Homemade Playdoh
Yeap school’s break is here. My children are very happy. They kept pestering me what they can do during the holidays. We will be going on a vacation to Singapore, I got some frequent flier miles to burn.
Today, I saw Tim and Emily a little bored. I decided to take out some flour, salt and water to make them some playdoh. They sat there to play with it for an hour. Isn’t it great? No fighting and both of them telling stories of what they are making. It is definitely better than TV. I threw in some alphabets cutter for them to play. I can keep the doh for tomorrow for them to continue.
It is really easy to make playdoh. You just put 1 cup flour and ½ cup salt in to a big bowl. Add coloring to ½ cup water. Slowly pour the water, while mixing it using hand. You will get a nice doh. Emily said “It smells like bread”. Yeap I can bake it if I want too….:P
You can try it with your kids.
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im sure they enjoyed themselves playing playdoh
November 22nd, 2009 at 4:02 pmadd a spoonful of cream tartar and a spoon of oil and then cook it over the stove over a few minutes. Knead it and it can last for a long time.
On wet days when the playdough becomes sticky, cook it over fire again for a few minutes and it can be played again.
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:07 pmcan prepare them for winter solicitis festival
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:31 pmare u sure can last for an hour ah? if so, its prob worth it for me lor..hehe
November 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pmwen: yes it did. infact, next day still can play if you add a little water.
November 23rd, 2009 at 4:38 pmLooks like ‘tong yuen’ for Solstice Festival. I’ll try this for my gals this school hols. I’m sure they’ll love it.
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:34 pmYa, looks like tang yuan!!! LOL I find it funny many parents scramble to entertain kids during the school holidays. No wonderlah so many centres come up with ‘holiday’ programmes
November 24th, 2009 at 11:22 amWhat a coincidence - I made play dough for YY too over the weekend. But yours can last till the next day? I kept mine in a container but it turned bad after two days.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:29 amYup, I use some tartar cream and oil, and put some food flavoring…it smell so nice
November 25th, 2009 at 1:33 pmI remember I make it somewhere in middle of Oct, and till today, Jona and Isaac still can play with it..hehe….intend to buy some mould for them to play with their dough
mom’s diary I guess the salt in the dog made it lasts.
November 26th, 2009 at 4:23 pmthat’s neat. or you can bake cakes / cookies with them … play and at the same time eat them too
November 27th, 2009 at 7:40 amgreat idea! thanks for sharing even my gal is reluctant to get dirty on hands!! Then mama and papa can play with didi… haha!
November 28th, 2009 at 4:44 pmI almost forgot how to make the dough. Thanks for the reminder. This would be fun.
November 30th, 2009 at 5:43 pmNext time can use glutinous rice flour and then after that boil them to become tong yuen!
December 7th, 2009 at 1:00 pm