Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Easy Soft Homemade Playdough

We are down to the last week of school and our last 3rd grade school project! The kids are supposed to make a layered model of food and the easiest medium I could think of to do that with was playdough.  So I pulled out my tried and true recipe and whipped up this batch in about 15 minutes!


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Easy Soft Homemade Playdough

2 cups of flour
1 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
2 cups water
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
a few drops of food coloring

In a saucepan combine the flour, salt, and cream of tartar.  Stir to combine.




 Add the water and oil (food coloring).  


Stir well to combine.  


Turn on the burner to medium heat and stir the dough constantly until it pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball. (about 5 minutes)  




Remove the finished dough to the counter and knead until smooth.





You can either add the food coloring at the beginning with the liquid or knead it into the dough after it is completed.  I was making several different colors so I broke the dough into small pieces and then kneaded the food coloring in to the finished dough.  Make sure that you either put some wax paper or parchment paper down to protect your counter top.  Unless you want the food coloring all over...








Keep the dough in an air tight bag or container.  It will keep for several months.
You now have dough for your project or for hours of kid time :)



Project Chicken Shawarma - success!


(The recipe listed is doubled since I wanted quite a bit of dough)
Recipe taken from the Get-Acquainted Module 1 of Joy School @ Values Parenting

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How fun! I have been making that very recipe for play dough for about 35 years now. it is always a winner, I also enjoyed playing with the kids when I made play dough. So soft and warm, so many colors, who could resist! Your sons creation is most excellent.
1 reply · active 621 weeks ago
Thank you Cindy! I love this recipe too, it is a great consistency. Thank you so much for your sweet comment :)
I remember when I was a kid one of my friend's mom made playdough, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever!
1 reply · active 621 weeks ago
I always liked playing with play dough and my kids do too. I hate buying it when it is so easy to make!
Krista this is sooooooooooo cool!!
I'm not familiar with playdough, but I love it and I'm going to surprise my nephews and nieces. I can already imgaine their smiling faces......

Thanks!!
1 reply · active 621 weeks ago
Thank you :) They will love it!
I've never been great at making homemade playdough, but this looks easy enough. Thanks!
1 reply · active 620 weeks ago
I've tried a few different recipes, this one is by far the best!
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1 reply · active 620 weeks ago
Thanks Miss Jen :)
This is great! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at Mommy Mondays!
1 reply · active 620 weeks ago
Thank you Debbie!
Great activity for children. My granddaughter loves making playdough. Thanks for posting on the Tried and True Recipe Party! http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/06/tried-a...
1 reply · active 620 weeks ago
Thanks Miss Jackie!
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1 reply · active 619 weeks ago
Thank you so much Miss Amy! I will be right on over :)
My Mom used to have a recipe like this when I was a kid. My sisters and I loved the homemade playdough. I'm sending this to them (they have kids, I don't). Thanks for bringing back great memories.
1 reply · active 608 weeks ago
Fabulous! I'm so glad that I could bring back memories! That's the best compliment I can get!
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