Coconut Lime Play Dough, Beach Theme Tray

The kids wanted to play with some play dough yesterday, so we made a new batch.  I wanted to do a summer, beachy tray for them since we'll be spending some time at the beach soon.  I used coconut extract and lemon/lime Koolaide with a little fresh lime juice in our standard play dough recipe to come up with our new batch- Coconut Lime.  It smells so good!! 

Our Tray

Shells from past beach trips

glass beads

plastic animals from our Coral Reef Toob

Our Basic Recipe

2 cups of flour

2 cups of water

1 cup of salt

2 tablespoons of vegetable oil

1 tablespoon of cream of tartar

Then Add this to make Coconut Lime!

2 teaspoons of coconut extract

1 pack of lemon/lime Kool-Aid

juice of half a lime

Place all ingredients, except coconut extract and fresh lime juice, in a sauce pan and cook over medium heat.  Stir until a ball of play dough starts to form and thickens into play dough consistency.  Remove from heat and turn dough out onto a heat safe surface.  When cool, knead smooth and add coconut extract and fresh lime juice.  Store in an airtight container.

Sassyfras played with her tray for a looonnnggg time.  She made and remade her version of a coral reef several times.  

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