November 12, 2022
BEST Peeps Playdough Recipe – Easter Activities for Kids

BEST Peeps Playdough Recipe – Easter Activities for Kids

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Kids will be so excited to turn cute, fluffly peep marshmallows into the BEST peeps playdough in just 2 minutes. All you need to to make this easy peep playdough recipe are  3 ingredients. This is EDIBLE playdough an epic Easter activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergartners, first graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders too. Let me show you how to make edible playdough with peeps.

Kids will be so excited to turn cute, fluffly peep marshmallows into the BEST peeps playdough in just 2 minutes. All you need to to make this easy peep playdough recipe are  3 ingredients. This is EDIBLE playdough an epic Easter activity for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergartners, first graders, 2nd graders, and 3rd graders too. Let me show you how to make edible playdough with peeps. 

Peeps Playdough

St Patricks Day isn’t even over and the Easter merchandise has already started filling the shelves at your local stores from Target to Walmart. Peeps are such a cute, colorful Easter candy that tempts us to add it to our cards.  Instead of eating a lot of sugary peeps you can use them for some spring fun instead! Whip this easter treat into peeps playdough. This peep playdough recipe is WAY BETTER than the other one’s you’ve tried before – it actually stays nice and soft! Plus it is edible playdough so you don’t have to worry if your little one wants to sample their creations. This easter activity for kids is fun for all ages from toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners to elementary age students in grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3.

So if you are looking for an Easter playdough with peeps, let me show you how to make peeps playdough. Still looking for other uses with peeps? Try roasting them over the campfire for a special smore or put them in bread you tost in the oven (to get it a little melty) then spreading peanut butter and nutella for a yummy lunch your kids will look foward to every year!

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Peep playdough

To make this peep playdough you only need a few simple ingredients. Start out by getting your favorite color of peeps to whip up this peeps recipe. Typically, you can find peeps in yellow, green, purple, blue, and pink.

you only need 3 ingredients to whip up this peeps recipe perfect for April

Peeps playdough recipe

In a microwave safe bowl put the following ingredients:

  • 5 peeps
  • 3 Tablespoons flour
  • 1 Tablespoon Crisco (we use the blue box)
peeps playdough

Edible peeps playdough

Microwave for 30 seconds; stir. (you can add food coloring for more bold colors, but we liked the soft pastel playdough colors the Peeps made)

Kids will LOVE watching the peeps grow and get all poofy as they expand in the microwave as they cook. After all -they are really just shaped marshmallows topped with colored sugar.

make this amzing easter play doh in the microwave with just peeps, flour, and cornstartch

Peeps Edible Playdough

When the playdough is cool enough to touch (give it a good 30-60 seconds before you touch it) grab the marshmallow playdough and kneed the easy playdough recipe until you get a smooth dough. It will only take 30 seconds or so.

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Edible playdough with peeps

We like to make various peep playdough recipe so that we have various colored easter play doh.

best peeps playdough recipe is ready in only 2 minutes and 3 ingredients

How to make peep playdough

This peeps playdough has the best texture! It is super soft, easy to mold, and EDIBLE! A real plus if you have a toddler playing!
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How to make peeps playdough

Use the playdough recipe to strengthen hand muscles which will help your kiddos prepare for writing! It is so much fun to shape and re shape the dough in this easter activities for kids.

Plus the slightly warm dough is so much fun to play with!

Peeps Edible Playdough in yellow, pink, blue and green is usch a fun easter activity for toddler, preschool, and kindergarten age children

Easter Activities for Preschoolers

This Peeps Edible Playdough in yellow, pink, blue and green is such a fun easter activity for children of all ages.  Whether you make this as part of an Easter theme, as afun family activity during April, include it as a favore in plastic easter eggs for kids to find on a hunt and put in their easter basket, or as a spring activity after you get peeps on clearance after Easter.

Peeps dough

Just in case you don’t have the 2 minutes to watch the video, the playdough can be stored in plastic wrap on the counter for several months. To re-warm and soften just put it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds and your dough will be back to new!

