Homemade Play Dough

Mary and I had another creative moment today.  I had been thinking of making her some play dough for a while now.  She has some store bought play dough but it was in bad shape and just didn't work very well even when it was new.  I went to a friends house and saw her homemade play dough and it was wonderful.  Mary had so much fun playing with it that I decided it was time for me to make some.  Today we made red and she loved it!  I couldn't believe how easy it was.  We will make another color tomorrow.  I have included the recipe at the bottom.  We did the one with baking soda and it worked great.  I would of used Cream of Tartar because my friend said that is what she used but I didn't have any.  So we did the substitute.

 

Ingredients for this classic play dough recipe: •plain white flour – 1 cup •salt – 0.5 cups •cream of tartar – 2 tsp (you can substitute 2 tbsp of baking soda) •water – 1 cup •cooking oil – 1 tsp (if you use baking soda, add 1 tbsp of oil instead of 1 tsp) •food coloring

Directions for this classic play dough recipe: •Mix all the ingredients together with a fork in a mixing bowl until the mixture is smooth and one solid color •Pour the mixture into a pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. •Stir until smooth and then until play dough bunches up to form a ball •Take it out of the pan and allow the play dough to cool •Knead for a few minutes and store in an airtight container