My kids love playing with play dough and it is one of our go to kids activities. They also have become popsicle obsessed this summer.
I thought it would be fun to make some kind of popsicle play dough recipe to for them and came up with orange creamsicle dough!
How to Make Orange Creamsicle Play Dough
- 2 cups of cornstarch
- 1 box orange Jell-O
- 3/4 cup of vanilla conditioner
We mixed the ingredients together and loved how yummy it smelled! The kids played with the dough for awhile and then we stuck it in the freezer for a little bit to make it even more orange creamsicle-like!
The kids had a lot of fun playing with the orange creamsicle dough and it lasted for 3 days until is got too yucky from playing and taking it in and out of the freezer. We will definitely make it again!
We also want to try some of the fun ice cream dough recipes out there! I got the idea to mix corn starch and conditioner from Play Create Explore’s ice cream dough which looks super cool!
For a play dough recipe you can actually eat try our Peanut Butter Play Dough!
Carolyn says
July 23, 2013 at 9:51 pmI bet this smelled absolutely amazing!! What a fun idea!
Megan Sheakoski says
July 23, 2013 at 10:54 pmIt smelled so good!!! We need to figure out a way to make fudgesicles next!
Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says
July 24, 2013 at 11:06 amI bet the texture is lovely. I want to make some!
Megan Sheakoski says
July 28, 2013 at 3:16 pmIt smells so good you are going to be craving a real creamsicle!
Andrea says
August 5, 2013 at 7:17 pmDo you have any suggestions for making this non-toxic for my 2’s? Thanks!
Megan Sheakoski says
August 5, 2013 at 9:51 pmWhat if you just mixed the orange Jell-O with vanilla pudding and thickened it with flour? Just add a little at a time until it’s a mold-able consistency. You can always add just a tiny bit of oil to make it smoother if you need to.
nita mustain says
April 20, 2014 at 4:24 pmI use the corn starch/conditioner play dough all the time with my twos and eating it has never been an issue. We talk about the fact that play dough is not for eating each time we use it and they learn quickly that there are rules to be followed. I have never added Jello to mine though…can’t wait to try it!
Megan Sheakoski says
April 20, 2014 at 8:38 pmThat’s a great strategy Nita! Hope you love it!
Michelle Schmid says
June 5, 2014 at 11:16 pmThis may be a dumb question but what is vanilla conditioner?
Megan Sheakoski says
June 7, 2014 at 6:08 pmVanilla scented hair conditioner. We use the cheap vanilla version of VO5 or Suave that I can get for a dollar. Hope that helps!
Michelle Schmid says
June 8, 2014 at 3:31 pmI does help. I am going to look for some this week. Thank you.
Megan Sheakoski says
June 8, 2014 at 4:14 pmYay!
Michelle says
September 28, 2014 at 9:15 pmI could not find any vanilla scented hair conditioner anywhere. Any other suggestions?
Megan Sheakoski says
September 29, 2014 at 10:09 amHave you tried the dollar stores or Walmart? Usually the more inexpensive brand like VO5 and Suave have vanilla.