mama.Papa.Bubba.

And Sam stacked his brew up nice and high and layered creepy crawlies in between.

When they were done, the kiddos removed the little bits and bobs from the play dough, sorted them back into the container {awesome sorting practice for kiddos Sam’s age}, and I popped the play dough into a zip-close bag before putting it back into our divided container and closing it up.

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Play Dough Fairy Gardens

3 / 15 / 173 / 19 / 17

Play Dough Fairy Gardens | Mama Papa Bubba

I try really hard not to be that person who is constantly complaining about the weather {because who are we kidding – we have it so good here in Vancouver}, but let me tell you…  I am SO ready for spring.  Not that cold, grey, rainy everyday version of spring either.  I’m ready for full-on sunshiny spring with blossoming trees, the buzzing of bees, warm temperatures, and rainy days only here and there.  I’ve been willing it to come our way for weeks if I’m being honest.  And with all of that wishful thinking, I was reminded of the amazing play dough fairy gardens Miss G and I did last year.  

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Snowman Play Dough Kit

1 / 18 / 172 / 1 / 17

Snowman Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Miss G and I had so much fun with our gingerbread people and christmas tree play dough kits over the holidays that I figured we’d better sneak one more winter themed kit in before spring arrives.  This one, a snowman play dough kit, has become a yearly occurence in our house.  We’ve even made mini build a snowman play dough kits to gift our friends with in the past.  

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Butterfly World Play Dough Kit

4 / 13 / 164 / 20 / 16

Butterfly World Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

With spring now in full force, it was time for a new addition to our ongoing play dough kit collection.  Though my first thought was to put together a spring garden set, we’ve made several very similar kits in the past and our garden set got a ton of play last spring, so I figured we’d switch it up this time around.

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St. Patrick’s Day Play Dough Kit

2 / 25 / 163 / 4 / 16

St Patrick s Day Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

It’s been a long while since we put together our last play dough kit, so this week I finally made time to create a new one!  And since I have a very hard time resisting anything rainbow, this time around we went with a St. Patrick’s Day play dough kit.

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Dinosaur Play Dough Kit

10 / 15 / 1510 / 17 / 15

Dinosaur Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

A couple of weeks back, Miss G and I put together a fall-themed play dough kit, and it’s been getting a ton of use ever since. {Some of Grae’s dolls even got deliciously scented dresses early one weekend morning – hah!}  It goes without saying that we love play dough kits, so we usually keep a few on hand, switching out the doughs and themes each season.  Well, since we’ve only switched out the one so far, it was time for the Canadian Wilderness set and the ice cream set to go.  And in in their place?  This fun dinosaur play dough kit and a super awesome Halloween kit {which I’ll share later this week}.

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Star Wars Play Dough Kit

10 / 3 / 1510 / 6 / 15

Star Wars Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Admittedly, neither Brad nor I are huge Star Wars fans…  But Miss G?  Well she’s recently become one thanks to this Cosmic Kids Yoga video. {Hah!}  So when she heard that the birthday party we’d been invited to this weekend was Star Wars-themed, she was absolutely thrilled.  Of course, when I asked what she’d like to get the birthday boy as a gift, she threw out ‘A STAR WARS PLAY DOUGH KIT!!!’ almost immediately {sorry friends, I promise to get her onto a non-play dough gift giving kick very soon} and then I realized how over my head I was…

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Fall Play Dough Kit

9 / 26 / 159 / 27 / 15

Fall Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

As usual in our house, a new season means new play dough kits, and what better way to start off fall than with a fall-themed play dough kit?!  Grae and I have been collecting little odd and ends for this one for the last couple of weeks, so we were really excited to finally put it all together and play with it this morning… {Fyi, It smells amaaaazing!}

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Princess Play Dough Kit

9 / 13 / 159 / 14 / 15

Princess Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Today was Miss G’s first birthday party back in Canada and she was thrilled that a) it meant she got to finally see one of the friends she’s missed terribly while away, b) that it was princess-themed and involved art, and c) that it gave us the perfect excuse to create a ‘princessy’ gift.  

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Canadian Wilderness Play Dough Set

6 / 30 / 157 / 16 / 15

Canadian Wilderness Play Dough Set | Mama Papa Bubba

It goes without saying that being back in Canada means a need for some new play dough kits!  {Obviously.}  And since we’ve been in the land of beige for the last 10 months, what better way to celebrate being back in Canada than with a colourful Canadian wilderness play dough set?

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Mermaid Play Dough Kit

5 / 23 / 155 / 23 / 15

Mermaid Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa BubbaPlay dough kits.  We can’t stop making them.  Not for ourselves, and not for our friends.  Tomorrow morning we’re headed to a preschool co-op play date combined with a little birthday celebration, and since the birthday girl requested a mermaid themed celebration, we thought we’d make her a mermaid play dough kit to match. ☺

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Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Play Dough Kit

5 / 1 / 155 / 23 / 15

Goodnight Goodnight Construction Site Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

After his dad’s Facebook post about the number of times the word ‘and’ shows up in the book Where the Wild Things Are, I knew that we had to get today’s birthday boy a new book {something with more than 8 sentences, preferably – that nifty fact also learned through a FB post about  the dreaded/beloved Where the Wild Things Are ☺}.  

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Cupcake Play Dough Kit

4 / 18 / 155 / 23 / 15

Cupcake Play Dough Kit | Mama Papa Bubba

Another birthday party, another play dough kit. ☺  I don’t think we can help it.  I mention an upcoming birthday party, and Miss G automatically thinks, ‘play dough kit!!!’  This one, a cupcake play dough kit, was actually inspired by the little cupcake play dough favours that we gave out at Miss G’s very low-key birthday celebration we had here in Kuwait.

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Spring Garden Play Dough Set

3 / 10 / 153 / 19 / 15

Spring Garden Play Dough Set | Mama Papa Bubba

Spring on the horizon means that it was finally time for us to say au revoir to the Christmas and winter play dough kits we’ve had around for months…  New season, new play dough sets  – that’s what they say, right?? ☺  

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