Looking for a fun fall activity? This this amazing apple pie playdough. Â Not only will this apple playdough be fun to pretend making apple pies with, it will also leave your house smelling like apple pies!
Related: Homemade Playdough Recipe
Watch the full tutorial video here before you get started!
The best part about this homemade apple cinnamon playdough is that it’s taste safe. We don’t recommend eating it of course, but great for kids to play with since it’s non-toxic. As always, be sure to supervise the activity and do not allow children under 3 or children that put things in their mouth to play with it.
Here are some activity ideas to do with your apple playdough:
- Have your child roll out the apple scented playdough
- Fill a pie pan with the playdough and create the crust
- Use a toy pie cutter and cut the pie into pieces
- Plate your apple pie to serve to your guests
- Create an apple by rolling the playdough into a ball and adding pipe cleaners just like we did!
Apple Pie Playdough Recipe
- 1 tbsp. cooking oil
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- red food coloring
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp apple pie spice mix
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Directions to Make Apple Pie Spice Playdough Recipe
Note: Adults should cook the playdough. Get your kids involved by having them mix the ingredients for you before cooking!
In a large pot, add in the vegetable oil, food color, and water (add red food coloring to water first so it’s easier to mix in), stir.
In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix well. Or individually add your spices and then your salt and flour as shown in the video. Add dry ingredients to your pan for cooking.
Cook over medium heat until the dough starts to form and becomes dry.
Let your dough cool and knead. If the dough feels sticky, add more flour. If you would like more apple pie scent, you can add more spices and knead in.
Apple Pie Playdough Recipe
Materials
- 1 tbs cooking oil
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup salt
- red food coloring
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp apple pie spice mix
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a large pot, add in the vegetable oil, food color, and water (add red food coloring to water first so it’s easier to mix in), stir.
- In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients and mix well. Or individually add your spices and then your salt and flour as shown in the video. Add dry ingredients to your pan for cooking.
- Cook over medium heat until the dough starts to form and becomes dry.
- Let your dough cool and knead. If the dough feels sticky, add more flour. If you would like more apple pie scent, you can add more spices and knead in.
Now have fun! Make a pretend apple with some pipe cleaners or build your apple pie in a pie dish and have your kids serve it to you!
More Playdough Recipes
For all of the details on our classic playdough, see our playdough recipe post.
If you like this fall scented apple playdough recipe, then you can also try our pumpkin pie playdough.
What can you use if you don’t have apple pie spice mix?
You can add a little bit of nutmeg instead. Or if you have any apple flavoring.