Have FUN with your kids this fall with this Allergy-Friendly Edible Pumpkin Play Dough DIY & Fall Play Date Ideas.
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Edible Pumpkin Play Dough DIY & Fall Play Date Ideas
Pumpkin! Give us everything pumpkin!
While the calendar may say that we are officially in fall, the temperatures here in Florida are keeping us HOT, HOT, HOT! So when our church playgroup was getting together for our weekly play date, I knew that I wanted to bring a little fall LOVE into the mix.
Inspired by favorite flavor of the season, I made this easy and allergy-friendly Edible Pumpkin Play Dough DIY for the perfect fall play date. With sensory play and a whole lot of messy fun, our kids were definitely getting into the spirit of fall.
Ready to make your own pumpkin play dough? Only 3 ingredients are needed!
It’s inevitable, right? Toddlers + play dough = something going in the mouth. Not saying that we’d ever want this to happen…but if it did, we are ready with this fun twist on a classic kid activity!
What You Will Need
- (1) 16 oz can of pumpkin
- 2 cups of cornstarch
- 1 TBSP of cinnamon
- OPTIONAL Sensory Play Food: We added some delicious extras to our dough for extended sensory play! Pumpkin Seeds, Chocolate Candies and Sprinkles were definitely fun additions for tactile and edible play!
Directions
- Mix pumpkin and cinnamon in a medium/large bowl.
- Gradually add cornstarch until the mixture is doughy but not sticky
- Keep refrigerated until ready for play.
- Use sensory play food as desired to mix into your play dough. HAVE FUN! (FYI, 1 can made enough for 6-7 kids)
Fall Play Date Ideas for Toddlers
I was so excited to share our new fall inspired play dough with our friends. Snacks, drinks, and dough in hand, we headed to our local park for play time fun! (I mean what’s fall without a little outdoors?)
Feeling the fall spirit, I even turned peach and mandarin orange fruit cups into pumpkins! Just place the cups lid side down and glue on green construction paper and green pipe cleaner stems. Easy-peasy!
As expected, this fall play dough ended up being a HUGE success! The kids loved squishing,
exploring,
even eating the dough! And the sensory play food added to the fun!
Moms were relieved to know that I had thought to make a special allergy-friendly dough for our sensitive kids. But with lots of discovery, exploration and play…you know what that means? MESS!
Good thing I had lots of WaterWipes on hand! Our allergy-friendly and chemical-free wipe made play dough clean up a breeze. And the moms loved hearing why our family absolutely LOVES these wipes!
- WaterWipes, a premium European brand, is a chemical free baby wipe that contains only two ingredients, 99.9% purified Irish water and 0.1% grapefruit seed extract. THAT’S IT!
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WaterWipes was the perfect tool for our fall inspired play date! While there may not be fall weather yet in Florida, we certainly can enjoy the BEST that the season has to offer. Our Edible Pumpkin Play Dough and Fall Play Date was a wonderful way to kick-off the season with pumpkin, spice and everything messy FUN! Need another messy toddler craft idea? Check out our Apple Craft!
Don’t forget to pin this allergy-friendly edible pumpkin play dough for your next fall play date!
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MJ L says
Wow how fun, and yummy for the kids!! The chemical free wipes are perfect for little crafts like this!!
Robin Rue (@massholemommy) says
I bet this smells all kinds of awesome. I am totally making this for my little man over the weekend.
Rosie says
what a cute idea! and edible too, good thing b/c we know everything is put in their little mouths no matter! I love all the decorations, too. Looks like a fun timE
Modern Pilgrim says
Pinned!
Pam says
Homemade play dough is always so much fun. I love that this one doesn’t contain wheat.
Debra says
I LOVED your little mandarin oranges pumpkin idea. I’m totally stealing that for snack time in my daughter’s class!
Maralea says
Looks like a fun day! I love your little fruit cup pumpkins.
Jeanine says
WHat? no way. I’m going to have to make this for sure. may even take it in to my sons school this is awesome!
Liz Mays says
Oh this would be so much fun. That scent would be more than welcome right about now.
Sarah L says
What a great pumpkin play dough! Have to try the water wipes for my sensitive skin.
Valerie says
What a super fun day! I love the idea of edible play dough for kids that like to put stuff in their mouth.
Maureen says
I wish I could smell that play dough because it sounds like it would be great! What a fun day!
Crystal says
That’s just perfect for little hands. You know it’s going to end up in their mouths, so you’ve planned for that. Those wipes look like a great way to clean up after all the fun is done!
Rosey says
We were just talking about edible play dough. How smart to make it with a seasonal flavor. 🙂
Amanda says
What fun!
Patricia Delgado says
This is such a neat idea, now to set up a playdate!!
rochelle haynes says
This looks nice you can eat this great idea
Tracey says
This is so neat! I am going to pin this to my Fall Craft board!
Raijean says
Now this is adorable! I’m going to try to make this with my son. He loves his play dough.
Ann B says
Water Wipes are fantastic. I will have to try this play dough recipe for the next time my friend brings her girls over.