Homemade Cloud Dough Recipe for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Sensory play is a great way for your tots to explore and this sensory bin uses one of our favourite homemade taste safe fillers. Cloud dough is similar to moon sand that you can buy. But just uses 2 ingredients from your kitchen to make taste safe sensory play. So here we go our Cloud Dough Recipe ideal for some indoor “Snow Dough” play when there is no snow around.
Sensory Play With Dough
Dough is one of our favourite sensory materials to use with our toddlers and preschoolers.
From a simple playdough recipe (do check out our edible playdough recipe at the end if your little ones are sensory seekers) to making bread dough and baking cookies.
Cloud dough brings in a different experience as your child interacts with it more like sand than a playdough material.
It appears powdery at first but without adding water you can use it to form different shapes and mould it together so ideal for making your own Snowmen inside the sensory bin.
How to Make Cloud Dough
It really is easy to make!
Just 2 ingredients and both from the kitchen cupboard for some taste safe Sensory Play.
All you are going to need is flour and some oil.
Which flour to use to make DIY “Snow” Dough?
We used a mix of self-raising and plain flour (all purpose). It really didn’t seem to matter which one as both worked just as well.
play opportunities for the cloud dough
We decided that the cloud dough would be a great sensory material to mimic snow, especially where there is no snow.
Some googly eyes, pipe cleaners, craft sticks, felt, foam and pom poms were added to the sensory bin.
Then build some snowmen.
The cloud dough is also great for pouring and mixing so add in some kitchen tools as well.
How to Make Cloud Dough
Equipment Needed
- Cups
- Sensory Tub
Materials Needed
- 4 cups flour we used a mix of plain and self-raising
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Pour the flour into the sensory bin.
- Add in the oil.
- Then mix with your hands.
- Set up with scoops, sand toys etc… for some play
More Sensory Play Materials to Make for Kids
These 3 sensory materials are great for use with toddlers and preschoolers and are all taste safe.
Sensory Tubs & Bags for Winter Play
This looks like a great alternative to real snow. It looks like so much fun … And it’s warm. Thanks for sharing on Monday Madness.
I keep hearing about cloud dough and really want to have a go! It is on the to do list! Thanks linking to science sparks!
This looks really fun! Will have to make some with my kids! I’ll be pinning it to my rainy day board =)
Thanks for linking up to Learning Laboratory!
I am inspired to make it snow again! Love the post, your little one looks really happy!
Angelique
That looks like so much fun. I have never made cloud/snow dough before.