Homemade Playdough Recipe

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Playdough is less messy than paint. Moreover, it is smarter to spend money on various kitchen utensils such as a small rolling pin and cookie cutters for your child to use the playdough in a versatile way than to spend money on other perishable electronic toys. At first, your child will just be interested in the doughs and will try to explore their textures. It is important to help them when the game gets stuck because your child may not be able to guess what to do with the tools they have. For example, you can teach them how to make meatballs and sausages by rolling the doughs, and it will be very fun for them to decorate their cakes with doughs using dough sticks or a plastic spoon. Now let's get to our recipe:

● 2 cups of water

● 1 cup of salt

● 2 cups of flour

● 2 tablespoons of oil

● 2 teaspoons of cream of tartar

● 1 teaspoon of powdered paint or a few drops of food coloring

Start cooking this mixture over medium heat. Stir constantly so it doesn't stick. Turn off the heat when the mixture is about to overflow the pan. Knead it well and put it in an airtight container. I have personally seen this mixture last for months and be playable again and again. When you take it out of the storage container, you may sometimes see salt coming to the surface, do not throw away the dough in this case, knead it again and the salt will disappear and the dough will regain its original appearance. If you add too much food coloring, your dough may become sticky. Sometimes the color of the doughs I made changed, for example, blue turned into green, and red turned into pink, but my children were happy with this.