How to make playdough
A recipe to make your own playdough. This is such a quick and easy playdough recipe - you don't need any cream of tartar and you don't need to cook it. Here are the step by step instructions:
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You will need:
1 cup of cold water
1 cup of salt
2 teaspoons of vegetable oil
3 cups of flour
2 tablespoons of cornflour
food colouring
How to make playdough
1. Gather together all your ingredients.
2. Put the dry ingredients in a bowl and then slowly add water. Mix until it forms a nice dough.
3. It should now be nice and easy to pick up and mould - add more flour if it is too sticky and more water if it is too dry. Knead it well with your hands to get all the food colouring to blend in.
4. Then the fun begins! You can store your playdough in an airtight container when you have finished playing.
You can add any coloured food colouring to your playdough but you can also add glitter to make it sparkly, a drop or two of essential oils to make it fragranced and you could also add lavender or grains of rice for texture. Have fun experimenting with different additions. Playdough also goes down a storm at school fairs. Make a large batch and package up portions into cellophane bags, tied with a pretty ribbon for a nice thing to sell on a stall.
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