I don’t know where to put this post – it isn’t a Monday Munchie, but it is a recipe… it isn’t a Tuesday Art Craft, but it leads to lots of crafting… AHA! It is a Life-Skill. If you do anything near kids, teach, mother, babysit whatever then you need to know how to make Play-Do.
There are bazillions of play-do recipe’s out there but this is the one I use and is stuck in my brain. It is quick, easy and you can make heaps of it at a time. The replay value is brilliant, it lasts for months in a sealed container, and I mean months. And it is very cheap entertainment!
Let’s Meet the Players:
- 1 Cup of Salt
- 1 1/2 Cups Water
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 2 Cups flour
- 1 tsp Cream of Tartar
- food coloring
Play the Game:
Step 1: Measure the flour and cream of tartar into a bowl, ready to pour.
Step 2: Place the salt, water, oil and food coloring in a pot.
Step 3: Heat the pot gently and stir all the time.
Step 4: As soon as the pot boils pop the flour mixture in and stir the flour through.
Step 5: You get a really lumpy bumpy mixture.
Step 6: Now you knead it for about five minutes – I use my hefty machine!
Step 7: Until it is smooth and silky.
There you go: A surprise for the Hoods in the morning!
This play-do is fabulous to use for making quick and easy juggling balls.
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15 responses so far ↓
1 Clearly Christmas: Se7en Gifts Kids Can Make For Adults. | se7en // Nov 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm
[...] ← Quick and Easy Play-Do in se7en Steps… [...]
2 Debbie // Nov 15, 2008 at 9:19 pm
Funny, I also did a Play dough post this week!
(Huttons.blog)
For a Christmassy flair, give each one a sprinkle of glitter on their blob and let them work it in and some christmassy-shaped cutters. (also good for making tree decorations but with salt dough which can be baked, they make nice gifts too!)
3 se7en // Nov 15, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Thank you. I love the glitter idea – definitely a fun Christmas gift idea.
4 Quick Craft: Stress or Juggling Balls… | se7en // Nov 15, 2008 at 11:37 pm
[...] a lump of playdo [...]
5 The Week That Was - 21. | se7en // Nov 22, 2008 at 12:12 pm
[...] We had a play-do frenzy, its been a while since we had [...]
6 Fabulous Finger Paint in Se7en Steps… | se7en // Nov 28, 2008 at 2:47 am
[...] is another one of those Life Skills every mother should know along with Play Do and Pipe Cleaner People. This recipe makes lovely smooth, shiny paint… great for smooshing [...]
7 The Cupboard… | se7en // Jan 11, 2009 at 6:31 pm
[...] wall paper paste (ready mixed and good to go for countless paper-mache type projects like pinatas), play-do and finger paints on the top shelf too. But I put them out to photograph, turned my back and they [...]
8 Giant Sidewalk Chalk in Se7en Steps… | se7en // Jan 15, 2009 at 12:29 am
[...] play do [...]
9 Olivia // Sep 15, 2009 at 12:08 pm
I make the same playdo! Only, I use equal parts salt and flour and I don’t do steps. Just throw everything in the pot and stir on the stove till it comes together.
10 se7en // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Hi O, Thanks for the tip… if I don’t make play do this week I will be in serious trouble!!! Have a good day!
11 Saturday Spot: The Kitchen Tour. | se7en // Nov 27, 2009 at 7:04 am
[...] If you stand in the dining area and take pictures backwards then you see the cooking-crafty section and the cupboards, topped with rows of tins. You can also see: The cupboard and a counter full of appliances: Not least of all our overworked, much loved Coffee Machine and my Kitchen Aid that I got as a gift from a great friend about ten years ago and it has worked daily for us ever since: almost every baking event and for kitchen essentials like play do. [...]
12 A Mothers Almanac from Se7en – Crafty Ideas. | se7en // Jan 7, 2010 at 1:19 pm
[...] How to make plenty of play-do. [...]
13 The Week That Was – 2.33 | se7en // Feb 15, 2010 at 12:03 am
[...] the kids were gifted with a mile of play-do, shop bought play-do, unheard of excitement!!! I had this idea that I would get on with my to do [...]
14 Se7en’s Sonlight School Schedule… A School Day in the Life of Se7en » se7en // Apr 1, 2010 at 4:33 pm
[...] minds. At this stage my little guys are not very far off – they may be washing dishes or doing play-do or even playing with math manipulatives (someone has to use [...]
15 The Week That Was – 2.52 » se7en // Jun 27, 2010 at 4:09 pm
[...] Otherwise there was lots more gym and we made it through two weeks of holiday club. But it took its toll and my little guys have all had streaming colds. The question begs asking, after a week of wiping noses, just how much snot can a small child contain… trust me it is impressive!!! And our “down time” went up enormously with whole afternoons devoted to play-do. [...]
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