Kids in the Kitchen Wednesday: Homemade Play Dough

Why not spend some quality time in the kitchen with your little one making something they are going to love playing with? You read that right: PLAY with. That is what Little Dude and I did in the Arkansas Test Kitchen this past week. Little Dude LOVES to play with play dough, but we get tired of having to throw away expensive tubes of play dough once they get hard and crumbly.

One of Little Dude's favorite things to do each Sunday at church is play with the homemade play dough they have there. Thanks to the Pastor's wife for sharing her play dough recipe.

Homemade Play Dough
Recipe courtesy of: http://domesticsuperhero.com/2013/03/28/the-best-homemade-playdough-recipe/

1 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tarter
1 cup water
1 tbs vegetable oil (we used canola oil)
Food color


1. Place flour, salt and cream of tarter in a medium to large sauce pan, stirring well to combine

2. Add water, and vegetable oil

3. Place the sauce pan on the stove and turn the heat to medium low/ medium

3. Stir the mixture constantly

4. Before the mixture thickens, add the food coloring

5.Continue stirring, making sure to scrap the sides and bottom of the sauce pan
6. When the mixture has thickened to play dough consistency, allow to cool

Most important step: have fun playing with the new play dough!

This is a great craft your kids love, and it costs a fraction of store bought play dough. Whip up a batch this weekend, break out some cookie cutters and let the creativity unfold! 

Stay Cool,
The Cool Dads Crew