Mash Potato Play Dough

Did you ever play with your mash potatoes as a kid? I have a less messy way for your kids to do just that. Mash potato play dough is fun sensory experience. Combine two ingredients together and you’ll have a nice play dough.

Mash Potato Play Dough

Ingredients:

• 5-6 baked potatoes (depending on how much play dough you would like)
• Flour, toasted (you’ll need 3/4 cup of flour for every 1 cup of mashed potatoes)

How to Make the Mash Potato Play Dough:

1. Bake 5-6 potatoes using your preferred method. I wash the potatoes, poke holes in them, coat them with oil, and bake them in the oven at 350 °F for at least an hour. Or I microwave them for 5-10 minutes depending on the size.
2. Allow potatoes to cool.
3. Peel the skins off of the potatoes.
4. Mash up the potatoes. (Here’s a great place for the kids to help.)
5. Add flour to your potatoes. (Be sure to cook your flour if you want this to be a taste-safe dough.) You’ll need about 3/4 cup of flour for every 1 cup of mash potatoes. I used 6 small to medium sized potatoes. This gave me about 2 cups of mashed potatoes, so I used 1.5 cups of flour. Add the flour gradually kneading the dough as you go. The more you knead the dough, the more play dough like it will become. It feels similar to a bread dough. To make it less sticky, add more flour.

Note: Raw flour isn’t recommended for eating. Most of our flour is contaminated with E. coli bacteria. To make the dough taste-safe, you would need to heat it to a safe temperature. You can also substitute corn starch for the flour, but the dough won’t quite have the same texture. Check out our sweet potato play dough for an example.

More Play Dough Recipes

• Try this play dough made with oatmeal, flour, and water.
• Our gluten free play dough is made with natural dyes.
• The cornstarch and glue play dough has been my favorite. It’s soft and stretchy.
• Find all of our play dough recipes here.

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