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Shay
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Posted: Tue Jul 31st, 2007 03:51 pm |
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Playdough
1 cup white flour
1/4 cup salt
2 Tbsp. cream of tartar
2 tsp. food coloring
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water
*mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a medium pot.
*add water, food coloring, and oil.
*stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes. Don't worry if the mix looks like a mess; it'll turn into dough.
*when the mixture forms a ball in the center of the pot, turn off the stove and let it cool a bit. Then put in on a floured surface. Squish it and punch it around a bit; this is called kneading.
*when you're done, put it in an airtight container and store in the fridge.
NOTE: I don't ever have to knead it on a floured surface, and I don't keep in the fridge.
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AmyZ
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Posted: Sat Dec 22nd, 2007 05:51 am |
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Playdough seems to go with wintertime to me--nothing quite like squishing your way through a rainy afternoon!
I like Shay's recipe. Thought I'd pass along a how to for slime in case your kids are Done with playdough before you are!
Check out the link above for more procedure detail
Ingredients:
(measurements don't have to be exact)
2 tablespoons Elmer's Glue (not the washable kind--just plain white glue)
1 tablespoon 20 Mule Team Borax (is there another brand?)
Food coloring
Water
Plastic cups
Stir sticks
small zipper bags
Measure out the Borax into a plastic cup. Fill cup about halfway with water and stir Borax. It might not all dissolve, but that's okay.
Stir a couple drops of food coloring into the borax mixture, if desired.
Measure the glue into the borax mixture and stir. Slime should occur almost immediately--take the slime out of the water (if some water is left, that's okay) and work it with your hands.
Now just decide if it's a liquid or a solid! 
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AmyZ
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Posted: Mon Sep 1st, 2008 05:14 am |
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Sorting through my mom's stuff I found some old Christmas ornaments I made using some type of dough recipe back when I was in Tiny Tots. You can definitely save these things a long time (though the poster paints were faded) if you bake the dough and cover them with some type of shellac (considering how many years ago mine were made, it was probably regular shellac... )
Shay, does this recipe lend itself to baking and keeping, or is it better for lots of play like the commercial dough is?
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Shay
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Posted: Tue Sep 2nd, 2008 03:19 pm |
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| This recipe is strictly for playing/molding/squishing. It is great for that purpose, though! It is soft, pliable, and holds up for a loooooong time in a ziploc or plastic container.
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