Homemade Playdoh

I recommend both the recipe that uses cream of tartar and the recipe that uses alum. For the alum recipe you can add 2 small packages of unsweetened Koolaid for color and smell. I've used both recipes in my classrooms and at home.

I've posted "recipes" for homemade dough and finger paint on my parenting blog...here are the links:

dough: http://uggamugga.blogspot.com/2008/03/homemade-play-dough...

paint: http://uggamugga.blogspot.com/2008/03/homemade-finger-pai...

This is the one I use for my two kids and in my classroom. I love it and it smells great!!!

Kool-Aid Playdough
Ingredients:
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 pkg unsweetened Kool-aid (just the dry koolaid, don't mix it into juice)
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
Directions:
1. In a bowl, mix flour, salt and kool-aid.
2. Stir in water and oil
3. Knead with hands for about 5 minutes.
4. Store in ziploc bag for up to 2 months.
5. Use like playdough.
6. Smells wonderful and takes on the color of the koolaid.

Hi,
My recipe is similar to Beth and Joleen's, but different amounts...
My mom has made this for my older brothers and I for years. Now I am making it for my kids and their friends. I have tried other recipes, but always go back to this one (I like this one the best).

1+1/2 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 TBSP powdered alum
2 TBSP veg. oil
2 cups flour
food coloring of choice

Heat the water and salt to boiling. Put alum and oil in bowl. Add water and salt mixture. Add food coloring to the liquid. Add 1/2 of the flour and blend thoroughly. Add 1/2 cup flour and mix, add remainder of the flour and knead like bread dough.
Store in an airtight container.

This recipe is not sticky and lasts for quite awhile. You do not have to refrigerate like some other recipes need to.

Have fun experimenting with all the recipes you have received. Mamasource is great, isn't it? :)
~SR

M., I make this for my son ECSE they kids love it..
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2 Tablespoons of cooking oil
Food coloring or Kool-aide
Mix everything BUT food coloring or Kool-aide.Cook 3minutes stiring constantly.Mixure will congeal when finished.Let cool and knead in food coloring or kool-aide.
DO NOT UNDERCOOK..COOK 3 minutes on prewarmed electric stove cook 6 minutes on cold electric stove.

I just made yellow for the class it took about 50 drops yellow food coloring turn out great. Also I put it in a galloon size zip-lock baggie.
Good luck M.!! Hope works

i don't have a recipe but when using homemade play-doh don't let the children or pets eat it. because of the large amount of salt. a friend of mine-her dog got into to the plsy-doh and had to rush him to the vet because of the salt the dogs kidneys were starting to shut down!!!! just a word of caution!!!!

Good ??? I hope someone posts the edible peanut butter one...

Hi...
I am 43, and I remember my mom making this pla-doh for me!
2 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
1 Tbsp. Alum
2 cups boiling water
3 Tbsp. oil

Mix together, seperate into 3 or 4 sections and add food coloring.

I believe we just stored them in baggies, and they lasted quite a while.
Hope you like it....I remember it always being very soft, and loving the smell????
Have fun!

Here's one my family has used for years.....

1 c flour
1/2 c salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 c cold water
1 Tbl oil

cook over low heat about 3 minutes or until it sticks well. It is very sticky to begin with, but then you add food coloring of choice and it'll be great for your child to work with!

Here is a recipe for playdoh that I use

3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
3 packages of kool-aid powder
3 tbl vegetable oil
2 cups boiling water

mix flour,salt & koolaid add oil & water. Stir with spoon when cool knead with hands. Add flour as needed to obtain the right texture. If it is to sticky just add more flour.

3c flour
1/2c salt
6tsp cream of tartar
3T oil
3c water
food coloring (optional)
Mix the dry. In a medium saucepan mix oil, water & color & add the dry. Stir & cook over low heat until thick. Let it cool a bit and knead it until it's smooth. Store it in a ziplock bag or container. It usually lasts a few weeks. I'm not sure if keeping it in the fridge will keep it longer. You could also add some spices or extracts for a smell. It's a great recipe - really easy to make and it's not sticky, as I've made some that you don't cook, and yes they do get sticky.

If it's for a class, I would avoid using a peanut butter recipe unless you know no one is allergic. You can substitute soy nut butter for peanut butter, but check for allergies on soy nut butter too.

Here's one without peanut butter:

Edible potato clay dough - courtesy of Cooks.com

2-5 potatoes
flour
optional: a SMALL amount of oil
Bake potatoes (in skins until they are incredibly soft) then peel and mash completely.
Combine 3 parts flour to every 4 parts of mashed potatoes. Form a plyable dough ball. Add food coloring or kool-aid if desired.

And here are two other ideas (Finger Paints)

Edible Finger Paints - courtesy Cooks.com

Recipe 1

Gelatin (black cherry and raspberry give strong colors)
Water
Glossy finger paint paper
Wet the paper with water. Sprinkle 2-3 Tbsp gelatin onto wet paper. Use as finger paint.

Recipe 2

1 box instant pudding (vanilla or other light color)
food coloring

Mix instant pudding according to package directions. Add food coloring. Finger paint on freezer paper.

I heard equal parts Peanut butter, Powdered milk & Honey are wonderful. I haven't tried it, but it's edible. : ) Good luck!

This is the recipe that my mom always made - and I have made. I don't remeber it turning gooey - it is gooey when you first make it but after it cools - it wasn't (that I remeber)
2 C flour
2 C water
1 C salt
4 tsp cream of tarter
2 Tbsp cooking oil
food coloring
few drops of extract (for aroma)
In heavy pan, mix dry ingredients; add oil, water, food cloring & extract. Cook over Med heat until mixture pulls away from the sides of pan. Stir constantly with wooden spoon. Kead slightly, almost immediately to remove lumps. Store in air tight container (I store it in a zip lock bag - and just try to get most of the air out)
Good Luck! Home made playdoh is the best! :)

I use the one with Kool-aid that Deb posted. It's an ECFE recipe. It takes 2 packages of kool-aid. The recipe can easily be split in half so if you want more variety of colors you can.It's great, so much easier to work with then store bought and smells great. I may have to try some of the other recipes too, just to see how they turn out.

ECFE Kool Aid Playdough

2 ½ Cups Flour
½ Cup Salt
2 Packs Dry Unsweetened Kool Aid
2 Cups Boiling Water
3 Tbsp Oil

Mix Dry Ingredients in bowl. Mix Liquids together and pour into dry ingredients. Stir until it forms a ball. As mixture cools and becomes less sticky, take it out of the bowl and knead until smooth. (It will get smoother as you knead!!)

My son's preschool teacher gave us the same recipe as Tanya. She said that you could use flavoring too, but to make sure that it was stored in an air tight container.

I don't have the recipe on me but my mother-in-law makes and awesome smelling good playdoh that has jello in it.

Just google it

Beth's recipe looks very similar to the one my mom uses with my son. I recognize the Alum. I wanted to just throw in, that if you use this recipe after you mix in coloring, you can add more flour until it reaches the consistancy you want.

It's warm, so it may get thicker as it cools off too-just a little, not much.