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youve all seen or kept a recipe at one time or another of homeade playdough,
but we made this one again yesterday and it is fabulous. even though we made
it with whole wheat flour that was no longer fresh, it has a wonderful soft
texture and is especially fun to play with while still warm. so i thought
i'd share:
(we always at least double for several children)
1 cup flour
1 T salad oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 t cream of tartar
food coloring
combine all ingred. in a saucepan. use a wooden spoon to stir over medium
heat. stir constatnly to prevent sticking. the mixture will be soupy for
several minutes and then suddenly it will stick together and can be stirred
into a ball. when it thickens, remove from heat and continue stirring. turn
the hot ball out onto a floured surface, and begin kneading as it cools. can
be colored w/ food colors, keeps in the fridge in a covered container.
erin

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> homemade playdough
> 1 cup flour
> 1 T salad oil
> 1 cup water
> 1/2 cup salt
> 2 t cream of tartar
> food coloring

Anyone know what the cream of tartar does? Is it essential? (It's
expensive!)
Mary Ellen
Snowflakes are on of nature's most fragile things,
but just look at what they can do
when they stick together.

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on 11/21/99 5:34 PM, megates@... at megates@... wrote:

> Anyone know what the cream of tartar does? Is it essential? (It's
> expensive!)

We make this playdough recipe all the time and it turns out great!

Cream of tartar is left over after grape juice has fermented into wine...
it's precipitated from the tartaric acid in the grapes. I expect it
improves the texture of the playdough... I've never tried to make it without
it.
--
Thea
metta@...

Lisa Bugg

> Anyone know what the cream of tartar does? Is it essential? (It's
> expensive!)
> Mary Ellen

If you have a local co-op around you can order cream of tartar by the pound,
it's much less expensive that way.

Lisa

Joseph A. & Susan D. Fuerst

THANK YOU!!! for this playdough recipe. I had used it over a year ago from
the Usborne Playdough book. We lost the book and Usborne had to discontinue
selling it due to naming rights issues.
Though it took a bit of muscle, this recipe is terrific!
Suz
-----Original Message-----
From: megates@... <megates@...>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 9:04 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: playdough


>From: megates@...
>
>> homemade playdough
>> 1 cup flour
>> 1 T salad oil
>> 1 cup water
>> 1/2 cup salt
>> 2 t cream of tartar
>> food coloring
>
>Anyone know what the cream of tartar does? Is it essential? (It's
>expensive!)
>Mary Ellen
>Snowflakes are on of nature's most fragile things,
>but just look at what they can do
>when they stick together.
>
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In a message dated 1/2/2004 10:35:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
pamsoroosh@... writes:
<< " 2 c Flour
• 2 c Water
• 1 c Salt
• 2 tb Cream of tartar
• 1 tb Oil

Combine in a saucepan and heat until it forms a sort of stiff ball in
the pan. Then turn out onto newspapers and knead for a while as it
cools. Keep in baggies.>>


We make this recipe a lot. In our hot, humid summers, it will mold if we
don't store it in the refrigerator.

--Jacqueline, who learned this the hard way!


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Mary

My kids love playdough and as anal as I am, if I can handle it, anyone can.
The kids play with it on the dining room table. It's plenty roomy enough and
the table is old and I can just wipe off the dough marks anyway when they
are done. There's tile on the floor (brand new thanks to Joe) and when they
are done, I let is set awhile, and just sweep it all up with the broom. It's
much easier to clean up when it hardens.


Mary B.
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I work at Toys R Us now and buy playdough when it goes on sale buy one get
one free. I stock up. Bigtime.
In my former life as a preschool worker, I made my own playdough for many
years. Add an envelope of unsweetened koolaid to the recipe for some great color
and scent.
Mary J


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In a message dated 1/3/04 7:02:52 AM, mccluskieo@... writes:

<< I forgot to mention that the wilton colors seem a bit pricy at

frist. I think about $10-12 for a pack of 8-10. BUT, you use so

little each time, it will last you for a really long time. Much

cheaper than food coloring in the long run which I used tons of to

try and get a strong color. This product make the loveliest colors

I have found, comparable to store bought. >>

We make black playdough with that. It's cake decorating stuff--very
concentrated, so you stick a toothpick in it and get a teensy bit, less than when you
clean wax out of your ear on an average day, and that colors a whole batch of
playdough.

Sandra

Holly Furgason

I've seen wool dyed with unsweetened koolaid. The colors were
incredible and bright, bright, bright. I makes me wonder what my
stomach looked like when I was a kid.

Holly

--- In [email protected], mc1mommy@a... wrote:
> I work at Toys R Us now and buy playdough when it goes on sale buy
one get
> one free. I stock up. Bigtime.
> In my former life as a preschool worker, I made my own playdough
for many
> years. Add an envelope of unsweetened koolaid to the recipe for
some great color
> and scent.
> Mary J
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Kelly Lenhart

>I've seen wool dyed with unsweetened koolaid. The colors were
>incredible and bright, bright, bright. I makes me wonder what my
>stomach looked like when I was a kid.


I know if you drink too much pink and red koolaids your poop turns electric
green. So what does that tell you??? -ugh-

Kelly

J. Stauffer

<< I know if you drink too much pink and red koolaids your poop turns
electric
> green. So what does that tell you??? -ugh->>>
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I feel an experiment coming on. Now where is my pitcher....

Julie S.

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Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Re: playdough


> >I've seen wool dyed with unsweetened koolaid. The colors were
> >incredible and bright, bright, bright. I makes me wonder what my
> >stomach looked like when I was a kid.
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> Kelly
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Tia Leschke

>My kids love playdough and as anal as I am, if I can handle it, anyone can.
>The kids play with it on the dining room table. It's plenty roomy enough and
>the table is old and I can just wipe off the dough marks anyway when they
>are done. There's tile on the floor (brand new thanks to Joe) and when they
>are done, I let is set awhile, and just sweep it all up with the broom. It's
>much easier to clean up when it hardens.

Unless it's on a rug.
Tia