3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups salt
3 cups water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
a few drops of food coloring (color of your choice)
1. Mix ALL of the ingredients in a large saucepan.
2. Cook over medium low heat, stirring intermittently, until the dough comes away
from the edges of the pan and becomes thick so it is difficult to move the
spoon. Remove from heat.
3. Let play-dough cool in the pan until it can be handled.
4. Turn play-dough out on counter or on wax paper and knead 3 - 4 times.
5. Play! Store in an air tight container.
Gooey Gunk
Solution A:1 cup water
1 cup white glue (Elmers works best)
food coloring
Mix all the ingredients for solution A into a bowl and stir well.
1 cup white glue (Elmers works best)
food coloring
Mix all the ingredients for solution A into a bowl and stir well.
Solution B:
1 1/3 cup warm water
4 teaspoons Borax
In a separate bowl, mix ingredients for solution B until Borax has completely dissolved.
Slowly pour solution A into solution B. DO NOT MIX! Roll the combined solutions with your hands until a solidified, loose, jelly-like dough has formed. Lift the jelly like dough and place on the counter leaving the liquid in the bowl. Knead on the counter. Gunk will be very loose at first but will firm up. Store in a sealed container.
*For more fine motor practice, you can add beads or other small toys in the gooey gunk, once it has firmed up, for your child to search for. If you would like to add an academic concept to their play, you can hide different colored beads/toys for your child to find, and then have them match the items to colored pieces of paper.
