I totally love playdough, I love making it but I thought my kids were a bit old for it now … well I was wrong. They asked me to make it today (well Tom asked me), so I checked out the ingredients we had in the cupboard (I did need to restock a couple of things) and went for it.

Now I use a cooked playdough recipe that is on the back of the Cream of Tartar packet. I have tried many recipes and this is by far the best! It is a little messy to make but it definitely gives the best results!

One thing I have noticed is that it also comes out better being cooked in an electric frypan. I don’t know why that is, but again many tries and this is by far the best!

Anyway, ingredients are

• 2 cups plain flour
• 4 tablespoons cream of tartar
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil (I use olive oil, it just seems smoother)
• 1 cup cooking salt (not too coarse)
• 2 cups of water
• food colouring

I just then chuck it all into the electric frypan (on high). I also put the water in first as it doesn’t seem to stick as much at the beginning then. For a bit of fun you can add essential oils, glitter or something to add texture.

You then just stir and stir until it gets solid. It should have a shine to it, but not be greasy. You can also bake this dough, in a slow oven until hard for things like decorations or models.

Anyway here are the pics … (as you can see it looks terrible before it looks good!)

as you can see, it really doesn't look like much at the beginning

keep it moving!

almost done

lovely smooth playdough

now for green ...

balls of playdough

playing with playdough