This is uch a fun and easy easter crafts to make  Super cute bunny mason jar craft  Peeps Play dough - such a fun, easy-to-make edible playdough recipe that makes a fun easter activity for toddlers, preschoolers, pre k, kindergarteners, first graders and more. Such a fun play recipe for Easter in April. #peeps #easteractivity #easterplaydough #playdoughrecipes #preschool

Easter Arts and Crafts

Looking for some cute and clever easter crafts? You will love these fun ideas! Plus don’t miss Over 50 Creative Ideas To Fill Easter Eggs , our cute bunny pancakes, or our traditional bunny cake.

FREE Easter Bingo - super cute free printable easter game that helps kids learn the true story of Easter and Jesus, work on visual discrimination, and as a fun easter activity for toddlers, preschoolers, pre k, kindergartners, first graders, 2nd graders, 3rd grders, and 4th graders. #easterprintable #eastergames #sundayschool #preschool #kindergarten suerp cute easter craft that you make by coloring by number Printable Bunny ears template Easter Egg Activity working on visual discrimination

Free Easter Printables

These fun activities use our free easter printables to save you on prep work!

FREE Easter Worksheets for Toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. trace the easter themed picture and trace alphabet letters to strengthen fine motor skills and cordination with this easter activity for kids #easterprintable #eastertracing #easterworksheets #preschool #toddlers  easter worksheet preschoolFREE Color by Number Easter Worksheets - super cute free printable to help toddlers, preschool, pre k, and kindergarten age students work on number recognition and srengthening fine motor skills with a fun easter activity for april #preschool #easterworksheet #easterprintable #prek easter activities for preschoolers

Easter Worksheets

Looking for free Easter worksheets or educational easter activities? Check out these resources and don’t miss our Easter  Preschool Theme or our Easter Books for Preschoolers

free-easter-parts-of-speech-practice Easter word family worksheets easter color by number hundreds chart Planting Carrots Spring / Easter CVC Words ACtivity

Easter Activities for Kids

Make learning fun by adding one of these engaging easter activity ideas to your Easter Theme

floating egg experiment egg in a bottle Have you heard of the egg drop challenge? My daughter has been begging to do it for months. I don’t know why we didn’t do it sooner. Well, I do. I thought it was going to make a giant mess that I would end up cleaning up but I was totally wrong. It was basically no mess at all. I will even say this Egg Drop Challenge was so much fun! Try this egg drop project with preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students for a fun, hands-on science project for kids. jelly bean stem activity

Easter Science Experiments

playdough shape activities for preschoolers Young learners will have fun exploring with these FREE Transportation Playdough Cards to strengthening fine motor skills using playdough.

Free Playdough Mats

Looking for more fun, free printable playdough mats? You will love these:

Take your homemade playdough to a whole new level of FUN with this amazing Color Changing Playdough recipe. This is sure to be a hit with toddler, preschool, pre k, kindergarten, first grade, and 2nd grade children alike.  FREE Human Body Playdough Mats - These are such a fun hands on educational activity for kids learning about the human body, skeletal system, muscular system, human body organs, and more. Print in color or black and white and use for homeschool, science projects for kids, preschool, prek, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, and more! (kids activities, human body activities) #humanbody #playdoughmats #scienceforkids Edible Ice Cream Playdough Recipe - amazing 2 ingredient playdough recipe perfect for toddler, preschool, kindergarten and kids of all ages for an ice cream thing, kids activity, or summer bucket list #playdough #playdoughrecipes #icecream

Peeps Play dough - such a fun, easy-to-make edible playdough recipe that makes a fun easter activity for toddlers, preschoolers, pre k, kindergarteners, first graders and more. Such a fun play recipe for Easter in April. #peeps #easteractivity #easterplaydough #playdoughrecipes #preschool



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  1. Paige Avatar
    Paige

    what measurement is TAB? Tablespoon?

    1. Beth Gorden Avatar

      yes 😉

  2. Brianna Avatar
    Brianna

    Can I make this with coconut oil instead of the Crisco? I’m limited on ingredients with the lockdown…

    1. Beth Gorden Avatar

      I haven’t tried that way, but I think it would work.

  3. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    Are you using Crisco oil or solid Crisco in a can?

  4. Amanda Avatar
    Amanda

    Hi Beth! I love the peeps playdoh idea! Quick question, did you use all purpose or self rising flour?

    1. Beth Gorden Avatar

      all purpose =)

  5. Andrea Avatar
    Andrea

    Can I use the bunny peeps or does it need to be the chicks?

    1. Beth Gorden Avatar

      Either will work =)