Glowing fun

 

 How to make glow play dough

 

Glow Play-dough

Ingredients:

• 2 c. flour
• 2 c. water
• 2 or 3 different neon paints
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar (you can substitue 1/4 tsp of lemon juice or white vinegar for each 1/8 tsp of cream of tartar. Be aware if you use vinegar, the play-doh will have a vinegar smell)
• 1/2 c. salt
• 2 tsp. oil

 

Add all ingredients except paint to a bowl and stir together mixing well. Divide mixture up into 2 or 3 bowl (depending on how many colors you want to make).  Mix in neon paint into each bowl.  Use just enough paintto make the color vibrant.  Pour 1 bowl into sauce pan and cook over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly till it forms a ball. Place dough on a plate to cool. Cook remaining colors Store in zip-loc bag.  Shows up nicely under a black light. 

 

Play dough in the light.

 Play dough under the black light.  

 My little glowing artists.

 

 Cookie cutters are lots of fun with play dough’s, especially when you can make a starry scene that glows. 

 

 

We used our own play dough recipe, but got the glowing idea from http://playathomemom3.blogspot.com/

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Play-doh Made with Kool-Aid (Top play dough recipe)

Play-doh Made with Kool-Aid

Second time (even better)

We've  tried making Kool-Aid play dough before and it was neat, but this time 

was even better.  We found a recipe that was so smooth it reminded me on the real

Play-Doh you buy in the store.  We got our recipe from around town sue a link we got off of Lesson Pathways.

 Play-doh Made with Kool-Aid

Ingredients:

• 2 c. flour
• 2 c. water
• 1 pkg. (.17 oz.) unsweetened kool-aid mix: orange, berry, lime are best (do not use grape - it turns out sort of gray in color)
• 2 tsp. cream of tartar (you can substitue 1/4 tsp of lemon juice or white vinegar for each 1/8 tsp of cream of tartar. Be aware if you use vinegar, the play-doh will have a vinegar smell)
• 1/2 c. salt
• 2 tsp. oil

Add Kool-Aid to water in pan. Add remaining ingredients and stir together. Cook over medium heat for 5 to 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Play dough is done when color deepens and it comes together in a ball. Turn onto a plate to cool and cover tightly to store. Store in zip-loc bag.

Cloud Sand

 Cloud Sand

Soft and Smooth and great for making a castle.

 All you need is: 

8 cups Flour

1 cup baby oil

Instructions:

Add Flour and baby oil.  Mix and knead for 3-5 minutes.

Mixture will be ready when it will hold together when you squeeze it.

Feels like flour when you run your fingers through it, but it will hold shape when you squeeze it.

Fluttershy and Rarity were enthralled.  Thoroughly enjoying the messy play.  Found this gem in the USU Extension recipe book. 

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Edible play dough: Cookie variety

 

  2 in 1 activity: Making play dough 

using a cookie mix.

Looking through the cupboard I discovered a cookie mix from Halloween that we hadn't used.  I though this would be a fun way to make a new kind of edible play dough.  

For 1st activity: (Play dough)

We used: 1 sugar cookie dough mix

1 cube of butter

water

 

 1- Mix cookie dough mix and  cube of butter.

 2- Divide the mix into two, setting 1/2 half of the 

mix into another bowl for later.

3- Add just enough water to make the the 

right consistency for play dough.

4- Have lots of fun playing with the play dough and eating it.

   

2nd Activity:  (Cookies)

Need: 

1 egg

1- Take the remainder dough that was set aside and add egg and mix up.

2- Bake as per directions on package

3- Frost and enjoy.

With the Pillsbury mix we used we were able to bake 1 dozen cookies with the half of the dough that was saved from when we were making the play dough.

Play dough Christmas trees

This is my favorite play dough recipe.  The texture is so smooth.  

1 cup white flour

1/4 cup salt

2 tsp food coloring

1Tbsp vegetable oil

2 Tbsp cream of tarter

1 cup water

Mix flour, salt, and cream of tarter in a medium pot.  Add water, food coloring, and oil.  Stir over medium heat for 3-5 minutes.  Don't worry if the mixture looks like a globby mess; it'll turn into dough.  When the mixture forms a ball in the center of the pot, turn off the stove and let it cool.  Then take it out of the pot and put it on a floured surface.  Knead it.  Store in a plastic bag in the fridge. 

This is Fluttershy's Christmas tree. 

Use green play dough with colored beads or marbles. Children can use the green play dough to make Christmas trees and add the beads or marbles for ornaments.