I decided to make Kool-Aid Play-Doh, based off the recommendation of another mom I came across in the store. Let me tell you of this encounter .... Cream of Tarter (don't cheat and peak at the picture below), I have NEVER used Cream of Tarter for anything and to be honest I had NO clue where it was in the grocery store ... was it a liquid, a powder, in a bottle? I decided to scour the condiment (surely it's not Tartar Sauce, right?) and baking isles ... no luck. Apparently the look on my face caught the face of another mom and she said "it can't be that difficult" ... I responded with "cream of tarter, what the heck is it" ... she laughed and showed me where it was in the SPICE section (sure, whatever!). She immediately said "you're making play-doh aren't you" ... I responded with a proud "yes".
It will take you longer to read this post than it will to make the play-doh, seriously ... it's that quick and easy! It took me about 5 minutes from start to finish ... including digging the ingredients out of the cupboard.
Ingredients for Kool-Aid Playdoh
1 cup Flour
1 package Kool-Aid
1/4 cup Salt
2 tablespoon Cream of Tarter
1 cup Water
1 tablespoon Veg. Oil
Mix dry ingredients in saucepan, add liquid ingredients and mix well. Stir continuously over medium heat until ball forms, remove from pan and kneed until smooth. Store in air-tight container. Voila! (and it smells good too!)
Tip: I used a stiff silicon spatula to stir, continuously scraping from the bottom and folding the mixture into itself ... I was left with no mess or residue in my stainless steel saucepan.
The ingredients and the final product ... my first batch was blue.
Cookie Cutters and Play-Doh
1 cup Flour
1 package Kool-Aid
1/4 cup Salt
2 tablespoon Cream of Tarter
1 cup Water
1 tablespoon Veg. Oil
Mix dry ingredients in saucepan, add liquid ingredients and mix well. Stir continuously over medium heat until ball forms, remove from pan and kneed until smooth. Store in air-tight container. Voila! (and it smells good too!)
Tip: I used a stiff silicon spatula to stir, continuously scraping from the bottom and folding the mixture into itself ... I was left with no mess or residue in my stainless steel saucepan.
The ingredients and the final product ... my first batch was blue.
Cookie Cutters and Play-Doh
This is great! I have playdoh for my daughter but my son has food allergies (wheat, barley among others) so if I switch out the flour in your recipe with a gluten free flour he can play with playdoh! I'm so excited!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing the play dough post. Brought back memories of my kids in the kitchen. They are now 15 & 12. We made homemade play dough that also had Cream of Tarter in it and it was WONDERFUL. We also added glitter to some of our batches. Thanks for your wonderful ideas!
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