This recipe comes out really smooth and smells like a rainbow of deliciousness that is as close to store bought play dough as you can get minus the toxins! Your kids will love to squish it and play with it as their imaginations and their senses run wild!
To make each color playdough you will need:
- white flour – 1 cup
- warm water – 1 cup
- salt – 2 tbsp
- cream of tartar – 2 tbsp
- cooking oil – 2 tbsp
- Jello – 1 3oz pack
Directions:
Mix all of the ingredients together in a small saucepan until most of the lumps are gone.
Cook over medium heat, stirring continuously until it thickens into a ball of dough.
Once it has finished cooking, place the dough on floured cutting board to cool for 20-30 minutes.
Once it has cooled, begin to knead it, adding in flour until it is no longer sticky (about 1/2 cup)
That’s it!
This recipe makes a lot of play dough. You could easily half the recipe, and there would still be plenty to play with.
Once the kids are done playing with it, store in the fridge in an airtight container. It will keep for a few weeks with daily use.
If the dough starts to get sticky, just add more flour.
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