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Some­how I got myself roped into mak­ing home­made play­dough for my daughter’s preschool class. I’m not sure how it hap­pened, except that I may have actu­ally checked off every vol­un­teer box on the form not real­iz­ing I’d, oh, you know, ACTUALLY have to vol­un­teer & do some­thing!! But really play­dough is the eas­i­est home­made craft project. And my arms did get a nice work­out from stir­ring the ingre­di­ents in the pot & knead­ing the dough after.

What you need:

3 Cups Flour
1 1/2 Cups Salt
6 Tea­spoons Cream of Tar­tar
3 Cups Water
3 Table­spoons of Canola or Corn Oil
Food Col­or­ing of your choice!

Add every­thing into a big pot. First the dry ingre­di­ents and then the wet.

OK, now mix it all together after adding in your food col­or­ing. Kids made the choice to add in red, which really looks more pink when all is said & done. The kids also got to do the mix­ing for this part, the next part was all me & the stove top. OK, then it goes to the stove. Cook it on low heat. Stir it OFTEN. It will start to clump up, look a lit­tle lumpy, & form into a ball. Once it is in a ball, you will then turn it in the pan until the sides of your ball are shiny.

It looks like this when you are done, you can place it on a cut­ting board or wax paper & knead it a lit­tle more. I told you it works the arms.

Alright, now play!!

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