The other day, Liam brought home a recipe for homemade playdough. He is working on a project in school for geography: a topographical map of the United States. It was a really easy recipe and we enjoyed making it. Celia, of course, saw the two of us working on it and wanted in on the action so she and I had our own playdough making session, which I was able to document:
Pretty simple ingredients (listed below) that just get mixed together and slowly heated over low heat. It doesn't usually glow nuclear with an other-worldly light...
With patience and constant stirring, it takes about 5-7 minutes for it to turn from goo into playdough.
We subdivided into four so we could add food coloring.
Have to be careful with the food coloring...
Pretty easily wedged - we just formed a little pinch pot and put a couple of drops of the coloring in. Celia was determined t that we make "seafoam" and not "green". I am also a big fan of orange, hence we went with two primaries, two secondaries.Recipe:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
3 tsp of cream of tartar
2 Tbsp of vegetable oil
2 cups of water
Mix - should be kinda soupy. Low heat and stir until sticky and clingy. Keep in airtight container. Have fun!
hey, that looks like a pretty simple recipe, might have to check it out on a gray winter day sometime. celia looks like she's having fun
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