I think there is flour, salt, water, and I've heard dish soap in the mix too.


Is this right?


Anyone know how much I need of what?

google it
salt sounds kind of odd

3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups salt
3 tablespoons oil
1 cup water
food coloring

thats what I've heard...salt



Maybe thats for taste?

Nice!


Thanks so much!!!

also said this does not taste good so warn your children lol


if it starts drying out add water

Playdough

2 cups flour
4 tablespoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons of cooking oil
1 cup of salt
food colouring
2 cups of water


Mix the above ingredients in a saucepan and stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes until the mixture congeals.

Cool and store in airtight container, in the fridge.

The salt acts as a preservative.

maybe i need lots of salt...i'm gettin old

Thanks a lot you two!


I think I will make mine minus the food coloring....I want to keep my carpet & floors white


Do you know if you make it with the coloring ...does it stain their hands or play surface?

No two drops is fine....and use a roll up piece of vinyl.....as the playmat...and ONLY the playmat...

Great, thanks a lot!


(we tried non-toxic, non-staining, water based finger paint.....that was a MESS!)

Here are some recipes that I got from a sculptor friend of mine:

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Modeling "Clay" Recipe 1
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2-3 parts Flour
2 parts Salt
2 parts Water
Mix and cook over low heat until mixture thickens. Salt crystallizes
as it dries, making a very sparkly finished product. Shrinks quite a
bit.
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Modeling "Clay" Recipe 2
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2 parts Starch
4 parts Baking Soda
3 parts Water
Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture is dough
like. Cool, covered with a damp cloth. Coat finished products with a
shellac to seal and preserve. Not as coarse as salt clay (recipe 1)
and doesn't shrink quite as much.
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Modeling "Clay" Recipe 3
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Starch/Flour
Cellulose Fibers
Volcanic Ash/Clay
Mix and cook over low heat until mixture thickens. Flour may cause
premature exterior hardening and a wet, weak interior.


I also have some really fun, more grownup recipes for cold porcelain and heavy fiber sculpting mixes

always make sure it's edible..you know how little kids love to put things in their mouths

It wasn't exactly playdoh but I used to make bread dough without the yeast for my son, it's essentially the same but a little more stretchy. He loved it. If you have a bread maker, just toss everything in and leave it through the first knead cycle.

Whichever recipe you use, make sure it gets refrigerated, it smells to high heaven if left out

WOW who knew u could make playdoh o_O *runs to the kitchen graps the flour ahahaha