Make play dough with Glitter

Add some sparkle to your play with Glitter and his amazing play dough!

Play dough provides hours of fun, and the glitter in Glitter’s play dough takes it to another level!

Cheeky Monsters reminder: Take care around little ones, this dough should never go in your mouth.

What you will need:

  • A mixing bowl
  • 1 measuring cup of washing up liquid
  • 1 bottle of PVA glue
  • Blue food colouring
  • 1 lollypop stick
  • Cornflour
  • Gold coloured glitter
  • A grown-up helper

What to do:

  1. To start, make sure your mixing bowl is washed, clean and dry.
  2. Pour out 1 measuring cup of washing up liquid into the mixing bowl.
  3. Then, squeeze out lots of PVA glue all over the washing up liquid.
  4. Add 3 or 4 drops of blue food colouring to the mixture.
  5. Using your lollypop stick, stir everything together well so that it is totally mixed and all one colour.
  6. Measure out 1 cup of cornflour and add this to the bowl, continue to mix this in with your lollypop stick until all the cornflour disappears.
  7. Now pour in lots of glitter and stir into the mixture until it sparkles.
  8. To make the mixture thicker add in another measuring cup of cornflour and stir until it starts to clump together.
  9. Add in one last sprinkle of glitter, and then comes the really fun bit!
  10. Using your hands, knead the dough together until it feels soft and squidgy.
  11. There you have it, your fun Glitter play dough is complete and perfect for some Cheeky play!

Watch the activity video