Playdough

There are a lot of great playdough recipes out there: peanut butter playdough, Kool-aid playdough, oatmeal playdough, chocolate playdough... However, the thought of making the edible kinds makes me sick. Kids hands usually aren't the cleanest and I usually don't steralize the counter before busting playdough out! So, I just do the standard playdough recipe and add some food coloring. Here's my favorite:

2 cups water
2 Tbs vegetable oil
1 cup salt
2 Tbs cream of tartar
Food coloring
Large Saucepan
2 cups flour

Directions
1. Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in pot and heat until warm. (You can omit the cream of tartar, but it helps the dough to last FOREVER.)
2. Remove from heat and add flour.
3. Stir and knead until smooth.
4. Store dough in a Ziploc bag.

There's lots of fun to be had!