cinnamon play dough

Tonight the boys and I made cinnamon play dough. Gabe found the recipe a few days ago while he was scanning High Five (the junior version of Highlights) and we agreed that we would have to pick up some corn starch and whip this up. It's super easy, fun and smells great. I plan to make this at the holidays. I think it'd be a wonderful, cozy sensory experience during the fall and winter seasons. After all, it makes the house smell so good. After some ado, here's the recipe (verbatim):

Spice Up Some Play Dough

1. Put 2 cups of baking soda, 1 cup of cornstarch and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon in a pot. Stir.
2. Add 1 1/2 cups of water. Stir.
3. Adult: Cook the dough on medium heat, stirring constantly until the mixture looks like mashed potatoes. Remove the dough from the pot.
4. When the dough is cool, knead it until it is smooth. What will you make with your new play dough?

Note: This sweet-smelling dough will stay soft for a long time if you keep it in a zippered plastic bag.

I will add a short comment here: When the dough was warm, I let the boys play with it and they loved how it felt in their little hands. They played with it for a few minutes just before bed and I think it was calming and therapeutic to their noses.

Also, one of the reasons I love this play dough recipe is because it's wheat / gluten free. And this is a great place to use up any genetically modified corn starch you may have tucked away in your pantry.

Enjoy!