Playdough and Salt Dough

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Recipes that can be played with - modelled and moulded ..

Playdough Recipe
This is a recipe for cooked playdough.
Make up and enjoy

Flour - Salt - Water - Oil - Cream of Tartar - Colouring - Moisturising cream

You will Need
Quantities x 2 for a group activity of 4 Children and an Adult

2 mugs of Plain flour
1 mug salt

2 tablespoons Oil

2 teaspoons cream of tartar

1 ½ mugs water

1 Tsp food colouring

OPT: Moisturising cream

Place all the ingredients into a saucepan and mix together.

Cook over a medium heat until the mixture becomes a dough and leaves the sides of the pan cleanly.

Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead until it is smooth.

Cut into sections and color each one with different food dyes.

Store in an airtight container.

This playdough should keep well for a couple of weeks maximum.

Mix until a firm dough is formed..

For Health and Safety
PLEASE throw away any playdough Immediately if you are told of an outbreak of thread worm!

Salt dough for modelling decorations.
can be made using the same playdough recipe - but excluding the food colouring and moisturiser !

Mix together all the ingredients in a large bowl and knead to form an elastic dough.
Salt dough can be kept in an airtight container for a few days.

To Cook

Place your models on a baking sheet and depending on the size and thickness should be cooked slowly at an oven temperature of 130c, 250f, gas mark 1/2 for no less than an hour.
To test gently tap the model to see if it sounds dry and 'hollow'.
Paint with acrylic paints if possible and give a coat of varnish to protect and seal the model against damp.