5 Quick and Easy Playdough Recipes Without Salt


How to make playdough without salt for kids so they can create and imagine all year long!



orange, green, and red playdough, a blue rolling pin and red and green stars made out of playdough




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It is super easy to make playdough without salt and or cream of tartar. There are even easy-to-make gluten-free playdough recipes and safe healthy edible playdough recipes for toddlers and kids who like to taste their playdough as they play with it!




We are talking about non-toxic, edible, stretchy, squishy, cookie-cutter-ready playdough for kids to create all kinds of fun things with for hours on end.










pastel colored playdough in green, pink, yellow and purple shades



1.  Salt-Free Playdough Recipe


This easy recipe for playdough without salt  makes a fun squishy dough for kids that they can play with over and over again. 

Bring out kitchen spoons, molds, and cookie cutters and watch kids create masterpiece after masterpiece. 

And no worries if they happen to taste test this safe edible playdough!





Dark green, yellow and red playdough balls



2. Simple Homemade No Salt Playdough Recipe



This fun natural homemade playdough  uses lemon in place of salt in the recipe. 

Salt helps homemade dough last longer, but if you worry your kids might eat or taste playdough as they play, making all-natural dough is the way to go.






pinkish playdough on table with heart shaped cookie cutters next to the playdough




3.  Playdough Without Salt and Cream of Tartar


Looking for a playdough recipe without salt and no cream of tartar in the recipe? Here you go!

This salt-free playdough recipe is made with just 2 ingredients: self-rising flour and water. 

The texture is perfect for cookie cutters, but may not be quite as soft and squishy as other playdough recipes with cream of tartar.

While it may not last as long as other recipes, this simple homemade no salt playdough is safe and non-toxic and will still provide hours of fun sensory play for little ones. 





pink edible playdough shown that is stretchy



4. No Cook Salt-Free Edible Playdough 


You can make this 3 ingredient  no-cook edible playdough in minutes. 

And since this stretchy fun dough is made with all-natural ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen, it is playdough kids can taste (because you know they probably will!)





orange, reddish  and green playdough stars




5.  Gluten Free Edible Playdough 


One of the best all-natural salt-free playdough as well as gluten-free playdough recipes for kids. 

You can make this play-dough recipe with 4 ingredients you probably have in your kitchen right now: 

  • rice cereal
  • unsweetened applesauce
  • vegetable oil
  • food coloring. 

This is an easy-to-make playdough without salt for creative kid fun anytime.

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