Silky Smooth Snowman Playdough Recipe in Christmas Gift Kit

Make a batch of this snowman playdough to help your little kids strengthen hand muscles while having fun! This recipe for play doh snowman is silk smooth and so easy to make! Use the playdough snowman as a hands-on winter activities for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. Children will use common household objects to make their own snow people out of snowman playdough recipe. This also makes an adorable snowman playdough kit to give as a gift for Christmas!

snowman playdough

This simple recipe is not only easy to whip up but also encourages creative play, making it the perfect hands-on activity for toddlers, preschoolers, pre-K, kindergarten, and even first graders.

Kids love to explore, and using common household items, they can create their very own snow people from this delightful playdough. Rolling, squishing, and molding the dough helps strengthen those important hand muscles, which is essential for developing fine motor skills. These skills are critical for everyday tasks like writing, buttoning clothes, and using utensils later on.

This snowman playdough can also serve as a fantastic winter-themed activity that keeps kids entertained indoors while the snow falls outside. Plus, it makes an adorable snowman playdough kit that would be a perfect gift for Christmas! Imagine the joy on a child’s face as they receive a fun-filled kit that inspires creativity and sensory play.

We have lots more winter activities and playdough recipes to choose from! Plus don’t miss puffy snow paint, cute snowman suncatcher craft, melting snowman experiment, and chilly snow dough

play doh snowman

To make this super soft play doh all you need are a couple common household ingredients:

• cornstarch
• salt
• vegetable oil
• cream of tartar
• boiling water
• glitter (optional)
• cookie cutters, rolling pin, sticks, buttons, pebbles, google eyes, felt strips, etc. optional

playdough snowman

In a bowl combine  1 and 1/2 cups cornstarch, 1/2 cup salt, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, and 1 tablespoon cream of tartar Now add 1 cup BOILING water and stir until combined. Let it cool until it is okay to comfortably touch.

snowman playdough recipe

snowman playdough kit

Help strengthen little hands while they play and have fun! Rolling the homemade playdoh is great for kids of all ages. They will love using cookie cutters to make their own  designs in the snow dough!

snowman play dough

Or roll and stack the dough, smash the dough, sculpt the play dough, and more!

HINT: If you chill the dough slightly in the fridge it will provide not only a little extra sensory play, but will give the illusion of molding snow!

play dough snowman

I love the glitter in this pretty white playdoh which is the perfect texture and so soft and delightful to play with!

Snowman Activities

Use pipe cleaners, buttons, google eyes, orange craft foam nose, little sticks, candy, and other miscellaneous objects you have on hand to craft an adorable snowman friend!

Snowman craft

You can use this snowman activity like a holiday hangman to practice spelling words, use it to build vocabulary with young children, work on colors by adding the right buttons, and so much more! The possibilities are truly endless!

play doh snowman kit

These adorable Snowman Playdough Recipe in a Jar are made of play dough and would make an adorable gift for kids! This has to be one of the cutest, most practical, and simplest gifts I’ve seen that kids can make themselves to give to friends, cousins, siblings, and more. 

Preschool Snowman Activities

Do you want to build a snowman? Try our silky-smooth snowman playdough recipes for a fun winter activity or make a Christmas present kit.

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Silk Smooth Snowman Playdough Recipe

Do you want to build a snowman? Try our silky-smooth snowman playdough recipes for a fun winter activity or make a Christmas present kit.

Author: Beth Gorden

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cornstarch
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 Tablespoon cream of tartar
• 1 cup boiling water

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well. You need BOILING water to make the recipe so it will come together. So make sure once it is made you let it cool before you handle the dough!
• Place the dough on a craft tray and knead to the right consistency. You may need to sprinkle with a little extra cornstarch. We also then added a little bit of silver glitter, which made it sparkle just like fresh-fallen snow.