Homemade Play-Doh

Homemade Play-Doh

This stuff is great. It is super easy to make and it requires things that most of us have available in our kitchens already. Sweet! So I highly suggest you get the kids together and have them experiment with their colors, because we are making play-doh :)

Ingredients (for 1 regular-sized ball of play-doh):

• 1/2 Cup Flour
• 1/2 Cup Warm Water
• 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp Salt
• 1/2 Tbsp (1 1/2 tsp) Vegetable Oil
• 3/4 tsp Cream of Tartar
• Food Coloring (in liquid drop form)

The Play-Doh Construction:

1. In a small pot, add flour, cream of tartar, and salt. Mix well. Then add water and vegetable oil. Combine until there are no dry chunks.
2. Add food coloring to make whatever color you'd like. *The dough will be the exact color it is after adding the food coloring, so don't worry about the color fading or anything like that*
3. Cook the mixture on low heat and stir constantly with a rubber spatula. Keep it over the heat and keep stirring until the consistency is like play-doh!
4. Let dough cool on wax paper and then store in a mason jar or another airtight container in the fridge (yes, the fridge) so that it doesn't mold. 
5. Take it out and play with it whenever you'd like!! It stays soft!