How Do You Make Homemade Playdough?
Creating with clay products is a wonderful developmental play task for young children, enhancing their fine motor skills. Plus it’s fun! Make your own play dough at home.Difficulty: EasyTime Required: 10 minutesHere’s How: • In a large mixing bowl, combine 3 cups flour, 1/2 cups salt, 3 tablespoons oil and 1 cup water. Mix well. • If desired, divide dough into four portions. • Add food coloring to tint each portion as desired. • Play! Mold and shape to your heart’s content. Tips: • This is temporary play dough; it will dry out. Add more water if necessary, but plan to throw the whole mess away when playtime is over. • Food coloring can stain; use caution.
One of the best ways to teach a child how to become more creative is through play. Why not try making this simple, cost-free homemade playdough for your kids? With playdough, kids get to develop their motor skills and creative expression. Plus, you get to practice your cooking too! There are three very cool ways of making homemade playdough: • Cooking it over the stove • Microwaving • Just plain mixing Here’s how you do it. Stove-Cooked Play Dough To make this homemade playdough, you will need the following ingredients: • ¼ cup flour • ¾ cup cornstarch • 1 tsp. cream of tartar • ½ cup salt • ½ tbsp. vegetable oil (or any kind of cooking oil) • 1 cup water • Powdered food coloring (optional; if you’re using a liquid one, then just mix it in with the other wet ingredients. You can also use vibrantly colored cake decorating pastes.) These could make about ½ kilo of playdough. Double the measures if more kids are going to be playing. The time it takes to do this is approximately 20 minutes
Who wouldn’t want to know how to make homemade playdough? It’s easy, cheap, and fun! Step 1 Mix all ingredients in a pan and cook over medium heat. Stir constantly until the mixture forms a firm ball. Should take less than 5 minutes. Step 2 Knead for about 2-3 minutes as you would bread dough. Initially this will be quite hot, so if the children are helping, have them knead for the last minute or so. Step 3 Store in a plastic container or ziplock bag. Will not stain hands. Step 4 Here are some fun ideas for your playdough: Play Dough Bakery Add bowls, spoons, plastic knives, cookie cutters, muffin pans, mini bread loaf tins, small cookie sheets, spatulas, rolling pins, and pots and pans to the play dough area. Birthday Cakes Add a cake stand, mini cake pan, small plastic letters, pipe cleaners, birthday candles, plastic knife, plates, and small artificial flowers for decorations to put on the birthday cakes. Ice Cream Parlor Add ice cream bowls, spoons, and ice cream scoops to the cent
