I’m so excited to bring you Essential Oil Playdough Week! Each day I’ll introduce one new playdough made with a different essential oil and discuss it’s benefits!
Our family began using essential oils a year ago, and I’m fascinated by how much they have helped our family in every area of our lives from cooking to healing to play recipes! We’ve incorporated essential oils into our daily lives and I can’t imagine our life without them.
Every essential oil can be safely used aromatically and topically, while some can be used internally. For our playdough recipes, by using essential oils and playing with the dough, our children are being benefited by the aromatic properties of the oil.
Today, we’ll be introducing Lavender Essential Oil playdough!
Lavender Essential Oil Playdough
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Ingredients:
- 1 C. Flour
- 1 Tbsp. Oil (vegetable/canola)
- 1 C. Water
- 1/2 C. Salt
- 1 Tbsp. Cream of Tartar
- Food Coloring {blue/red or purple}
- Lavender Essential Oil
Steps:
1. Place all ingredients in a pot and whisk them together.
2. Add about 4 drops of blue and 2 drops of red food coloring {add more/less to your desire}
3. Heat on med/high until mixture clumps together (this happens very quickly).
4. Stir the mixture the entire time to prevent sticking. It will begin to pull away from the sides of the pot.
5. Once it clumps nicely, put on wax paper to cool.
6. AFTER your dough has cooled, add 5-6 drops of Lavender essential oil.
7. Kneed until dough is soft and aromatic. Add more drops of oil to your liking.
8. Play & Enjoy!
Benefits of Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender essential oil has a wonderful calming smell. Oh, how I love lavender! It’s my favorite essential oil EVER! I simply could not live without my little bottle of Lav, it’s like my BFF.
Our most popular oil, lavender has been cherished for its unmistakable aroma and its therapeutic properties for thousands of years. Lavender is widely used and accepted for its calming and relaxing qualities. {doterra.com}
Lavender playdough is perfect for a child to play with when they need to relax or calm down for a few minutes! Ready to wind them down for bed or nap time? Turn the lights off, turn some soft music on, and let them play with lavender scented playdough—they’ll be sleepy in no time!
I hope you enjoy this quick and easy Lavender Playdough Recipe and that your kiddos just love playing with the scented playdough!
That concludes our Essential Oils Playdough week! I’ve really enjoyed sharing all of these fun scented recipes with you!
CHECK OUT MORE RECIPES:
Monday: Wild Orange Essential Oil Playdough {uplifting and energizing}
Tuesday: Lemon Essential Oil Playdough {joy and clarity}
Wednesday: Eucalyptus Essential Oil Playdough {calming and provides cold relief}
Thursday: Peppermint Essential Oil Playdough {invigorating and increases alertness}
Friday: Lavender Essential Oil Playdough {soothing and calming}
*Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
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Erica Leggiero, M.S. Ed.
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I just recently got some jojoba oil and decided to make a few roller bottles of jojoba and essential oils. it is so much easier to apply thieves to my spine and bottom of my feet to help protect me during the cold and flu season.
Samantha, so awesome to hear! I love making roller bottles. I have them for headaches, sleep aids, flu season, happiness. Roller bottles rock!
Love this idea! Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’m going to feature this activity and post in my weekly children’s corner post this week. Thank you again.
Marissa
This is a great idea. I will be sharing on my post about sleeping babies.
How about how much play-dough does this recipe make? Just one big ball, or does it make a few?
Yes, one big ball. It’s just enough to fit inside a sandwich size baggie 🙂