Play Dough Recipes

Silky Dough

1 cup Flour

½ Cup Salt

1 cup Water

1 Tsp. Cream of Tartar

1 Tbs. Oil

Food Colouring

Cook over medium heat until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and becomes like play dough in consistency. Let it cool a bit then knead. This play dough should keep for three months without refrigeration.

Cooked Play Dough

2 Cups Flour

1 Cup Salt

4 Tsp. Cream of Tartar

2 Tbs. Cooking Oil

2 Cups Water

Food Colouring

Cook flour, salt, cream of tartar and water slowly, stirring until ‘dough’ comes away from sides of pot. Add colouring and oil. Turn onto table and knead the colouring and oil in. Last for ages in an air tight container.

Uncooked Play Dough

2 ½ Cups Flour
¼ Cup Salt

¼ Cup Vegetable Oil

¾ Cup Water

Mix flour and salt together. Add Food colouring to the oil and water, and gradually add to flour mixture. Knead until smooth.

Salt Crystal Gloop

1 Cup Flour

1 Cup Water

1 Cup Salt

Food Colouring

Mix all the above together and put into squeeze bottles. When it dries, the crystals shine.

Corn Flour Gloop

1 Cup Cold Water

2 Cups Corn Flour

Stir until the water is absorbed by the corn flour. Add food colouring if desired. Play with gloop in large containers with spoons, cups, hands, sticks, etc.

Tip: To remove gloop from carpets, allow it to dry, then brush or vacuum. Gloop may be re-used after it has dried out. Crumble it to a powder then restore it to the original consistency by adding water, a spoonful at a time.