Play Dough

Cream of Tartar is the secret ingredient to this fun, non-edible, children's craft, which calls for ingredients that you probably already have.


 

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup McCormick® Cream of Tartar
McCormick® Assorted Food Colors & Egg Dye

Directions:
1. Mix the water, oil, flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a saucepan. Add 20 drops of desired food color. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture holds together (about 5 minutes). Remove from heat and scrape dough onto wax paper to cool.  Knead slightly until dough is smooth.

2. Store in an airtight container. May be kept for 2-4 weeks.

Tip: Add 2-3 teaspoons of extract to the mixture to give the play dough a wonderful scent. Strawberry or cherry extract goes well with red, lemon or banana extract with yellow, peppermint extract with blue, and mint or lemon extract with green.

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