Home made play dough

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 09 Aug 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Sulis	09 Aug 2002
One for all the Mums and Dads. I make up this dough by dividing the ingredients into 4 and making 4 different colours. It lasts loads longer than the stuff you buy in the shops so long as it`s kept in air-tight containers. 2 cups plain flour 1 cup salt 2 cups water 2 tea spoons cream of tartar 2 table spoons cooking oil food colouring Mix all of the ingredients together in a pan and slowly bring to the boil, stirring continuously until the dough starts to come away from the sides of the pan. When it`s cool it`s ready to use. Happy playing Crystalmynx xx

Kiama	09 Aug 2002
CrystalMynx, you're a star! I'm not a Mum, or a Dad, but I loooooooooooove Play Dough! As a kid I would spend hours with it... But I cannot find it in the shops anymore.... Guess wht I'll be doing tonight?!! ;) Kiama

wavebreaker	09 Aug 2002
Are you going to make your own Dough Tarot, Kiama?? :D

suzyspellbound	09 Aug 2002
my mum used to make that for me and my friend when we were little (3 or4) Cool! We had pink blue and green!

Strega	09 Aug 2002
I'm not a mom (yet) but I do have nephews and nieces. Thanks for sharing. :)

Starfish	09 Aug 2002
I've used this same recipe (thanks for posting it, Crystalmynx). But in the fall, I add a bit of food coloring to make it orange and some pumpkin spice (several different spices in a can - found in the baking aisles at your local grocery store) and let the kids make pumpkins. We add a small twig at the top and make pipe cleaner springs (wrap a green or brown pipe cleaner around a pencil) and it's part of out harvest/autumn decor. The added bonus is that it smells good! Ahhh.... autumn.... my favorite season. :TTOW Starfish

mara	09 Aug 2002
Hi ya chrystalmynx, thanks for that home made play dough :). My four year old just loves to play with playdough and after awhile it just dries out and I have to buy new ones. Now I only have one question.....what exactly is cream of tartar, I live in the Netherlands and Tartar over here is diet mince, and I am sure that that is not what you mean. Could you explain it a bit more as to what it exactly is :) thanks... Mara

jade	09 Aug 2002
it would be in the baking aisle of your grocer.

amyel	09 Aug 2002
I remember my mom making play dough....but I don't recall her boiling it! Still, it was magical, all that gooey stuff that somehow became "something". I'm pretty sure my mom still has at least one playdough something or other from each of us...she's a softie that way!

zorya	09 Aug 2002
here's a very simple ummm substance that i make for my kids sometimes. have them play with it outside. mix about 1/2 cup cornstarch with about 1/4 cup water. this stuff is fun! at times it's solid, then will melt and ooze between your fingers. it feels alternately dry then wet, hard, powdery, rubbery....

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