Not-a-Food Recipe: Homemade Play Dough

 

Since everyone already knows you can use flour for baking, I thought it would be fun to dough something else instead. Hee hee hee.  So here you go, a little something that you and the kids (kids of any size, mind you) can make at home for hours of creative fun.

Homemade Play Dough (aka "K-Dough")
requires stovetop cooking
NOT for eating, but shouldn't kill you if you do

1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup warm water
1 tsp. veggie oil
food coloring for tinting

In a saucepan, mix together flour, salt and cream of tartar, breaking up any large lumps that form.

 

Slowly whisk in warm water and oil.
 

 

Cook mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly as it thickens and starts to come together. 
 

 

Remove from pan and turn out on a rolling mat.  Let it sit a minute or two to cool off a bit then knead until smooth.

I cut mine in half to make two colors.  I added a couple of drops of food color and kneaded it in until the color was evenly spread. (3 drops blue = light blue, 2 drops red = pink, 2 drops yellow = yellow, 3 drops green = bright green)

 

 

Remember, it’s going to be hot so even if the outside feels cool-ish, the inside may still be hot.  Let it completely cool to room temp before you let the kiddoes play with it.

Store it in an airtight container.  Should be good for up to 3 months.

 

NOTES

I made two batches to get four colors.  I used empty frosting containers for storage.

Making this would be a fun activity to do with kids, basic intro to (non-edible) cooking and a great way to get them started on the color wheel (blue + yellow = green, yellow + red = orange, red + blue = purple).