Simple Homemade Play Dough Recipe

Making your own play dough is very easy with this play dough recipe.

The ingredients are household ones which makes it even more simple to make. Will not take you more than 10 minutes to make it, but sure to give your little one, something to play with almost everyday.

Have your child assist you and he is bound to learn a few things about measuring and sequencing.

Here are simple instructions to make play dough at home and even how to store it. Follow the cook your play dough recipe and you can store the playdoh easily for atleast 2 months.

Follow one of these simple playdoh recipes using these basic ingredients and you will have a play dough of a similar quality as a store one and a peace of mind as you will know what goes into making it -

How to make Play Dough?

Ingredients -

1 cup flour

1/2 cup salt

2 teaspoons Cream of Tartar

1 cup water

1 teaspoon cooking oil

7-8 drops of food colouring

Step by Step Method

1. Mix the flour and salt.
2. Add the cream of tartar, water, and oil.
3. Add some food coloring.
4. Mix well.



5. Cook over medium heat until ingredients form a ball.

   This process almost automatically forms a ball of the dough on the stove and its not to hot to touch.

   Does not take more than a minute on stove).

6. Turn out and knead until smooth, about 1 minute, and let it cool.

Storing Play Dough

This playdough recipe will make playdoh that will keep for at least two months if kept in a sealed plastic bag or container and longer if you store it in the refrigerator.

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Here is another Playdough Recipe - No Cook

This one is a No Cook recipe for making a Playdough. The basic ingredient remain the same, you just do not add Cream of Tartar to this recipe.

How to make Play Dough?

Ingredients -

1 cup salt

1 cup flour

1 tablespoon cooking oil

7-8 drops of food coloring

Water

Step by Step Method

1. Mix the flour and salt.
2. Add oil and food colouring to water.
3. Add water until desired consistency is reached.
4. Mix well.

Storing the No cook Play Dough

This play dough will keep for about 1 week if kept in a sealed plastic bag or container and slightly longer if stored in the refrigerator.

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