Did you know that you can make jelly bean play dough? It smells fantastic!
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Easter is such a fun time of year, with all the fantastic colours and the whole outdoor world coming to life. It is also a time for indulging in some delicious seasonal candy.
Recently I found some Wonka Laffy Taffy Jelly Beans – I am a huge fan of Wonka candy and couldn’t resist. The flavors are grape, banana, cherry and apple. The smell reminded me of scented play dough – so I decided to make some jelly bean play dough! That’s just the way my mind works. 🙂
Preparing the Jelly Beans
I sorted the jelly beans by colour (after consuming several for quality control purposes) – and placed them in microwavable bowls.
I added ½ cup water to each bowl and cooked it on high in the microwave for 1½ minutes until all the colour from the beans had dissolved into the water. I strained the beans and discarded them, reserving the water – I wanted that wonderful scent and color, not the actual bean!!
Making the play dough
Ingredients (to make one colour of jelly bean play dough):
- ½ cup AP flour (plain flour)
- ½ cup reserved water from melting jelly beans as above
- 2 tbs salt
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
The play dough has a lovely soft texture and is not sticky at all. I love the pretty Easter colors and the amazing scent – particularly the grape and cherry!
Note: Technically this play dough is edible, but I wouldn’t recommend it as it doesn’t taste very good!
We are definitely going to do this this coming week! What a fun use for all those jelly beans! And I bet it smells wonderful!
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Thank you and yes, I love the smell of this dough. It makes me reach for my secret jelly bean stash! 😉
This is a great idea – I’m going to do this with my extra bag!
What a great idea though I don’t know if I could use jelly beans since I like to eat them all.
LOL Carrie – I confess that I have two bags of them – one for play dough and one for me!
This is so incredibly creative! Thank you so much! #client
Hi! I couldn’t wait to go to the shop and get the jellybeans. Do you know how long the playdough may last if kept in an air taight container? Thanks!
We keep ours wrapped in wax paper and then in a sealed plastic bag. It lasts for months around here!
This is definitely one we will have to try! I am working on creating the lessons for the next few weeks. You’ve covered both if them: jelly beans and Pom poms so thank you very much 😀 So excited to try this! Not sure I can get those jellybeans in Canada. Do you think I could just buy the best brand I can find in our small town & it might work just as well? Thanks!
Hi Jeanine! Yes I’m pretty sure you could use any brand of jelly beans – the smells and colours will just be different!
I am SOO excited!!! I have our twin cousins n my 5 year old top,ya with this whole weekend: we are going to have a BALL AND Make big big messes!!!! THANK You SOO much for sharing!!!
Have fun, Jeanine!
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