Homemade Playdoh-Filled Plastic Eggs

Filling Easter Eggs can become a challenge – I wanted something simple but not candy.  And I was teaching preschool and wanted to make some homemade playdoh for the bunch.  And the ideas kind of morphed together yesterday morning…

I made playdoh — there are tons of recipes already out there, so I’ll let you find one.  I try a different one each time.  But instead of making several batches, each of a different color, I made one big batch.  Then I divided it into 4 parts (for 4 colors) and mixed each color into the dough using my food processor:

It was way easier than trying to knead in the color by hand.  It came out a little speckled in color, but I kind of liked that.   I made colors to match plastic Easter eggs that I had on hand (true cheapy confession – – I keep and reuse the plastic eggs!)

Stuff the dough into the color-coordinating egg:

So I thought perfect containers were the plastic eggs – just like those little playdoh containers, only cuter.  Well beware of what egg you’re using, because a bunch of the ones I had were like this:

Yep, those are airholes in the bottom.  Which means that the containers AREN’T airtight.  So even though my containers are cute, they don’t actually function well and I still need to keep then in a plastic bag:

It was a hit though – – everyone loves playdoh:

Yes, all the eggs in photo shoot are actually filled with playdoh – I each preschool kiddo a set of colors.  Here’s a “behind the scenes” look at picture-taking; what is with cats and kids always having to be in on the fun?? 🙂

So – – if you are looking for last-minute items to add to Easter baskets, here ya go – whip up some playdoh and stuff some eggs:

Do you have a favorite homemade playdoh recipe?  If so, leave a link in the comments so we can all try it out!