Making Our Own Playdough

As we were cleaning up some of the toy cupboard, I found some old crusty remnants of Play Doh.  Although the Play Doh had expired, we still had a bag of accessories.  Timely post from the Simple Dollar;

The only supplies you need are two cups of flour, one cup of salt, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, and one tablespoon of cream of tartar.
Based on my own calculations, that’s about $0.30 in supplies ($0.10 for two cups of flour, $0.10 for one cup of salt, $0.03 for the vegetable oil, and $0.07 for the cream of tartar). This makes enough playdough to fill roughly two large playdough containers with the stuff. You may also want a few drops of food coloring for your preferred colors.
Put all of those ingredients (except the food coloring) into a saucepan over very low heat. Add two cups of tap water and stir it. It will eventually thicken to the point that it has a playdough-like consistency. 

The results were very cool, super easy to make and in less than 30 minutes we have a new batch of our own Playdough.  There is also an added benefit of selecting your very own colours.  Of course there are going to be some very coloured fingers for the next few days!

Quote of the morning "I am squeezing the Jesus out of it", quick note from Mum that we do not use Jesus in that context!