Homemade Aromatherapy Playdough Recipe

Homemade Aromatherapy Play-dough recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup flour

• 1/3 cup salt

• 2 teaspoons cream of tartar

• 1 cup water

• 1 tablespoon coconut oil

• food coloring (optional)

• 10-20 drops of essential oil (list of scents to calm and reduce stress and anxiety below)

How to make:

1. In a saucepan add flour, salt, and cream of tartar.

2. Add water

3. Add coconut oil, then turn the burner on low and stir the mixture well. Note-mixture will be lumpy at this point, but will disappear as dough heats up and thickens.

4. (optional) Before dough mixture becomes too thick, add a few drops of food coloring and stir in well. Add more drops if needed to reach desired color.

5. Once food coloring is added, turn up heat (set to medium low). Stir constantly and scrape the bottom of the pan as you stir. This is where it will thicken. It could take up to 3 minutes to fully thicken.

6. When the dough comes away from the sides of the pan and isn’t wet anymore, remove the play-dough from the pan and place on a piece of wax paper to cool for about 30 minutes.

7. After it is cooled, knead the dough in your hands for a minute or so until it’s elastic and smooth.

8. Poke a few holes throughout the dough and add the drops of essential oil in the holes (this will help get the oil into the dough and not all over your hands). Then knead the play-dough to mix the oils throughout. Note-start small with the amount of drops of the scent-you can always add more but you can’t take away.

9. Store the play-dough in an airtight container so it stays fresh and doesn’t dry out.

Note-if it dries out you can knead in a few drops of water to help. If it loses its scent, you can do the same with the essential oils.

List of essential oils I know of that are great to calm and reduce stress and anxiety:

• Lavender

• Chamomile (can be combined with lavender-it’s the best!!)

• Harmony Blend by Arbonne

• Eucalyptus (I don’t know if it actually is good for reducing stress but it smells amazing and definitely soothes me!)

(there are many more but these are the ones I have used!)