How To Make Cloud Dough – Easy At Home Activity for Kids

You’ll love this quick 2 ingredient cloud dough recipe

I recently learned how to make cloud dough and am so in love with how easy and quick it is to mix together!

If you are looking for a fun, cheap activity for your kids to do at home, then I highly recommend you try this two ingredient cloud dough recipe.  It takes about 5 minutes to mix together, only requires two ingredients, and will provide hours of fun for your little ones.

The dough is soft, smooth, silky, and moldable.  And addicting…seriously!  I love squishing it through my fingers for hours and hours.

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Ingredients Needed

To make this quick cloud dough you will need:

• Hair Conditioner  
• Cornstarch
• Food Coloring (optional)

Supplies Needed

In addition to the ingredients, you will also need a couple of basic supplies.

• Mixing Bowl
• Spoon for mixing

Pretty basic, right??? This cloud dough recipe is easy and frugal!

Homemade Cloud Dough Recipe

To make this easy cloud dough, get your bowl and mix the following two ingredients together:

• 1/2 cup hair conditioner
• 1 cup cornstarch

Use a spoon to stir the conditioner and cornstarch together.  You might need to add a little more corn starch or a little more hair conditioner to get the best consistency. This recipe works best by using a little bit of trial and error until you find the consistency that works best for you. I’ve found that it’s better to have the dough a little more dry than wet.

Once the cloud dough is mostly completely mixed together you will need to knead it with your hands until it is smooth and easy to manipulate.

This is the perfect time to add food coloring, if desired. I usually just let the color of the conditioner shine through, but feel free to add some food coloring if that’s your thing!

It only takes a few minutes of kneading before your dough is ready to play with.  You’ll know it’s ready once you have a soft, silky, and smooth dough.

Feel free to get out a few cookie cutters, knives, spoons, forks, rolling pins, and anything else you think sounds fun to let your kids cut and smooth and imagine with the homemade cloud dough.

After you’ve made this cloud dough recipe you might enjoy a couple of my other favorite play dough recipes:

• Peanut Butter Play Dough
• Classic Play Dough (best recipe I’ve ever tried….and I’ve tried a lot of recipes!!!)

Homemade Cloud Dough

A fun sensory activity for kids you can make at home using just two basic ingredients.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

  

• 1 cup Cornstarch
• 1/2 cup Hair Conditioner
• 2-4 drops food coloring Optional

Method

 

1. In small mixing bowl, stir together the cornstarch and hair conditioner.
2. Once mixed, begin kneading the dough with your hands. Continue kneading until the dough is soft, smooth and silky.
3. If desired, add a few drops of food coloring to dough and knead until the color is mixed through.

Have Fun!

Now that you know how to make cloud dough it’s time for you to have fun playing with it with your little ones.  I love cheap and quick activities for kids to do at home.  They are some of the best ways to make memories, while on a small budget.

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I hope this article helped you learn how to make cloud dough at home.