Comments on: Toddler-Safe Cloud Dough Recipe (No Baby Oil)

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 05:11:25 +0000

In reply to Leeann. I've heard that works well!

By: Leeann

Leeann — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:55:22 +0000

I used Candy Coloring instead of the tempura paint. I couldn’t easily find tempura paint, but I also didn’t love the idea of my kiddos possibly eating paint! The Candy food coloring is oil based, so it doesn’t react with the vegetable oil the way water based food coloring will. I just mixed it right in with the vegetable oil and it worked like a charm.

By: Lady NOD

Lady NOD — Tue, 10 May 2016 02:20:23 +0000

Thank you so much. My toddler and I had lot’s of fun with the cloud dough.

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Mon, 25 May 2015 02:58:31 +0000

In reply to Jess. Yay! So glad you tried it, and had fun with it, Jess!

By: Jess

Jess — Sun, 24 May 2015 21:01:43 +0000

Thank you so much for this recipe. My 4-year-old and 1-year-old had a brilliant time playing with it. And the 4yo enjoyed making it too. We will use this many more times!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 20:29:10 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans. Thank you!

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 23:28:35 +0000

In reply to Melissa. Sure, any oil will work, Melissa.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:31:02 +0000

What about olive oil?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:23:08 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans. Thank-you for the reply. Used some sidewalk chalk today and worked fine for texture. Colour may be more vibrant with other solutions but definitely good in a pinch. I think I will keep an eye out for cheap candy colouring or some clearence/used powder paint but for now the broken chalk shrapnel from last summer will do fine :)

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:07:36 +0000

In reply to happyhooligans. Aaron, just click on the "name your link". I didn't mean for it to show up like that. lol

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 19:06:36 +0000

In reply to Aaron. I wouldn't add the liquid paint, as it will definitely change the consistency of the dough. I've heard great things about crushed chalk. Lots of people have told me they've used it. I'm not sure how vibrant it is though. I think the candy food colouring would be a great alternative. I've seen some blog posts, and the colour of the cloud dough looks really vibrant. As for the powdered tempera here in Canada, I'd check at a school/teacher supply store. I lucked out and found mine at a thrift shop. I'm not sure if Michaels' carries the powdered stuff, but you could try there too. I checked Amazon.ca, and they don't carry it, but the big jugs on this page at Amazon.com say they ship to Canada. Not sure how pricey that would be by the time you add shipping, but you can look into it: Name Your Link

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:23:33 +0000

Looking to make a batch of this and cannot find powdered tempera paint locally and shipping is restrictive to an economic order. I can find lots of affordable pre mixed liquid tempera paints local and free shipped.

Has anyone tried replacing dry powder with pre mixed/liquid tempera paint? I figure it might not be great due to most likely being made from tempera powder and water thus would not combine nice with oil in cloud dough.

Anyone have feedback on using sidewalk chalk? Might try that or look for oil based food colouring powder as mentioned above.

Anyone else have tips, feedback or experience to share with alternate colouring sugestions or cheap sources for powdered tempera paint in Canada?

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:52:10 +0000

In reply to asma.

Water based food colouring won’t work, unfortunately, as the oil in the cloud dough repels the water in the food colouring. Apparently there are food colours that you can by that are used in candy making – they’re oil based, and they’ll work. I’ve also been told the crushed sidewalk chalk will add colour to the cloud dough as well.

By: asma

asma — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 20:38:39 +0000

Will be trying this out tomorrow.. Would like yo know if I can use food coloring powder as i don’t hv tempura pain powder. Thanks

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:02:12 +0000

In reply to michelle. It won't affect it at all. It will be exactly the same! Go for it!

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:48:36 +0000

Can I skip the tempera paint powder? Will it affect the texture??

By: Damjana

Damjana — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 10:41:23 +0000

Hello,
an amazing picture, it immediately drew my attention and – I tried the recipe.
However, I made a mistake I hope other recipe users won’t repeat – I decided to use dried sweet paprika powder as coloring (I usually try to use as many natural ingredients as possible). It turned out looking just the same as regular play sand. 🙁 The kid did not even notice any difference.
Lesson learned: when I make cloud dough again (oh, an I surely will) I will stick to your recipe and use one of the fancy coloring options, apple green or blue, just like yours. 🙂

By: happyhooligans

happyhooligans — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 01:41:20 +0000

In reply to heather. Oh girl. There's a link in the post that takes you to the recipe over at Kids Activities Blog. Now you'll really be SYH. lol

By: heather

heather — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:13:52 +0000

there is no recipe for this smh