Playdough in the Morning SunI tried a new recipe for homemade playdough today, and this is by far the best I have found.
1 Cup Flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup water
food coloring
Heat the oil in a pot. Remove from the heat and add food coloring and water. Stir in all other ingredients. Continue to cook over low heat until mixture is firm, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat, and set clay mixture on wax paper to cool.
Store in an airtight container
1 Cup Flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup water
food coloring
Heat the oil in a pot. Remove from the heat and add food coloring and water. Stir in all other ingredients. Continue to cook over low heat until mixture is firm, about 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat, and set clay mixture on wax paper to cool.
Store in an airtight container
15 comments:
We use that recipe! It does make great play dough. Cute picture!
The playdough I made last week was awefull-I'll try yours. Kim
How much does this recipe make? Thinking about doing the snow dough for class presents.. small containers for each kid. Thanks!
I just made this and the finished dough had undissolved salt all through it. I shouldn't have added the salt with the flour. Next time will add the salt first then the flour/cream of tartar. Made good dough though!
This came out great!! Made this as party favors for my granddaughter's snowman party. Just remember to mix all of the dry ingredients together before adding to the water. Thanks for this idea!!
how long will it last?
What kind of oil do you use? Thanks!
Just an FYI heating oil and adding water is not a good idea, maybe warming a little....you don't want a house fire or to get burned....recipe works the same if if you heat it all together...
try baby oil- much nicer smelling than any cooking oil and will last longer too.
i was thinking of using cookie cutter snowfakes and then putting thumb print and making into a deer for gifts this year from kids to family. will this dough dry hard anyone know?
you should mix the water, oil and if you want I use peppermint essential oil together in a pot and start to warm it........add all dry ingredients together in a bowl and then add to the liquid mixture that is already starting to warm........do not heat the liquid too warm, you have to continually stir everything in the pot and when the dough pulls away from the sides of the pot it is ready to dump out on your counmter or onto some wax paper...we then sprinkle glitter on the counter and roll the dough around in it
Does it come out white or a light brown color?
Light brown, think light khaki.
just made two batches of snow dough- put peppermint extract in- used canola for one and baby oil for the other- no difference in colour- wonder what would make a whiter dough? hope the kids at preschool like it ;)
Great recipe and fun idea - thank you! I added something to make it white: from Micheals, Wilton White icing color. Not icing, but a dye to make icing whiter. Worked great! I also added a bit of silver glitter but mainly the clearish white - lots!
I don't suggest using baby oil as one comment wrote; it'll turn your play doh into a hazard for small children. Cooking oil they could swallow, baby oil they shouldn't.
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