Baby Rice Cereal & Applesauce Play Dough
Does your baby try to eat every sensory activity you prepare? This no-cook sensory dough made from rice cereal and applesauce feels very similar to regular play dough, but it is 100% edible!
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup baby rice cereal
- ⅓ cup cornstarch
- 3 tbsp applesauce
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- liquid or gel food coloring as needed
Instructions
- Pour rice cereal and cornstarch into a medium bowl and stir until combined.
- In a small bowl, add some food coloring to the applesauce and stir until the color is evenly distributed throughout.
- Add the applesauce and vegetable oil to the dry ingredients. Stir with a spoon to combine.
- When stirring with a spoon is no longer effective, set aside the spoon and continue kneading with your hands until the play dough feels smooth and elastic, adding more cornstarch or applesauce as needed to improve the texture of the dough.
- Repeat the previous steps with as many colors are you would like to make, then give it to your child to play with. Play dough can be stored in a zip-top bag in the fridge for up to 3 days when not in use.
Notes
This recipe yields a small ball of play dough that is perfect for one baby or toddler. If you would like to make a larger quantity of play dough, repeat the process to create multiple different colors or multiply the recipe quantities to make one big ball in a single color.