the classic playdough recipe.

OK so here is a classic playdough recipe, basically they are all the same and they are pretty hard to muck up so just get out the ingredients and get going.

Classic Play Dough Recipe

4 cups flour about 1 kilogram
1 cup salt (i know it sounds like a lot but it always was terrible to eat!)
4 cups water this will evaporate and will need to be put back as it dries out.
4 tablespoons oil. this is what makes the play dough magic, it slows the drying out process and stops it sticking to everything!
1/2 cup cream of tartar more on this later!

Mix all ingredients together in a pot over a low to medium heat (you just need get the dough above about 90 degrees Celsius, 194 degrees farenheit for it to be "cooked" .dont bother using a thermometer, its cooked when it looks like playdough and not like "dough" dough IE not sticky. make sure the whole lump gets heated right through by mushing it in the pan. Allow to cool a little bit before you store it in a nice air tight plastic container or snaplock bag. beware though the longer it sits the more it will dry out. play dough is a lot like a human being as i goes through its life it just gets all dry and crusty around the edges until it just stiffens up and dies. so as soon as the kids have finished playing do it a favour and tuck it into a nice air tight bed to assist in its eternal youth.

good luck (although you wont need it cause its pretty simple)