Homemade Playdough - Classic Recipe

  By Heidi on The Frugal Girls                                                      

        

I’ve been making it for years ~ it’s so simple, fun, and thrifty, but most of all fun. And you know exactly what the ingredients are.What You’ll Need:

• 1 cup Flour
• 1 cup Water
• 2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
• 1/2 cup Salt
• 1 tbsp. Vegetable Oil
• Food Coloring (only 3-4 drops are required per batch)
• This makes a good-sized batch, so you could also cut the recipe in half… or make the full recipe using two different sauce pans {to make 2 different colors}

What You’ll Do:

• Mix Together all ingredients {except food coloring} in saucepan

• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly.

• As soon as the mixture begins to thicken, add in food coloring.  Continue to stir.
• Mixture will begin forming into a solid, and gathering on spoon.
• Remove from heat to cool, then remove from saucepan to cool on wax paper, plate, etc.
• Store in freezer ziploc bag.  Then, you can even place the bag in a dark container, or in the fridge… to make it last even longer!

If it starts to get dry after several weeks, try adding a few drops of water into play dough to extend it’s shelf life.

Give it a try, and see what you think!

 

As far as playdough toys go… use mini rolling pins, plastic cookie cutters, and even the garlic press!
Just have fun.