Best Homemade Playdough

This playdough is soft but not sticky.  It is easy to add food coloring or extracts for scents without getting mushy.

What you need:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
2 tsp cream of tarter
1 tbs cooking oil
food extracts
food coloring

What you do:

Toss all ingredients (minus food coloring) into a small pot and cook on medium stirring constantly. Once it forms a ball and looks like the consistency of playdough then remove it from pan. It should be playdough consistency, not sticky like bread dough.  This way you can add food coloring without it getting too sticky and messy.

Take the dough ball out of the pan and knead out any remaining lumps.

 

Divide into balls depending on how many colors you want.  Press your thumb into each ball to make a reservoir to put food coloring in.

Then you can kneed each ball to spread the color evenly.  You may want to wear gloves for this part.  Once the colors are blended in, they will not stain hands and they are ready to hand over to the kids.

You can play with the playdough with items like a pizza cutter (plastic), rolling pin, stamps, fruit muddler, slotted spoon, butter knife, crafts sticks, and more. :)

Store in sealed containers or plastic bags.