Homemade play dough
Wonderful, gooey, squishy homemade play dough! A fun interactive way for children to get creative and explore their imagination.
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Prep Time
10 Minutes -
Cook Time
10 Minutes
Ingredients
- 2 cups plain flour
- 2 cups warm water
- 1 cup salt
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon cream of tartar
- Food colouring in your favourite colours (we used gel colours)
You'll Need
- Multix Resealable Sandwich Bags
- Multix Cling
Method
- Place all the ingredients, except the food colouring, in a saucepan and stir over a low heat. When the dough pulls away from the sides of the pan and begins to form a ball, remove from the heat and allow it to cool.
- Once the dough is cool enough to handle, turn it out and knead until it becomes smooth. If your using a wooden board now is a good time to cover it firmly with Multix Cling (to stop the wood becoming stained by the food colouring).
- Split the dough in half, make hole in the centre of each ball of dough and add a couple of drops of your preferred food colour and then massage the colour through the dough. Keep adding food colouring until you reach a colour you want. Allow the dough to cool and then store and store in Multix slider bags.
Tip: If you have a little person who likes to eat everything you can make this dough without the salt (reducing the water by 1/3 if you do this) but it won’t keep as long as the salty version. If the dough starts to smell sour discard it immediately and make a fresh batch.