Play dough

So last week i hosted my antenatal group at my place. I say that loosely as there is only a couple of us left still not working full time a year on. The weather has been less than predictable lately with plenty of rain and miserable days. So i thought i better rustle up a good indoor activity to keep the little one's entertained.
Enter - play dough! After baking up a storm of scones and biscuits i started on a batch of play dough. I've heard about cooked playdough before but read good things about this easy to make recipe from the kindergarten association.

Easy no cook play dough

2 Cups of flour

1/2 C salt

2 Tablespoons oil

2 T cream of tartar

2 cups of boiling water ( i found this too much, so start with 1 1/2 C)

food colouring

Mix all the dry ingredients in a bowl and add in the oil, water and colours.

This is a wetter mixture and as it dries it dries out a bit. If you find it is still too wet you can

 just knead in a bit of extra flour.

Store in an airtight container. 1 week on and it's still a good texture.

You can see in the picture that the play dough looks wet when first mixed but it dries to a nice consistency. 

It looks a little funny as i ran out of normal flour and had to use wholemeal which added an interesting texture. The babies loved it and the mums loved it more - playdough sculpting charades!

Have a great week everyone.

xxx