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Playdough

1 piece
Easy
15 minutes
Looking for a fun and easy DIY activity to do with your kids? Learn how to make playdough with just a few simple ingredients.
You can create a colourful and fun sensory experience that your kids will love. Store in an airtight container to use it again!
Recipe Ingredients
How to Prepare
Tips
If the playdough is crumble try kneading in a few drops of water to bring it back together.
Tips
If you want a brighter colour whilst kneading your playdough, knead in a few more drops of colour gel.
Tips
Do you want to change colour to your playdough? Get creative choosing other Dr. Oetker Food Colours.
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Recipe Ingredients

Ingredients
75 gPlain Flour
20 gSalt
3 tspDr. Oetker Cream of Tartar (1tbsp)
50 mlWater (boiling)
10 mlVegetable Oil
Dr. Oetker Red Food Colour Gel (pick your favourite colour!)

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1

To Make The Playdough

Place the flour, salt and Cream of Tartar in a bowl and mix together. 

2

In a separate bowl mix together the water, oil and 1tsp of your chosen Dr. Oetker Colour gel.

3

Pour the water ingredients into the flour mixture and stir until the mixture comes together to form a dough, the dough will be quite sticky. 

4

Place the dough on a floured surface and knead until it becomes less sticky and a nice consistency to model with, adding more flour to the surface if needed.

5

Store the playdough in an airtight container when not being used. 

6

This recipe makes one portion of playdough. Make the recipe a few times using a different Colour Gels and create lots of bright colourful playdough!   

Tips

  • If the playdough is crumble try kneading in a few drops of water to bring it back together.
  • If you want a brighter colour whilst kneading your playdough, knead in a few more drops of colour gel.
  • Do you want to change colour to your playdough? Get creative choosing other Dr. Oetker Food Colours.