If you want a quick and easy sensory activity, you’ve got to try Cloud Dough! It’s simple and so much fun! We’ve played with this many times throughout the year and I’m sure some of you are familiar with this. You only need 2 ingredients: flour and baby oil (or any oil…I prefer baby oil because it smells nice!).
To make a batch, combine 8 cups of flour with 1 cup of oil. Then mix with your hands for 3-5 minutes. When dough starts to sticks better, you’ll know it’s ready.
The best part about Cloud Dough is that it’s easy to play with, it’s soft and moldable. The only bad part is that it can be messy!!
We like to use tractors to scoop up the cloud dough.
(please excuse Wes’ messy shirt! He obviously had something to eat!)
You can play with it however you’d like. There are many variations of cloud dough. Here are a few:
Have a wonderful day!
We love clud dough at our house!!! Love the different scented cloud dough ideas that you found! We are going to try the peppermint one.
Yay! Isn’t it fun? I know, we’re going to try that one too!
Wish I could make this! We are very limited due to my son’s gluten allergy. He gets hives if he touches flour! Anyways, I love this!
That is a bummer! 🙁 I’m sorry to hear that. I hope there are some other fun sensory activities he can try! Thanks for your comment 🙂
I made cloud dough with rice flour last year for my reception class when there was a boy with a gluten allergy in the year. It might not have stuck together quite as much but it worked fine for us fine for us!
Hi! =) We are a gluten free house as well. Gluten allergies are no fun. I decided to try a variation of the recipe. I used equal parts GF flour and baking soda. It worked great!
1c. GF Flour
1c. Baking Soda
I slowly added the oil until I had the right constancy
I hope this helps. =)
Can you store cloud dough or is it a one time deal?
You can store it. I just leave it in the tub for a couple weeks before dumping it. I am not sure how long it will last, but that is just what we do. Hope that helps! 🙂
Thank you so much 🙂 My little guy loves this stuff! We used it to write letters in and doubled it as a sensory bin too! I really love your curriculum too. Thank you so much for writing it!
U can also use baking soda and conditioner it does the same thing