Easy No-Cook Playdough
Make the perfect playdough your kids will love!
Yield: 2 cups
Cost: $2
Equipment
- 1 Pair latex gloves Optional. You can sub with plastic bags instead.
- 1 spatula or whisk
Materials
- 2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup table salt If you have coarse salt, you might want to blend it finer before adding to the recipe
- 2 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 cup boiling water
- 30 drops food coloring You can use more or less depending on how bright you want your dough.
- 1 tsp glitter optional
Instructions
- Mix the dry ingredients (flour, salt, cream of tartar) together in a large plastic bowl.
- Create a hole in the middle of the dry ingredients and add the wet ingredients (boiling water and vegetable oil.) If you want one color of dough, add your food coloring now.
- Using a spatula, combine the ingredients together into a dough.
- If you want multiple playdough colors, separate the colors into smaller bowls and add food coloring. Stir the color until it mixes in.
- Using gloves or plastic bags on your hands as a protective barrier, knead the dough to work in the color over wax paper or parchment paper.
- Mix in glitter or any extra playdough accessories.
- Once your dough is cool, play with it and have fun!
- Store your dough in an airtight container.