Home Science Project: making circuits with play dough

by Paula Johanson

Today's post is a short one, but will be fun for anyone playing at home making electric circuits. If you are learning about how to make projects that light up, or buzz, or move, you probably already have what you need. Click here for a link to a website discussing popular kits for kids to use making electric circuits. There are many places you can find online where families can buy and have delivered by post a kit, full of electrical parts that are safe to use when following simple instructions.

But you might also have another useful material at home for making circuits for models or toys or science projects. Did you know you can make play dough that conducts electricity? And you can also make play dough that insulates, so no power is conducted? All you need to make either of these doughs are ordinary food ingredients for baking cookies.

Check out the website at SquishyCircuits.com by clicking on this link. On their website there are tutorials and instructions. Though they sell packages of electrical parts and play dough, they also have play dough recipes for free download. As with any science project, it's important to be safe. Beginners and younger kids will need adult supervision.