Alexander loves play dough and we tend to go thru A LOT of it since he likes to get real creative and mix colors when he is in creative mode. Because of his obsession with play dough I have learned that it is more cost effective to make our own play dough at home than it is to continuously buy it. Being a former day care teacher, I have a lot of awesome recipes for different things in this head of mine and the play dough recipe I use is wonderful.
All you need is:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 tablespoon oil
Food coloring
Storage containers

Mix together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a saucepan. Mix water, oil and food coloring together and gradually stir into dry ingredients. Cook over medium heat stirring until dough forms into a ball. Remove from heat and knead until smooth.

I personally like to make bigger batches, mix it up, separate it into large ziploc bags and then add the food coloring and let Alexander mix it together by squishing it around in the bag. It is another great sensory project before he even gets to play with the dough!

I also love that by mixing it in the bag you get a marbled result….I just think it looks really neat!

Enjoy!