This No Salt Playdough is a simple homemade playdough made with flour, water and oil, with food colouring added to create your desired colour. It’s an easy option for setting up a hands-on activity for kids using basic ingredients.

The mixture comes together to create a soft playdough that children can roll, shape and play with. Choose one colour or make several different colours for plenty of creative fun.

What makes this playdough different from traditional recipes?

I went to make playdough and realised we did not have enough salt for our usual recipe! So a quick Google and I managed to combine a few different ideas and make up a recipe. No salt or cream of tartar is needed.

So if your little ones eat playdough this might be a more palatable recipe for them!

A simple playdough activity for kids of all ages

My kids just love playing with playdough, it seems no matter the age there is some relaxation and therapy to be found in smooth, rolling and slicing dough. I love that this recipe is so simple and uses just a few ingredients.

Why doesn’t no salt playdough last as long?

This mixture will not keep as well as the traditional salt mixture but in my house playdough is usually well used within a few days so no problem for us. Especially because with this recipe, you can use cheap flour and oil, so this fun activity can cost very little! Store playdough in an airtight container when you are not playing with it.

The reason you have salt and cream of tartar in the usual playdough recipe is that it helps the playdough to last much longer, weeks in fact.

Kids can combine colours and textures to the dough to their heart’s desire and you can decide when it is best to throw out.

Other playdough recipes to try

I have several other playdough recipes you can try, simply click the title below to check them out:

• Easy No Cook Playdough
• Cooked Playdough
• 2 Ingredient Salt Free Magic Playdough 

What can you use as playdough tools at home?

We love using different colours and textures in our playdough to make playtime even more fun. You don’t need fancy playdough tools either, as everyday things you already have at home can work just as well.

Have a look through the cupboards and drawers for things the kids can use to roll, cut, press and make patterns in the dough. It’s a great chance to get creative and see what you can find!

No Salt Playdough recipe

I really hope your kids enjoy this No Salt Playdough as much as mine did when they were younger. It is such a simple and inexpensive activity to make at home, and one we used to come back to time and time again.

If you give this recipe a go, I’d love to hear how it turned out for you in the comments. You can also leave a ⭐ rating in the recipe card above, it really helps others find and enjoy this recipe too.

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Happy baking,
Anna x