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Homemade Play Dough
Yesterday Ophelia and I made a big batch of Play Dough. Well, it was really four small batches. Here is how we did it!
The Recipe
2 cups Flour
1 cup Salt
2 T Vegetable Oil
6 t Cream of Tartar
2 cups Colored Water
Instructions
Combine all ingredients.
Whisk until smooth.
Cook over medium heat until dough forms.
Knead dough until smooth (30 - 60 seconds)
The mixes are made, now on to the cooking! I used a small sauce pan over medium heat, stirring constantly. In about 3-5 minutes, our goopy mix magically came together into a solid doughy pile. I removed it from the heat, scraped it onto my floured countertop with a silicone spatula, and kneaded it (gingerly now - it's still HOT!) for about 30 seconds or so until it was smooth and the consistency of, well, Play Dough! I washed out the pot, rinsed, and repeated for the other three colors. Presto Play Dough!I allowed it to cool a bit before placing it into a plastic bag. If you leave it out in the open air it will dry out just like the name brand stuff.
We played with it today and it is great! Works like the store bought version but better. It is quite soft and easy for little toddler hands to mold, but not so sticky that it sticks to everything. Easy to clean up too. Posted at
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kids,
play dough
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Just an FYI: This Play Dough is still going strong. We keep it sealed up in plastic baggies when we aren't using it. But it's still soft and works wonderfully!
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