Homemade Playdough

Last year for Christmas our good friend Noah, the kid behind EarlyMama.com, gave us a super cool gift - homemade playdough!  We played with it for weeks (until it got left out... opps!) and had a blast.   So this year, Cole and I made it for his preschool class as a Holiday Gift.  Below is our recipe that we have tweaked over the past month.  All measurements have survived the 'kid-help', so feel free to let the kids do most of the work! 

Ingredients:

2 cups Water

2 cups Flour

2/3 cup Salt

4 teaspoons Cream of Tarter

2 tablespoons Oil 

(Canola is better than Vegetable in general, but use whichever you have on hand)

FOOD COLORING

Optional: Essential Oil

(Lime, Lavander, Peppermint, Grapefruit, etc)

Supplies:

Non-Stick Pot (4 quart stainless steel pictured below)

Parchment Paper

Spatula/Spoonula 

Storage Containers (Glad 4oz. Mini Rounds pictured below)

Instructions:

1. Heat the water and oil in a pot over medium low heat.  
2. Stir in all of the dry ingredients.
3. Continue to stir......
4. Just keep stirring, just keep stirring, just keep stirring stirring stirring.... 
5. Add 4 or more drops of food coloring. 
6. Add 1/4 teaspoon of Essential Oil.
7. Keep stirring until a dough is formed 
8. Remove from pot (should be easy and already in a large ball)



The Aftermath

9. Let cool



Before Kneading

10. Knead until smooth
11. Store in airtight containers