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Playdough
Playdough
Recipe submitted by chchGIRL on August 25th, 2009
This is the plunket recipe for playdough. It lasts a long time if stored in an airtight container. Make sure you watch very young ones playing with this, as you don't want them to eat it due to the high salt content.
Prep time: 10 minutesIngredients:
2 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tablespoons cream tartar
2 cups boiling water
2 tablespoons oil
couple drops of food colouring
Directions:
Mix flour, with salt and cream tartar in a bowl.
Add boiling water and oil plus a couple drops of food colouring.
Mix quickly then knead on a floured board until firm. Add extra flour if sticky.
Store in an airtight container.
Average Rating: 
(22 votes)
Comments / Reviews of Playdough
Worked perfectly and was the first time I've made play dough!
Made it to the recipe exactly and it worked perfectly!! Thanks!
The worst playdough EVER. Far too tacky. I followed the recipe exactly.
With 4 cups of flour and the rest to the book it was perfect! Starting with 2.5 cups to mix was good, thenkneaded off in quarters with 4 different colours and the extra flour worked well for us. Thanks!
Recipe worked great, I put wet ingredients in a pot first, then whisked in half of flour and stirred in the rest. Kneaded with a handful of flour on bench, added glitter and it is best playdough recipe I have tried so far.
best homemade playdough i've come across, also keeping it in a icecream container preserves it for months!
Works perfectly with 1 1/2 cups of boiling water. Needed no flour for the kneading. Did need quite a bit of food colouring to get a good colour. Happy playdoughers in my house.
Yes. agree with others...3 to 4 cups of flour required...but still pretty easy for a first time poppa mixing.
Not sure what you did wrong Sarah, but I use this recipe all the time for my kids and the playdough comes out perfect...maybe you made a mistake in your measurements?
Way to much water to flour ratio .
I have made play dough over the years for my daughters now making it for my grandchildren I have always cooked it so when I found this recipe I thought I would try it and it is amazing so easy.
takes me back to Play Centre 30 plus years ago. A tip for grandparents just halve the recipe for when the littlies are staying over and protect your carpet. Can't remember the recipe ever failing. Easy, fast, fun!!
needed alot more flour than stated
This recipe needs more flour. I know this is stated at the end, but it is good to have the perfect amount as it makes it quicker to make, and there is no messing around at the end with sticky fingers trying to get more flour from container. I reckon I ended up using about 3 1/2 cups of flour all up to get this recipe to work.
This was a fantastic Recipe. As it was my first time ever making playdough it was nice and easy both my children loved it. They have a colour each. I will only be using this recipe. Thanks so much.
great texture nice and smooth ,keep in mind it may leave the surface of what the kids are playing with it on oily ,but i was happy to have my table polished! :) mrs2 and mr4 loved squishing it around.didnt need to adjust any of the ingredients, it was easy to add the colour after mixing.perfect!! lasted alot longer then other recipes ive tried.
Awesome! All four kids made 1 colour each :) my 2year old had a blast
Super simple. Super good result!
Really simple to do, thanks heaps!
Awesome!!!
Worked great! My two year old pretty much made it on his own :-)
great recipe, thanks!!