Super Soft 2-Ingredient Play Dough

Kids will love this Super Soft 2-Ingredient Play Dough made with baby lotion!

We have always enjoyed making different slimes and play dough throughout the years. My daughter especially loves getting her hands dirty and learning the science behind it all. With only two ingredients, this play dough is simple to make and has a pillowy-soft texture that kids of every age will love squishing and molding.

The main ingredient in this play dough is baby lotion. It's great to use in this play dough for those with sensitive skin, because it's gentle and mild, as well as being hypoallergenic and paraben-free. Baby lotion is my favorite ingredient to use, but you can actually use ANY kind of lotion or even conditioner!

In a mixing bowl, add in two cups of cornstarch. You could use flour instead, but the cornstarch is a lot finer and will help give the dough an extra soft texture!

Next, add in one cup of baby lotion. Like I mentioned, ANY kind of lotion or even conditioner will work great for this project, and will leave your hands feeling baby soft! Depending on which lotion you use, your play dough will have a different scent. The Apple baby lotion scents is one of my favorites! We also use the Bedtime baby lotion for a play dough that's great for calming before bedtime.

Stir the ingredients together until it combines and starts to thicken up. The dough will be crumbly. 

At this point, use your hands to knead the dough and help the ingredients to combine evenly. The more you knead it and heat it up with your hands, the dough should become less crumbly and more soft and pliable. If the dough seems to be a little too dry, you can work in a small amount of lotion. If it's too sticky, add in a little more cornstarch.

Now the play dough is ready to be molded, squished and played with for hours of fun!

Just for fun, you can also add in glitter to create a sparkly play dough! Any kind of glitter will work: fine, chunky, multi-colored, holographic, iridescent, or even all of those glitters combined can be used for a bit of glimmer and glam!

Flatten the dough out and sprinkle as much or as little glitter as you'd like in the center.

Fold the dough over and knead it until all of the glitter has been distributed. You can flatten it out and knead in more glitter at any time if you want more sparkle.

To color the dough, I first split a batch into small balls. Flatten out a ball, and add in 2-3 drops of food coloring into the center.

Knead the color into the dough. The coloring will get on your fingertips while kneading, so wear gloves if you are worried about it.

Once the color has been mixed in, the dough is ready to play with! Combine different colors of dye to create a rainbow of colors, and know that the food coloring doesn't rub off onto little hands while playing. Gel food coloring colors are more vibrant, but the dye seemed to come off more on my hands every time we played with the dough, so I don't recommend them for this project.

Kids are going to love this play dough! It smells fantastic, feels super soft, and is sure to keep them entertained for hours. When it sits out or gets cold, the dough becomes crumbly. However, if you work it with your hands and warm it back up, it seems to go back to normal after a few minutes. When the dough isn't being played with, keep it in a sealed plastic bag or container for a few days.

I hope you enjoyed this fun tutorial! If you make any play dough, I would love to see it! Leave me a comment, or tag a photo on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! #AFMcrafts

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