The other day, Ava and I decided to make our own play dough. I found a no-cook recipe on instructables, gathered the ingredients [flour, salt, water, food coloring], and sat down at the table with a very excited little girl!
I covered the table with some scrap paper and handed her the measured ingredients to dump into the bowl. Then I gave her the spoon and let her mix it up – her most favorite part of helping me in the kitchen.
Once the dough was thoroughly mixed, I divided it into three lumps [I had to keep adding flour until the dough wasn't so sticky] and then added the food coloring. [I would really recommend wearing disposable gloves for this part, unless you want red, blue, and green hands like I ended up having.] Just keep kneading the dough until the color is blended.
Hooray – play dough!
After I just reminded her to NOT smash it all together.
After I reminded her that once you smash them together, it’s very unlikely to have three separate colors again.
“Oh well, mom. I’ll just make a rainbow worm.” And that was perfectly fine with me. :-)
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I remember making our own play-dough with my mom during school vacations. I absolutely loved mixing in the colors and making odd shapes from it. Great tip to share!