EASY 2 ingredient Play Dough Recipe

June 6, 2026
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This 2 ingredient playdough recipe couldn’t be any easier to make! Plus this homemade playdough recipe makes the sweetest smelling, super soft playdough that is SO much fun to play with! This is such a quick, 2 ingredient play dough to whip for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. This 2 ingredient play Dough is truly silky smooth for a tactile play activity children can’t get enough of!

This 2 ingredient playdough recipe couldn't be any easier to make! Plus this homemade playdough recipe makes the sweetest smelling, super soft playdough that is SO much fun to play with! This is such a quick, 2 ingredient play dough to whip for toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, and first grade students. This 2 ingredient play Dough is truly silky smooth for a tactile play activity children can't get enough of!

2 Ingredient Play Dough

Whip up a batch of this simply,  2 ingredient Playdough Recipe for some fun playing with play dough today! This easy playdough recipe only require hair conditionaer and cornstartch to make a no-cook, quick play dough recipe toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and grade 1 students will have fun playing with. Plus this play doh is super soft kids can’t get enough of this amazing playdough recipe!

We have lots more activities for kids including playdough recipes, fun free printable playdough mats, and slime recipes for kids too! Plus don’t miss our taste safe marshmallow playdough!

We used dove conditioner and cornstarch for this playdough recipe.

2 ingredient playdough

To make this super soft playdough  all you need is:

  • one large,  20 oz bottle of conditioner (pick a scent you like)
  • 26 oz of cornstarch for a regular size recipe

HINT: We doubled the recipe and used two bottles (40 ozz) and 3 boxes of cornstartch (48 oz)

mix together the conditioner and cornstarch

super soft playdough

Mix together the conditioner and cornstarch until combined. Then knead the dough with your hands until you get the consistency you like, adding additional conditioner or cornstarch as needed.

Silky Smooth playdough is super fun to touch and easy to make - using only 2 ingredients. #playdough #playdoughrecipes #kidsactivities

Best homemade playdough

You will be left with beautiful, white as snow homemade playdough that is silky smooth! Seriously the soft, creamy texture is delightful!

Whip up a batch of this EASY 2 ingredient Playdough Recipe that is super silky soft to the touch and perfet for hours play Dough fun!

Easy Playdough Recipe

Personally, I would leave the how to make playdough 2 ingredients white – it is so smooth and silky that white just fits with it so beautifully…. but if your kids are itching for colors, you can simply add some food coloring to create some stunning colored playdough.

This is such an easy playdough recipe to make and store each color in a ziplock bag or mason jar.

Simple playdough recipe

You can store your playdough in a jar or ziplock bag and it will keep for a long time.

This moldable homemade cloud dough recipe is soft to the touch and fun to stack up in color patties.

Homemade playdough recipe

This playdough feels amazing to play with! The smooth silk texture makes it fun to mold and press.

It is not the same consistency as our go to Kool Aid Playdough (which is the improved version of what you find in a can at the store). It is more like a moldable cloud dough that is a delight to kids hands as they explore, press, and mold.

Create a beautiful scene with this playdough kids activities

Playdough recipe

And if you do color it, kids will enjoy creating beautiful pictures, sculptures, and designs with it.

NOTE: The colors will combine as it loves to melt into whatever color or hand is playing with it.

camelion squirrel playdough sculpture out of homemade playdough

Playdough recipe easy

Since this silk smooth playdough is more of a moldable cloud dough recipe, it can crumble off when playing, but just press back together for a smooth-as-silk ball again.

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Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! With over 20 years educating children, she has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids alphabet, math, science, English grammar, history, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables - www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!

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  1. What can I use to color the playdough?

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