{"id":3524,"date":"2011-06-15T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/zaparents-blog\/?p=3524"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:13:21","slug":"playdough-recipe-easy-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/activities-and-outings\/diy-activities\/playdough-recipe-easy-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Playdough recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is\u00a0 playdough recipe was given to me many years ago by a Montessori school teacher\u00a0 and it works fabulously. If stored\u00a0 in an air tight container or in a plastic bag in the fridge it can last up to 3 months. Its also a great activity your kids can get involved in. I started making it when my kids were about 2yrs old and still make it now and then for my 13 yr old!<\/p>\n<p>Here goes:<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients:<\/h2>\n<p>1 cup salt<br \/>\n2 cups flour<br \/>\n4 tsps cream of tartar<br \/>\n2 tbl oil<br \/>\n2 cups water<br \/>\nflour<br \/>\nfood colouring<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mix all the above ingredients together to form a smooth paste in a big pot on the stove.<\/li>\n<li>Heat the mixture slowly in the pot on medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>Stir constantly ( essential)<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0 becomes a very sticky heavy mixture.<\/li>\n<li>As the mixture thickens it starts to separate a little from the sides of the pot.<\/li>\n<li>Once thick, allow to cool. add a bit of flour and knead to a smooth dough.<\/li>\n<li>You can keep adding flour to counteract the stickiness until it is smooth and easy to work with.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The finished product is glorious to touch and play with. You&#8217;ll find it hard to resist!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Note: If you enjoyed this article, and would like to stay updated with more, you can:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Subscribe to our free weekly Jozikids\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/member-registration\/\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>newsletter<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0 for parents in Gauteng<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Like us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jozikids.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Facebook<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><i><\/i><span class=\"s1\"><i>Follow us on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/jozikids?igshid=1n8cwedrewul\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Instagram<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is\u00a0 playdough recipe was given to me many years ago by a Montessori school teacher\u00a0 and it works fabulously. If stored\u00a0 in an air tight container or in a plastic bag in the fridge it can last up to 3 months. Its also a great activity your kids can get involved in. I started [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":352897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,866],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-activities","category-games"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359744,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3524\/revisions\/359744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jozikids.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}