Lemon Scented Play Dough

As a child I always loved things that had a beautiful scent. Give me smelly stickers any day!!!

There are lots of great scented playdough on the net but I decided to present mine

to look like a real lemon as well as it smell amazing. 

This recipe is super simple because it involves no cooking. It takes me 5 minutes to make so I usually whip some together when Possum is sleeping.  

RECIPE

2 cups plain flour

1 table salt

2 tbsp oil

4 tbsp cream of tartar

2 cups boiling water

food colouring

If you are wanting to mold your dough to look like a lemon then you'll also need - 

stick or skewer

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Firstly I added the flour, salt, water, oil and cream of tartar. 

It combined to make a thick consistency, perfect for playdough molding. 

Once I had made the dough I added 3 caps of lemon essence. 
Feel free to add more if you feel it needs it. 

I then added about 8 drops of yellow food colouring. Obviously you can add more or less. 
I was personally keen to achieve that bright yellow colour. 

To make the playdough look like a real lemon I used my hands to roughly shape the dough. 
I then used a skewer to add the pimple effect over the surface of the dough. 

Possum was really excited to have a play with this beautiful smelling playdough. 

She giggled when she took a moment to smell it, although I had to keep an eye on her though so she wouldn't eat it. Lots of fun though. 

Previously I've made an amazing strawberry scented playdough, click here! 

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I have a video of myself making this basic playdough recipe on YouTube

 Click here. 

Kate x

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