Craft for September

Playdough!

I don't have white flour in the house. I just don't. We're strictly Whole Wheat people, because it's just healthier.

So when it came to playdough, I had to go hunting for a recipe that didn't use white flour. We looked for a WW recipe, but only found one and it didn't look that great, but I kept seeing things like "Gluten-Free" and wondered what that was, and it turned out that was the very thing we were looking for! We had all the ingredients in our house except for the food colouring, and that we could buy easy.

Corn Starch Playdough!

1 Cup Baking Soda
1/2 C Corn Starch
3/4 C Water
Food Colouring

Place your baking soda and corn starch in a pot and mix well.
Turn on your heat to Medium.
Add the water.
following your food colouring instructions, add drops till you arrive at the colour desired.
Stir constantly, breaking up the lumps.
In less than 5 min, it will start to become solid.
Once it balls around, remove from heat, stir until it comes together.
Remove to waxpaper to cool.
Knead together.



And there you have it. This playdough is much softer than other kinds, which is kind of fun. I will say though, it dries on hands as you play with it, and feels very cornstarchy! STORE IN FRIDGE in a sealed container or ziplock.

I also read somewhere that if it dries out, all you have to do is re-heat it with a little water and you'll have playdough again!

Happy Crafting

S.L. Kliever