How To Make Uncooked Playdough With Coffee Grounds

 

This DIY Dirt Dough Uncooked Playdough Rocks!

Inspired by my son's week at nature camp, I decided to copy an activity he did and make more of it. I'm obsessed with this DIY Dirt Dough Uncooked Playdough. It's a bit different than I've seen on the Internet, as this one includes used coffee grounds (aka ...the dirt). 

This dirt dough is a great idea to "stick" your fingers in, and it smells good too - that is, if you like the smell of coffee. You can even add flavored coffee grounds for a different smelling mixture.

Note: This is an old post, but the recipe remains the same - still good!!

Dirt Dough Uncooked Playdough Ingredients

How to Make Uncooked Playdough

Materials Needed:

• 3 cups wheat flour
• 1 cup of cold water
• 1 cup of salt
• Two teaspoons of vegetable oil
• Two tablespoons cornstarch
• used coffee grounds
• 1 or 2 teaspoons of coffee liquid (optional, if needed)

Directions:

1. In a bowl, mix water, salt, and oil.
2. Gradually add flour and cornstarch until the mixture reaches the consistency of bread dough.
3. Knead with hands - that's the fun part!
4. Add coffee grounds to your liking to form the dirt-like dough. I used 2 K-cups.
5. Add liquid from coffee if needed; otherwise, add a bit more water if required.
6. Play hard. Have fun.
7. Store covered in a ziplock bag

Coffee Grounds in Play Dough

As parents, we must let go and let them do it, right? This dirt dough is one craft I allowed Brody to do all by himself. It was a little messy, but it cleaned up well. He had as much fun making his dirt dough as playing with it all day. And that includes poking his fingers in it!

 

My son loves to help make his things to play with and is very proud of the flat snowman he made with this dirt dough. Kid's dirt dough uncooked playdough is a craft you'll want to make repeatedly. What a great way to recycle coffee grounds too!