Recipe For Homemade Play Dough

Recipe for homemade play dough I made this play dough all the time for my children. Ingredients 2 cups of flour 1 cup salt 2 cups of boiling water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 teaspoons cream of tartar This recipe is so easy you just throw every thing in a bowl and mix, then comes the fun bit you can get you hands in (be careful may be a little hot) and knead the dough for a few minutes and then its ready to go. If you want you can add colours and smells to you play dough. I find the best way to make sure the colour is mixed well in to the dough is to add the food colouring to ...  Read the complete review

Here is the recipe I use for home made play dough: 3 cups flour 1.5 cups salt 6 tsp cream of tarter 3 tbsp oil 3 cups water Put all the ingredients in a pan. Stir over a medium heat until it forms a ball. Knead for a couple of minutes until smooth. Alternatively, mix the dry ingredients together (your toddler can help with this bit) then pour over the right amount of just boiled water and stir. The mixture should come together pretty much straight away. Note that the recipe calls for cream of tartar, which is a powder, NOT tartare sauce! If you want to add colours and smells, you can use food ...  Read the complete review

Let me pass on some gems from my many years of experience. Playdough yes play dough recipies. Cheaper than the pots you buy in the shop and really good for children to play with. First salt dough recipe to make those Christmas tree ornaments, sorry it's a bit late for that really. I shall use cups as my unit of measurement yes technically it is a real quantity but use any standard cup or mug as long as you use the same one all will be well. Salt dough 3 Cups of Plain Flour 3 Cups of Water with added colouring of your choice 1½ Cups of Salt Mix all the ingredients together stirring in water gradually. Mix and knead well for 10 ...  Read the complete review

As most parents will know left to there own devices children will mix there playdoh together to blend the colous and never remember to put the lids back on, although playdoh is only cheap to buy at £1 a tub it does get quite expensive when you are having to buy a few tubs each week so we decied to make our own like my mom used to when i was little. All you need is a cup of water, a cup of flour, a splash of cooking oil, a little bit of food colouing and a pinch of salt, mix it all together untill you get the concistency of playdoh, It is realy cheap to make and my daughters have hours of fun with it, food colourings are cheap to buy and available ...  Read the complete review

Cheap and Cheerful Craft Recipes for the Kids The credit crunch has got everyone feeling the pinch a little at the moment, so in these hard times, we're all looking for ways to cut back our spending. Following on from my cheap recipes for eating last week, I thought I'd give some cheap and cheerful recipes for having craft fun with the kids - on a budget! If you do baking you'll be able to find most of these ingredients lurking in a kitchen cupboard. If you don't, then the cheapest of the cheap products will do just fine. These recipes are not only cheap and easy but contain no chemicals or other nasties, so if little children (or indeed ...  Read the complete review