No-Cook Homemade Play dough.

Ok, so this isn't a recipe for something you eat, but definitely a MUST with young kids.  Especially during these rainy spring days and a few days off
The key to this recipe is adding VERY hot water.   It keeps for over a month in a sealed container, I use a large clean yogurt container.
Play dough is so great to have on hand to develop fine motor skills, and develop creativity.  Even the process of making it is a learning activity in itself.  We have a good collection of cookie cutter, presses, and tools, but we have also made good use of tooth picks, large googly eyes, bottle caps, plates, disposable utensils, beads, to make it even more fun.


1 cup salt
2 cups flour
3 tablespoons cream of tartar (powder)
4 tablespoons oil
+ 
2 cups boiling hot water
Color (food colouring, powder tempera paint, or unsweetened kool aid packet)


Mix all dry ingredients together, make a well in the middle, add oil.
Boil water so it is as hot as it can be.  
Add colour to measured out water, mix.
Add hot water to oil in the dry ingredients.
Mix immediately until the dough comes together and solidifies into a dough.
The dough will be sticky at first, then will come together into a beautiful pliable dough.

My son, a few years ago, we had a lot of fun making some space guys with tooth picks and googly eyes.