How to make Play Dough

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The recipe

Ingredients

100 g Plain Flour

50 g Salt

150 ml Water

1 teaspoon Cooking Oil

1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Different Food Colouring

You will need
A saucepan, a pastry board,a wooden spoon and some cling wrap

Directions

Add 1 - 2 teaspoons of Food Colour to the water and stir well

Mix Flour, Salt, Cream of Tartar and Cooking Oil in a saucepan

Slowly add the Coloured Water to the other ingredients in the saucepan mixing well as you add

Cook on low to medium heat, stirring until the dough becomes thick and comes away from the side of the saucepan

Scrape the mixture onto a cutting board or other smooth, flat surface

Soak the saucepan immediately

Leave the Play Dough to cool for at least 15 minutes to be sure that it is cool inside. You can make some other colours as you wait.

Knead the Play Dough until it becomes smooth and workable

When you have finished playing with your Play Dough wrap it in Cling Wrap and store it in an air tight container in the refrigerator

For the creative family
Dear Grandpa Pencil also has a recipe for home made water colour paints that is simple, inexpensive and uses ingredients you will find in the pantry, including Cornflour (Cornstarch) and food colouring.
Please click here for the recipe

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Ingredients
100 g Plain Flour 50 g Salt 150 ml Water		1 teaspoon Cooking Oil 1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar Different Food Colouring
You will need A saucepan, a pastry board,a wooden spoon and some cling wrap
Directions
Add 1 - 2 teaspoons of Food Colour to the water and stir well Mix Flour, Salt, Cream of Tartar and Cooking Oil in a saucepan Slowly add the Coloured Water to the other ingredients in the saucepan mixing well as you add Cook on low to medium heat, stirring until the dough becomes thick and comes away from the side of the saucepan		Scrape the mixture onto a cutting board or other smooth, flat surface Soak the saucepan immediately Leave the Play Dough to cool for at least 15 minutes to be sure that it is cool inside. You can make some other colours as you wait. Knead the Play Dough until it becomes smooth and workable
When you have finished playing with your Play Dough wrap it in Cling Wrap and store it in an air tight container in the refrigerator
For the creative family Dear Grandpa Pencil also has a recipe for home made water colour paints that is simple, inexpensive and uses ingredients you will find in the pantry, including Cornflour (Cornstarch) and food colouring. Please click here for the recipe

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