Play Dough

September 3rd, 2010 |

Author: Abbie

This week the topic is a fun recipe that you can make with your kids. I admit I have not cooked a lot with my kids so I was not sure what I was going to post here. I settled on this.

I love home made play dough. So do my kids. Not only is it fun to play with its fun to make. Its very easy and kids would have a blast mixing it and making them pretty colors.

1 cup water
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup salt
1 tbsp cream of tartar
Food coloring
1 cup flour

Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until warm. Remove from heat and add flour. Stir, then knead until smooth. The cream of tartar makes this dough last for 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to omit this ingredient if you don’t have it on hand. Store this dough in an airtight container or Ziploc freezer bag.

I make two batches at a time. With younger kids you would want to mix it a little and then dump it on a floured surface and let them knead it adding more flour as needed. I have found I need more then 1 cup of flour to get it just right.

I store them in Ziploc containers.

I think my kids have more fun with the homemade stuff then the store stuff.