Color Mixing Play Dough Science Activity

Play Dough Color Science Game ⁣ (If you need a play dough recipe scroll to the bottom of this post!)⁣ ⁣ First, dye your play dough red, yellow, and blue. These are primary colors!⁣ ⁣ Second, split each ball of dough in half, reserving the primary colors.⁣ ⁣ Third, have your kids combine red and yellow to make orange. Combine blue and red to make purple. Combine yellow and blue to make green. Now you should have three primary colors and three secondary colors!⁣ ⁣ Finally, turn this activity into a game. Have your kids go around the house and try to find objects that match the play dough colors they made.⁣ ⁣ Your kids will find that objects around the house are various different shades of the playdough colors they created. Challenge the kids to mix their dough to match the colors of objects they find.⁣ ⁣ Homemade Play Dough Recipe:⁣ ⁣ Ingredients:⁣ ⁣ 2 Cups of Flour⁣ 2 Tbsp of Oil (any oil will do, coconut oil, vegetable oil, even olive oil)⁣ 1/2 Cup of Salt⁣ 2 Tbsp Cream of Tartar⁣ 1 1/2 Cup Boiling Water⁣ ⁣ Directions:⁣ ⁣ Pour 2 cups of flour into a bowl.⁣ ⁣ Add 1/2 cup of salt.⁣ ⁣ Mix in 2 tbsp Cream of Tartar. (You can find this in the spice section of just about any grocery store.)⁣ ⁣ Add 2 tbsp of oil. For this recipe I used vegetable oil, but you can use any oil, and as long as it’s a kitchen oil, your playdough will be non-toxic and safe if a little one takes a tiny taste. The sodium level is very high, so we don’t encourage this to double as a snack.⁣ ⁣ Pour in the boiling water. Be VERY careful because this makes the dough HOT!⁣ ⁣ Mix all the ingredients together until they form the dough. At this point, if you don’t want to add any food dye to your playdough, you’re finished!⁣ ⁣ After it’s cooled, to make several different colors of playdough, separate the dough into equal parts and roll it up into balls.⁣ ⁣ Now, punch out the middle of the ball to leave a little bowl for you to pour your gel food dye into.⁣ ⁣