This is not the most beautiful picture in the world, but it is the best play clay I have ever played with. O & W both play for it completely content for over an hour. That is saying a lot for a 3 year old and 16 month old! It stays soft for months and is so much fun to shape and mold. O on this day was making the sun out of this big orange blob. We also had planets surrounding it out of many other colors. I am posting the recipe below. One word of caution: Follow the recipe precisely. I tried to improvise a little once and got a sticky, gooey mess! It calls for a lot of salt and cream of tartar too, so you might want to check your stock before you get started to make sure that you have enough!Combine in saucepan:
5 cups water
2 1/2 cups salt
3 Tablespoons Cream of Tartar
and food coloring (1 tsp for pastel color and 3 Tablespoons for vivid color)
Warm over low heat and stir with a wooden spoon. As the mixture heats up, stir in:
10 Tablespoons oil and then
5 cups flour slowly
Keep stirring until the mixture starts to look dry and pulls away from the sides of the pan.
Remove the pan from the heat at this point. Pinch a piece between two fingers, If it is not sticky, it is done. Otherwise, continue stirring over heat.
Place the dough on the counter and knead until smooth. Store in a plastic bag and enjoy!
4 comments:
Oh my goodness! We must be linked by some cosmic force! I was going to make Valentine Play-Doh today, too. I found the recipe on Alexis' site a while back (but I didn't buy sugar free jello, and that's what she said to use). Maybe I'll have to try yours instead. I'm hoping to make it tomorrow. It looks like you had a blast! :)
this is the best dough! thanks so much for posting this.
Cool Aud! Thanks for posting that. As we were playing with play-doh today I was remembering that you said you have a really good recipe for it. You have to make the bread puddding! it is so good!
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