Kids will be so excited to turn cute, fluffly peep marshmallows into the BEST peeps playdough in just 2 minutes. All you need to to make this easy peep playdough recipe are 3 ingredients. This is EDIBLE playdough an epic Easter activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergartners, first graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders too. Let me show youhow to make edible playdough with peeps.
Peeps Playdough
St Patricks Day isn’t even over and the Easter merchandise has already started filling the shelves at your local stores from Target to Walmart. Peeps are such a cute, colorful Easter candy that tempts us to add it to our cards. Instead of eating a lot of sugary peeps you can use them for some spring fun instead! Whip this easter treat into peeps playdough. This peep playdough recipe is WAY BETTER than the other one’s you’ve tried before – it actually stays nice and soft! Plus it is edible playdough so you don’t have to worry if your little one wants to sample their creations. Thiseaster activity for kidsis fun for all ages from toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners to elementary age students in grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3.
So if you are looking for an Easter playdough with peeps, let me show youhow to make peeps playdough.Still looking for other uses with peeps? Try roasting them over the campfire for a special smore or put them in bread you tost in the oven (to get it a little melty) then spreading peanut butter and nutella for a yummy lunch your kids will look foward to every year!
Peep playdough
To make this peep playdough you only need a few simple ingredients. Start out by getting your favorite color of peeps to whip up this peeps recipe. Typically, you can find peeps in yellow, green, purple, blue, and pink.
Peeps playdough recipe
In a microwave safe bowl put the following ingredients:
- 5 peeps
- 3 Tablespoons flour
- 1 Tablespoon Crisco (we use the blue box)
Edible peeps playdough
Microwave for 30 seconds; stir. (you can add food coloring for more bold colors, but we liked the soft pastel playdough colors the Peeps made)
Kids will LOVE watching the peeps grow and get all poofy as they expand in the microwave as they cook. After all -they are really just shaped marshmallows topped with colored sugar.
Peeps Edible Playdough
When the playdough is cool enough to touch (give it a good 30-60 seconds before you touch it) grab the marshmallow playdough and kneed the easy playdough recipe until you get a smooth dough. It will only take 30 seconds or so.
Edible playdough with peeps
We like to make variouspeep playdough recipe so that we have various colored easter play doh.
How to make peep playdough
This peeps playdoughhas the best texture! It is super soft, easy to mold, and EDIBLE! A real plus if you have a toddler playing!
How to make peeps playdough
Use the playdough recipe to strengthen hand muscles which will help your kiddos prepare for writing! It is so much fun to shape and re shape the dough in this easter activities for kids.
Plus the slightly warm dough is so much fun to play with!
Easter Activities for Preschoolers
This Peeps Edible Playdough in yellow, pink, blue and green is such a fun easter activity for children of all ages. Whether you make this as part of an Easter theme, as afun family activity during April, include it as a favore in plastic easter eggs for kids to find on a hunt and put in their easter basket, or as a spring activity after you get peeps on clearance after Easter.
Peeps dough
Just in case you don’t have the 2 minutes to watch the video, the playdough can be stored in plastic wrap on the counter for several months. To re-warm and soften just put it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds and your dough will be back to new!
In just 2 minutes you can whip you this EDIBLE and fun-to-make Peeps Playdough Recipe for kids of all ages to make as an Easter activity.
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Beth Gorden
Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!
