Get ready for your kids to be amazed with this epic glow in the dark playdough! This easy-to-make glow in the dark playdough recipe is sure to delight your toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten and first grade students. They will be amazed how their glow in the dark play doh will come alive in the dark.
glow in the dark playdough
Get ready for your kids to be amazed with this epic glow in the dark playdough! Imagine their faces lighting up with excitement as they discover how their creations come alive in the dark. This easy-to-make recipe is perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, pre-k, kindergarten, and first-grade kids who are eager to engage in fun, hands-on activities.
Not only is this playdough a fantastic sensory experience, but it also encourages creativity and imaginative play. Kids can shape, mold, and create a variety of objects, and then watch as they glow brilliantly against the night sky in their own play space. It’s a great way to make playtime a little extra special!
Research shows that sensory play is crucial for child development. It helps with fine motor skills, problem-solving abilities, and social interaction when kids play together. Plus, the added thrill of glowing in the dark takes the excitement to a whole new level, making learning and exploration even more enjoyable!
So gather the ingredients, put on some fun music, and get ready to create a playdough masterpiece that will light up the room—even when the lights go out! Your kids will be talking about this glow in the dark playdough adventure for a long time.
My kid love playing with playdough. It is not only a great creative outlet, but also strengthen their hand muscles so they will be ready to write. But today was all about play! We made glow in the dark playdough.
I gave my toddler a mixing bowl and a spoon so she could make her own cookies or other creations.
glow in the dark play dough
She patted and shaped the play recipe to make circular cookies on a baking sheet. Kids may also enjoy rolling the dough and using cookie cutters to cut out fun animal shapes, seasonal shapes, etc.
play doh glow in the dark
Next it was time to add some sprinkles! Sprinkles are always fun! My kids can’t get enough of colorful sprinkles so this was the perfect item to add to our dough.
NOTE: These cookies are NOT edible or taste safe in any way! Do not eat this playdough
glow-in-the-dark play-doh
Although adding sprinkles was fun and made them look pretty, it doesn’t allow you to squish and rollout the playdough again as well. So you decide if you want to add sprinkles or not. The playdough was in such vibrant colors from purples, orange, green, red, crimson, light blue, yellow, and more!
The dough can be saved in an air tight container or ziplock bag for days to play with again.
glow recipe for kids
Now we checked out our cookies using our black light!
how to make glow in the dark playdough
You can wait for it to be dark and add your blacklight or got to a room with no external light and add your blacklight. My kids love the silly fun of using a black light to see colors differently.
Glow in the dark play
Can you tll which cookies are “regular” playdough and which ones glow in the dark? Cool, huh! The ones we made with the fluorescent paint look so cool and glow. My kids were super impressed with this activity for kids.
Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!
