How Do You Make Home-Made Play Dough For The Kids?
Listen to this familiar children’s refrain when it’s raining outside: “I don’t know what to do….” Banish these grey- weather days from your home by getting the kids involved in helping to make home-made play dough. This play-time stuff is just the thing to keep little hands occupied for quite some time. Cost for materials is inexpensive and you more than likely have everything you need in your kitchen cabinets. Follow along with these simple steps: Add the flour, salt, warm water and food coloring all together in a large mixing bowl. Using your hands, knead the mixture for about ten minutes. Test the play dough frequently while kneading. When it doesn’t stick to your fingers and becomes smooth to the touch, it’s ready to be removed from the mixing bowl. Play dough can be used as regular craft dough for making different forms or shapes or even “sculpting” an image of a favorite pet or person can be quite entertaining. Construct more permanent figures, by baking the play dough in a 300
