Playdough Recipe!

Homemade playdough is the best kind of playdough, in my opinion. When my mom made playdough it always outlasted the store bought stuff by a long shot.

If you make the three primary colors; blue, yellow, and red, you can do blending to create all sorts of colors!

Playdough can also be a fun learning tool for young children! My son, who is not quite two years old, was repeating the colors and shapes back to me. He seemed to pick them up very quickly!

Colored Playdough

Materials

• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup salt
• 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
• Food coloring
• Saucepan
• 1 cup flour

Directions

1. Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until hot.
2. Remove from heat and add flour.
3. Stir, then knead until smooth. The cream of tartar makes this dough last 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to omit this ingredient if you don't have it on hand.
4. Store this dough in an airtight container or a Ziploc freezer bag.

I made three 1/2 batches of playdough. To make each color I added:

Red

 40 drops of red food coloring to a 1/2 batch of playdough.

Blue

30 drops of blue food coloring to a 1/2 batch of playdough.

Yellow

20 drops of yellow food coloring to a 1/2 batch of playdough.

I rinsed my pot out between batches so as not to contaminate any of the colors.

I hope you give this a try if you have small children in your life!