How to Make Pretend Ice Cream Scoops out of Homemade Play Dough

You can make your own pretend play food using play dough.

Children like to pretend to make food in a play kitchen and to act like they are keeping house. While you can buy pretend food for your child's play kitchen, play food bought at toy stores often costs a lot of money and can sometimes contain toxic chemicals in the paint. One solution is to make your own play food to stock your child's kitchen. For example, you can make pretend ice cream scoops out of homemade play dough.

Things You'll Need

• Flour
• Salt
• Water
• Bowl
• Food coloring
• Large ice cream scoop
• Waxed paper
• Cookie sheet

Instructions

1. Pour 2 cups of flour into a bowl.

2. Mix in 2 cups of water and 1 cup of salt.

3. Mix in 10 drops of food coloring. Combine the ingredients until they are completely mixed together.

4. Lay a sheet of waxed paper over a cookie sheet.

5. Scoop the play dough into a ball using a large ice cream scoop.

6. Press the scoop onto the waxed paper.

7. Allow the play dough ice cream scoop to dry completely. Repeat this process until you have as many play dough scoops as you want.

References

• Play Dough Recipe: No Bake Play Dough Recipe