Homemade Playdough

Here's a fun activity to keep the kiddies busy on a rainy day...make some playdough! I know what you're thinking, "I don't have any cream of tarter. I don't even know what cream of tarter is!" (If you don't know what I'm talking about, the standard homemade playdough recipe requires this mystery ingredient.)

This recipe requires items found in pretty much everyone's kitchen:

1 1/2-2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt (thank you Sam's Club for your bulk items!!)
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
food coloring
vanilla, orange, almond, or whatever extract you have in your pantry
1 cup boiling water

Have your child mix together 1 cup flour, salt, oil, food coloring and extract.
You add the boiling water and stir until combined. Add more flour until you reach the desired consistency for your playdough. The more food coloring and extract you add, the more flour you will need.

Once the playdough has cooled, it is ready for playtime! When you're ready to store, place in a ziploc bag or put in an empty Play-Doh container. (If you're anything like me, you'll have a couple of these lying around somewhere!!)

The absolute best thing about this playdough is that, unlike Play-Doh which smells like a chemical plant, it smells delish. If you use vanilla extract, it smells just like cookie dough. :)