The scene. Kids are happy. Wanting to play with play-doh. We grab the bag that holds the doh and all the doh accessories (cookie cutters, rolling pins, spaghetti makers, worm makers...you get the idea). Dump it out. And....NO PLAY-DOH!!!!! So what's a mom to do, um google "how to make play-doh" and pray you have the ingredients! I found an awesome recipe here.
First what you need:
2 cups flour
2 cups warm water
1 cup salt
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon cream of tartar
Food Coloring (optional)
Essential Oil (optional)
1. Mix all the ingredients in a large skillet. Except the food coloring and essential oil
2. Stir the mix until it clumps up and looks like, well, dough! If it is sticky, keep stirring.
3. Once it is all clumped and looks like dough, plop it out on your counter. Let is get cool enough so you can kneed it. Kneed it until it is smooth. Here is where you can add the food coloring and oils. I made a little birds nest type shape, dropped the colors in the center and folded the dough over so it didn't get too much on our hands. Kneed until the color is totally mixed in! (*note I did not use any essential oils, let me know if you do...I want to know how that is!)
4. The kids totally helped me with this part and were super excited to see the colors appear!
5. Done!
The day is saved!!!!
(*second note, I only made a half batch and that was more than enough for my two kids)
