No-Cook Play Dough Recipe for Kids

• 2 cups flour
• 2 tbsps vegetabke oil 
• 1/2 cup salt
• 2 tbsps cream of tartar
• 1 - 1 1/2 cups boiling water
• Food colors
• Plastic gloves

Gingerbread Scented
add 

• 1 tbsp ground ginger
• 1 tbsp ground cinnamon

Instructions:

Measure and pour 2 cups of flour into a bowl.

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Add 1/2 cup of salt.

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Mix in 2 tbsps cream of tartar, ground ginger, and ground cinnamon.

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Add 2 tbsps of vegetable oil.

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Pour in the boiling water. 

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Mix all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon until they form the dough. 

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Divide play dough into five small balls. Press your thumb in to the middle of four of the balls to make small bowls.

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Drip your food colors in to each bowl.

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Put on the plastic gloves and knead the dough until the dye is thoroughly mixed. (This is the messy part. Make sure you're over a sink or have your hands inside a large bucket so that you don't stain anything.) 

Place the play dough inside small baggies or small plastic containers.

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