Cooked Doughs
Creative Clay
1 cup cornstarch
2 cups baking soda (1 LB.. package)
1 1/4 cups cold water
Stir starch and soda together. Mix in cold water and stir over heat until mixture has consistency of mashed potatoes. Turn onto a plate and cover with a damp cloth until cool enough to handle. Then knead. Use immediately or store in an air-tight container. This dough has a smooth consistency. It is good for ornaments, modeling, or pottery. It can be rolled thin and cut with cookie cutters. Dries at room temperature in 3 days. Or dry in a 200 degree oven .
Favorite Play Dough
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 cups water
2 tablespoons salad oil
Food coloring
Cook over medium heat until soft, lumpy ball forms. It happens quickly! Knead for a few minutes until dough is smooth. Store in airtight container. Dough can be frozen and refrozen several times.
Salt Dough
1 cup salt
1 1/4 cup water
3 cups flour
Dissolve salt in water. Stir in the flour, one cup at a time, until it is nice and soft. You can shape it or cut it out with cookie cutters. Bake at 200 degrees until hard. Paint with regular acrylics. This recipe is great for Christmas ornaments and magnets.
No-Cook Doughs
Easy Dough
1 cup flour
1 cup salt
1 tablespoon salad oil
Food coloring
Water
Mix flour and salt. Add oil. Then slowly add water until the mixture is pliable (spongy and clay-like).
Gloop
8 oz white craft glue
1 cup water
1 cup warm water
1 1/2 tsp… borax powder
Tempera paint (mix colors if desired)
Pour the glue into a large bowl. Add water and stir until blended. Add a few drops of paint and stir until mixed well. Set this mixture aside. In a small bowl, stir together the warm water and borax powder until the powder dissolves. Slowly pour this mixture into the glue mixture, stirring continually for two minutes. Knead the gloop with your hands until it’s smooth and stretchy. Store in an airtight container.
Jewelry Dough
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup salt
1/3 cup warm water
Mix ingredients together. Add warm water gradually until the mixture can be kneaded into a stiff dough. If the dough is sticky, dust with dry flour. This dough is good for making jewelry .
Kool-Aid Playdough
2 1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 pkg… unsweetened Kool-Aid
2 cups boiling water
3 tbsp… vegetable oil
Mix all dry ingredients together. Add water and oil and stir. Knead with hands when mixture is cool. Store in air-tight container. This recipe lasts for several months.
Peanut Butter Playdough (can be eaten)
12 oz. peanut butter
6 tbsp… honey
1/2-1 1/2 cups nonfat dry milk
Combine all ingredients together. If playdough is too sticky, add more dry milk.
Silly Putty
Glue
Liquid starch
Mix two parts white glue with 1 part liquid starch. Let it dry before using. Store in an air-tight container .
