Playdough

My sister and I grew up with home made playdough. Mum would often colour our playdough and put different scents in it to excite our senses. Alex has always enjoyed playing with playdough at Kindy and Playgroup; squishing it between his fingers, eating it and turning it into bird's nests.

I recently went to Kmart to price commercial Playdough and it was $10 for three small tubs. I have been making it at home for around $1 for a whole tupperware full. I keep it stored in the fridge and leave it on the bench to warm up for around ten minutes before Alex plays with it.

A friend of mine recently shared her 'no cook' playdough recipe which works well:

Ingredients:

2 cups of plain flour (I use homebrand to keep the costs down)
4 tablespoons of Cream of Tartar
2 tablespoons of oil (I use homebrand canola oil)
1 cup of cooking salt
2 cups of boiling water

Method

Simply mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir well in a big pot. I then squish the mix with my hands just to make sure the flour and salt is well combined

To Jazz It Up

To jazz up the playdough I added red food dye and some oil of cloves

Ellie happily munched on the playdough until I took it off her so I'll probably let her play with it around 18 months of age. Alex loves getting his cars bogged in the 'mud' playdough(typical boy).

Happy Playing.