Easy Cloud Dough Recipe (2024)

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This cloud dough (aka moon dough) recipe to make with the kids! You only need 2 ingredients and most are probably already sitting in your pantry right now!

Moon dough or cloud dough? Or maybe it's moon sand? What do and your kids call this recipe? I've heard it called both and I suppose it doesn't really matter.

Whatever you call this cloud dough (or is it moon dough – ha), it is super easy to make with the kids and will provide hours of enjoyment! I bet you have all of the ingredients right now to make it too. It really only takes 2 ingredients, but there is an optional ingredient if you want the dough to have a fragrance.

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Recipe for Cloud Dough

There are a few recipes to make cloud dough, but this recipe covers how to make cloud dough without cornstarch. We've used this for for a while since I prefer to use essential oils with the baby oil instead of the alternative of conditioner and corn starch.

You can also add food coloring if you want as I've done for some color flecks throughout but it's not necessary. You'll just need a mixing bowl and spoon to get to work.

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How do make Cloud Dough

  1. In your mixing bowl add the 4 cups of flour and ½ cup of baby oil. Mix well.
  2. Optional step: add 3-4 drops of each the green and orange food coloring. Knead the dough so the color disperses.
  3. Take the mixture into your hands and knead it. The heat from your hands will help form and soften itinto shape.
  4. To use your moon dough, just form the dough in your hand or molds to make a variety of shapes.

Why is my cloud dough crumbly?

This is because it's too dry. If this happens with your mixture, just add a few drops of baby oil at a time until it is the consistency you want.

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How to Store Cloud Dough

Store your moon dough in an air tight container when not in use and it should stay fresh forweeks. If it lose the original consistency, just add a few more drops of baby oil and mix until softenedagain.

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Cloud Dough Recipe with Conditioner

As I mentioned above, the alternate recipe for making cloud dough uses conditioner and cornstarch. This recipe requires:

  • 2 cups, Cornstarch
  • 1 cup, Conditioner

I would use an inexpensive conditioner that has a decent scent so it smells good. Maybe find one with lavender so there's a calming affect for it too. Just mix together both ingredients together well in a bowl. Add the mixture into a ziploc bag to mix more with your hands. It's ready to go!

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Gingerbread Cloud Dough

If you want a cloud dough that is holiday-focused, you can adjust the essential oils and food coloring. For a Gingerbread Cloud Dough, you will need:

  • Ginger and Nutmeg Essential Oils (here and here)
  • Brown Food Coloring
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Easy recipe to make homemade cloud dough. Your kids will love this!

  • Author: Andrea Deckard

Ingredients

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  • 4 cups, White Flour
  • ½ cup, Baby Oil
  • 5-7 drops, Therapeutic Grade Eucalyptus Essential Oils (optional)
    We used Eucalyptus Essential Oil but have also done Orange.
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Spoon
  • Green and Orange Food Coloring (optional)

Instructions

  1. In your mixing bowl add the 4 cups of flour and ½ cup of baby oil. Mix well.
  2. Add 3-4 drops of each the green and orange food coloring. Knead the dough so the color disperses.
  3. Take the mixture into your hands and knead it. The heat from your hands will help form and soften itinto shape.
  4. To use your moon dough, just form the dough in your hand or molds to make a variety of shapes. Ifthe dough is still too crumbly, add a few drops of baby oil at a time until it is the consistency you wish.
  5. Store your moon dough in an air tight container when not in use and it should stay fresh forweeks. Should it loose its consistency, just add a few more drops of baby oil and mix until softenedagain.
Easy Cloud Dough Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How do you make 2 ingredient cloud dough? ›

Instructions
  1. Place the cornstarch in a large bowl.
  2. Mix in the hair conditioner with your hands--it will just start coming together and it will be pliable and very, very smooth. If desired, add a drop or two or food coloring.
  3. You may need to add more conditioner as you go. Use food coloring to color as desired.

How do I make cloud dough? ›

All you need is: - 1 part baby lotion or conditioner (we used 1/3 cup) - 2 parts cornstarch (we used 2/3 cup)

Can you make cloud dough with plain flour? ›

Ingredients:
  1. 8 cups plain flour.
  2. 1 cup baby oil/edible oil such as olive, vegetable or seed oil.
  3. Food colouring for different colours(optional)

Does conditioner and flour make cloud dough? ›

Start off with a little conditioner or shampoo in the bowl. Mix in some flour or corn starch and start folding the two ingredients together. Add in the food coloring of your choice. Keep mixing, rolling, and experimenting with the flour and conditioner until the dough comes together!

How to make cloud slime for kids? ›

Steps: 
  1. Pour ½ bottle or a full bottle of glue into a bowl (depending on how much slime you want to make) and mix with around a ¼ cup of water. ...
  2. In a separate bowl, mix ¼ teaspoon of borax powder into ½ cup of warm water. ...
  3. Add food coloring if you would like, and then add shaving foam to the glue mixture.

How to make slime with cornstarch and conditioner? ›

Easy homemade slime activity that is similar to a fluffy slime, but with its own unique texture. Start with a bowl of cornstarch. Add an equal amount of hair conditioner and start mixing together. If the mixture is too wet, add more cornstarch.

How to make fluffy playdough? ›

Light and fluffy play dough! Mix flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large sauce pan. Add oil and water and mix until well combined. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until a large doughy ball forms.

What is the best homemade playdough recipe? ›

how to make the world's best homemade play-doh. You'll need 3 cups of white all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, 1 cup + 2 tablespoons of table salt, 3-4 tablespoons of any cooking oil (start with 3 and add more if necessary), 3 cups HOT water, and food coloring.

How to make no bake playdough? ›

How to Make Playdough without Cooking
  1. 2 cups plain flour (all purpose)
  2. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (coconut oil works too)
  3. 1/2 cup salt.
  4. 2 tablespoons cream of tartar.
  5. 1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in increments until it feels just right)
  6. gel food coloring (optional)

How to make playdough slime with only two ingredients? ›

This is a 2 ingredient slime, and you don't need any glue or borax for it. All you need is Play Doh and the lotion. You're just gonna slowly add in. the lotion to your Play Doh.

Is two ingredient dough any good? ›

Two-ingredient dough is packed with protein thanks to the yogurt, and is free of the preservatives and artificial ingredients found in many prebaked crusts and prepared doughs.

What are the two ingredients in moon dough? ›

The recipe calls for 1 part conditioner and 2 parts corn starch. (So you put 2 times as much corn starch in as you did conditioner.)

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