Make this soft, fluffy, and completely edible Christmas playdough recipe! Perfect for festive holiday sensory play with just 2 simple ingredients, frosting and powdered sugar! No cooking required!

Edible Christmas Playdough Recipe (No Cook Recipe!)

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If you’re looking for a Christmas sensory play activity that’s easy, fun, and totally safe for little ones to taste, this festive edible Christmas playdough recipe is perfect! With only two ingredients, frosting and powdered sugar, you can whip up batches of soft, colorful play dough in red, green, and white that’s ready for squishing, shaping, and even nibbling.

The best part? The dough is not super sticky or messy! This is our favorite Christmas playdough recipe. Whether you’re staying cozy indoors on a snowy day or looking for a quick and magical activity to keep the kids busy during the holiday break, this edible Christmas playdough recipe is a total win.

Why Christmas-Themed Activities Rock for Kids

Edible Christmas playdough recipe is a fantastic sensory play activity for kids! With its soft, squishy texture, this homemade Christmas playdough invites children to explore their senses in a safe and engaging way.

Plus, Christmas sensory activities like this Christmas playdough recipe are perfect for sparking creativity. Your kids can roll it into candy cane swirls, press it into cookie cutters shaped like Christmas trees and gingerbread men, or decorate their playdough “cookies” with sparkly gems, pom poms, and mini candy canes.

And when it’s chilly outside and you want to keep little hands busy, Christmas playdough is the perfect indoor activity to keep imaginations flowing. Because it’s completely edible (although not meant for snacking), even curious toddlers who like to taste everything can join the fun.

Love edible playdough? You’ve got to try our edible “mud” playdough for even more squishy, messy fun!

The Best Edible Christmas Playdough Recipe

This Christmas playdough recipe is a twist on our edible play dough recipe, which is a hit all year long! Here’s what you’ll need:

What You’ll Need

1 cup of store-bought frosting: We used Funfetti Vanilla Frosting
2-2 ½ cups of Powdered Sugar
Food coloring
Mixing bowl and spoon
Optional: playdough tools, letter stamps, cookie cutters, gems, pom-pom balls, mini candy canes, or any other Christmas trinkets

Instructions

1. Scoop frosting into a large mixing bowl

Start with adding 1 cup of frosting into your mixing bowl.

2. Gradually add powdered sugar

Slowly add in 2 cups of powdered sugar. Mix it in with a spoon. The dough will look sticky at first, but that’s okay! Keep adding powdered sugar about ½ cup at a time until the dough starts to come together and feels soft and smooth. You’ll use about 2–2 ½ cups of powdered sugar in total, depending on the frosting’s consistency.

3. Knead the dough by hand

Once the dough becomes too thick to stir, it’s time to get your hands in there. Knead the dough with your fingers, gradually adding more powdered sugar if it feels sticky. You’ll know it’s ready when it feels like soft playdough. Smooth, moldable, and not too sticky.

4. Add food coloring

To make different Christmas colors, divide the dough into small balls and add a few drops of food coloring to each. Knead the color in until it’s evenly distributed. We made red, green, and white playdough for the holiday season.

Pro tip: Wearing gloves will save you from having colored hands!

5. Play and enjoy!

That’s it! Your festive Christmas edible playdough is ready for rolling, squishing, and creating holiday magic.