Perfect Play Dough

You will never buy store bought playdough again with this easy recipe. There are so many variations you can do when it come to color, scent, texture and appearance. Get your kids busy and make some play dough today!

Here's what you need:
Large saucepan
2 cups water
1/2 cup salt
1/2 tsp food coloring
2 tbsp vegetable oil
2 cups flour
2 tbsp cream of tartar

Here's how you make it:
1. In the saucepan, mix the water, salt and food coloring together.
2. Place the saucepan on the stove burner and boil the mixture on high for 1 minute. Stir mixture until salt dissolves.
3. Remove saucepan from stove and add oil, flour and cream of tartar.
4. Once dough is cool enough to touch, knead for 5 mins.
5. Store in a ziplock bag.

Tips and Tricks:
To make a creature you can try to stick spaghetti into dough and you have a porcupine.

Alternate recipes:
Gingerbread- add 4 tsp ginger, 2 tsp nutmeg, 2tsp clove, 2tbsp cinnamon
Vanilla bean- add 1 tbsp vanilla
Apple pie - 2 tbsp cinnamon, red food coloring


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