There is no need to go out and buy playdough - make your own! If you have older kids you can have a great time making one of these recipes together.
Ingredients:
1 cup flour
½ cup Salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
Food coloring
Directions:
Combine flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a saucepan. Mix liquids and gradually stir them into dry ingredients. When mixture is smooth, cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until a ball forms. Remove from heat and knead till smooth. You can use unsweetened kool-aid instead of food coloring.
This is very pliable and long-lasting play dough, with a more elastic consistency than uncooked play dough.
You can use different colors, glitter (looks great on dark colored playdough)
Store in an airtight container.
Ingredients:
2 Cups flour
1 Cup salt
2 Cups water
1 Tablespoon oil
2 Teaspoons cream of tartar
Food Coloring
Directions:
Mix ingredients in a large pot. Stir constantly over medium to high heat on stovetop. Playdough is done when you can no longer stir, but must flip it like a pancake.
Store in airtight container or bag. Will last several months.
*You can also add Kool-aid instead of food coloring to give the playdough a yummy smell, or add oils such as vanilla, lavender etc.. to add scent. Dress up your playdough and add sprinkles or glitter.
Ingrediants:
1 Cup peanut butter
1 Cup honey
1 Cup powdered milk
1 Cup oatmeal
Directions:
Mix altogether.
Ingrediants:
1 Cup flour
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Package unsweetened Kool-aid
¼ Cup salt
2 Tablespoons cream of tartar
1 Cup water
Directions:
Mix flour, salt, cream of tartar and kool-aid in a medium pot. Add water and oil. Stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes. When mixture forms a ball in the pot, remove. Knead till smooth. Put in air-tight container and refrigerate.
Ingrediants:
5 ½ Cups Flour
2 Cups salt
8 Teaspoons cream of tartar
¾ Cup oil
1 Container (1 1/12 ounces) pumpkin pie spice
Orange food coloring
4 Cups water
Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together. Cook and stir over medium heat until lumps disappear. Knead the dough on a floured surface till smooth. Store in airtight container.
Ingrediants:
Can of Pumpkin pie filling
Flour (enough to make playdough consistency.
Directions:
Add together and play.
Ingrediants:
2 Cups baking soda
1 ½ Cups water
1 Cup cornstarch
Directions:
Mix with a fork until smooth. Boil over medium heat till thick.
Ingrediants:
2 Cups water
½ Cup salt
2 Tablespoons cream of tartar
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1/3 cup cocoa
2 Cups flour
Directions:
In a medium-sized pot, bring the water and salt to a boil. Stir in the remainder ingredients. Allow mixture to cool slightly. Knead the dough till it reaches smooth doughy consistency. Store in airtight container.
Ingrediants:
1 Cup sand
¾ Cup liquid starch
½ Cup corn starch
Directions:
Mix both starches over heat. Add sand. Stir for several minutes until it’s thick like oatmeal. Form into a ball. Make into an art piece and let it sit out in the sun to dry.
Ingrediants:
4 Cups flour
1 Cup Salt
1 ½ Cups water
1 Teaspoon glue
Directions:
Mix all ingredients well. Make your own creation. Put it on foil and bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes depending how thick it is.
Then paint if desired.
Ingrediants:
2 Tablespoons Glue
2 Tablespoons Water
Food Coloring
Borax
Directions:
Add the glue and water together in a bowl. Put a few drops of food coloring in. Mix well.
In another bowl, put 1 teaspoon Borax and 1 tablespoon of water- Stir into the glue mixture until the water is all absorbed.
Ingrediants:
2 Cups salt
2/3 Cups water
1 Cup corn starch
½ Cup cold water
Directions:
Mix 2 cups salt and 2/3 cup water, heat for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and quickly add mixture of: 1 Cup cornstarch and ½ Cup cold water. Stir quickly. Return to heat briefly if too “goopy”.
Ingrediants:
1 ½ Cups cornstarch
½ Cup water
Food coloring
Directions:
Measure 1 ½ cups of cornstarch and put in a pie pan or container. Add food coloring to water. Gradually add approximately ½ cup of water to cornstarch. Stir well. Add small amounts of water or cornstarch till the mixture comes apart and as you run your finger through it, it melts together again. Tap lightly on the surface with your finger or spoon. If its too wet add more cornstarch, too dry, add more water. Try and pick it up in your hand. It feels like a solid until you open your hand and then it slips through.
Ingrediants:
Elmer’s glue
Liquid starch
Directions:
Mix Equal parts of Elmer’s glue and liquid starch and knead. You may have to add more glue and knead more. It it’s sticky add liquid starch. You can add food coloring and store in air-tight container.
*If it sticks to child’s clothes, you can use vinegar to get it out.
Ingrediants:
2 Cups salt
1 Cup cornstarch and water
Directions:
Mix the salt and 2/3 cup water in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 4-5 minutes, stirring until the salt is dissolved. Remove from heat. In a separate bowl, slowly add ½ cup water to the cornstarch. Stir until smooth, then add to the salt mixture. Return to low heat and cook until smooth, stirring frequently. Store in a sealed plastic bag.
Work outside in the sun. Decorate clay with twigs or stones and let it harden and dry in the sun.
Ingrediants:
1 Cup flour
½ Cup salt
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Cup water
Food coloring
Directions:
Mix flour, salt, oil and water together in a big bowl until mixture has doughlike consistency. Knead dough into a ball on floured surface (preferably wax paper). Divide dough and add food coloring to each. Knead again. When your finished creating your “art” piece, you can let it air dry or store it in an airtight container. Refrigerate.
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