Uncooked Play Dough

Summary

Yield
Prep Time5 minutes

Description

The child/ren can make this themselves as no heat is involved

Ingredients

  • 1 c flour
  • 1⁄4 c salt
  • 1 T oil
  • 4 dr food colouring
  • 2 dr essence

Instructions

Mix the flour and salt together. Add the oil.
Add the food colouring to the water, and then add the coloured liquid, a little at a time to the flour mixture. Add the essence if desired.
Knead until the mixture is smooth.
To keep put into a sealed plastic bag and store in the refrigerator

Notes

This is cheap and easy to make so you can do it often. Another time the child/ren can experiment with mixing colours. What happens if you use one red drops and three yellow drops?
Talk about the essences. Where does peppermint essence come from?
Where does Vanilla flavour come from? ETC.
Let the child/ren help with the shopping by choosing their own essences.

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