Save money and make your own play dough using pantry ingredients. You can add color to your play dough by using old crayons too!
Author: Beverly
Ingredients:
1/2cupFlour
1/4cupSalt
1tspCream of Tartar
2/3cupWarm Water
2tspVegetable Oil or Olive Oil
1Crayon - with paper wrapper removed
Instructions:
Mix together the flour, salt, and cream of tartar and set aside.
Place the oil and the unwrapped crayon in a small saucepan. Heat on the stove over medium heat until the crayon has melted. This will go pretty quickly.
Slowly add in the cup of warm water, stirring as you go. Continue to stir over the heat for about 30 seconds more to heat things together.
Then add in the flour mixture, a bit at a time, stirring as you go. You will probably be able to remove the pan from the heat for this step. If you feel it is not coming together yet, put it back on the heat.
As you continue to stir, the ingredients will all come together into a ball. Remove from the pan and set your ball of play dough on a piece of wax paper. Let it cool slightly and then knead the ball a bit for a final mixing of the ingredients.
Store your homemade play dough in a container with a tight fitting lid.
Notes:
You may be able to leave the cream of tartar out of the recipe, however my understanding is that it makes the mixture a little smoother.You could also try tinting this recipe with about 1/4 tsp of food coloring instead of the crayon. This recipe is a smaller version of my old recipe. If you would like to make that larger original recipe it is: 2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 4 tsp cream of tartar, 2 Tbl vegetable oil, 1 tsp food coloring, and 2 cups of water. Combine and cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, stirring constantly until the mixture turns into a more solid mass.