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Homemade Play Dough Is Now Easier Than Ever

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Microwave playdough
Making playdough is better than ever using the microwave. It is faster and easier, too.
I love making play dough. There is something fun about developing this colorful toy by yourself,  knowing that a child  you love will have hours of play ahead of him.

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The classic playdough recipe, cooked on the stove, works great but it takes a lot of elbow-grease stirring and stirring. So, when I came across a recipe for MICROWAVE play dough, I had to give it a try.
Oh my goodness, is this so easy and the play dough turns out just as pliable and deeply colorful as ever. I won’t be making the old recipe again!
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How To Make Play Dough In The Microwave

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Ingredients

1 cup water
1 generous T cooking oil
10-20 drops food coloring (neon is AMAZING!)
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1/3 cup salt
*Bleached flour is whiter and gives you a truer color.
McCormicks Neon Food Coloring

Directions

Use a microwave-safe mixing bowl. This process takes about 5 minutes including prep.
Combine water, oil, food coloring and stir.
Add cream of tartar, and stir again.
Add salt, stir.
Gradually add flour and stir as you go along to prevent lumps.
Microwave on high for 30 seconds.
Stir.
Another 30 seconds.
Stir.
A third time, 30 seconds.
Stir.
A fourth time, 30 seconds.
Stir.
It will now be in a ball.
Let sit for 2 minutes.
Remove from bowl and put the play dough ball on a dinner plate to cool.*
Wrap cooled play dough in plastic wrap and store at room temperature.
*I spray the plate with cooking spray to make it easily removable from the plate.
Do you have playdough tools for your kids to use?  Amazon has a variety of great PLAYDOUGH TOOL SETS to pick from! #ad
Tip: kids love using rolling pins, pretend knives and scissors and molds for making their playdough creations. Choose a set that has some of those tools in it. 


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Enjoy!

All Purpose Bleached Flour
And then you can run the vacuum to clean the stray flour up!  LOL!!!
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When I first began to teach preschool I was advised to be sure to include lots of play dough in my lesson plans. Best advice ever! With the right little tools– plastic cookie cutters, rolling pins, molds etc.- my little students have enjoyed hours of learning fun. Rather than buying it from a toy store, though, I would suggest that you make your own. It is so easy to do and you can make as much as you want!
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There are many homemade playdough recipes out there. I have tried a few and so far the one I like the best is the “classic” play dough recipe, using cream of tartar.

Here’s how I made it:

 

Classic Homemade Playdough

1 cup bleached all purpose flour
1/4 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 T. cooking oil
1 cup water
food coloring
I doubled this to make larger quantities of each color for my preschool class.
  • Combine water, oil and food coloring. Keep adding drops of food coloring to get the shade you want. Expect it to look a bit lighter, soon as the flour is added.
  • Add salt, cream of tartar and flour. Stir till it is smooth and the consistency of cake batter.
  • Add the batter to a saucepan and heat on medium heat, stirring constantly. Eventually the thickening batter will pull away from the sides until it is in a lump.
  • Scoop it out of the pan onto a plate to cool.
  • When cool, store in a plastic container with lid or seal in a Ziploc bag. The play dough should stay fresh for up to 6 months of play.

Tip 1: Spray your saucepan with cooking spray before heating. It helps prevent sticking.

Tip 2: Spray the plate you will be cooling the play dough on with cooking spray, to prevent sticking.

 

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    Play dough shapes made with cookie cutters.

         

 

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