How to Make Homemade Playdough

Every child love to play toys, but every toy is not capable of stimulating the child’s interest in creative skills. Playdough is a fun for children of any age-group and widens children’s scope to nourish their creative skills with developmental play tasks. Moreover, it is a great way of keeping the children busy with something that they enjoy. You can also teach your children about some basic lessons with the help of this economical toy. And the good thing is, making homemade dough is very easy. Learn the simple steps of how to make homemade dough and give your children a playful base to develop their creative skill.

U need 2 cups of flour, 2 cups of water, 1 cup of salt, 1 tsp of oil, 2 tsp of cream of tartar, and food coloring to prepare playdough.
Pour all the ingredients of making playdough (except the food coloring) into a bowl and mix them together with a spoon. If possible ask your children to help you make the playdough if they are old enough to do so. There is no doubt that children will enjoy the toy after it is prepared. But, if you allow them to help you while preparing the toy, they will find it more interesting. Hence, as much as possible, engage the children in the process of making the dough. Ask your kid to mix the ingredients with a spoon or with their hands.
Then put the ingredients in a medium sized pan and place them on the stove with low to medium heat. Stir the mixture for 5-6 mins till the water evaporates and the mixture begins to form a ball. Remove the pan from the flame and take the ball out of the pan. Allow it to cool for some time. You can place it on the countertop or on some aluminum foil to cool the dough. Add food coloring to the dough and knead it thoroughly. Store the dough in a sealed container.
You can also make the playdough without putting the mixture on heat. But you need to knead it with hand or hand mixture. This dough will not last for more than a few days.
You can also prepare rubber dough out of 1 cup of cornstarch, 2 cups of baking soda and 1+1/2 cups of water. Mix all the ingredients in a pan and put the mixture on the heat till it thickens. Stir continuously so that it doesn’t form lumps. Shift the dough to a plate and allow it to cool. The dough is ready to play.

Tips:

If you want dough balls of different colors, you can make separate balls from the mixture before adding colors to them.
While adding color to the dough, add food coloring gel glitter to make the color more vibrant and attractive for the children.
Always keep the dough inside a sealed container after it is prepared. Else, it will dry out and get hard.
Though the dough is not harmful, it is advisable to watch small kids while playing with dough and keep them from eating it.