4 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 cups water
4 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup cream of tartar
Mix all ingredients in a sauce pan. Cook and stir over low/medium heat until play dough is completely formed and no longer sticky. Allow to cool slightly before storing in an air tight container or zip lock bag.
Variations:
Add one package of unsweetened powdered Kool-Aid to your playdough to give it a great smell. (Thanks to James Slaughter for this variation).
Reference: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/PEP/playdo.htm
Another variation I have used is to make "pumpkin" play dough by adding one small container of pumpkin spice and several drops of orange food coloring! Smells and looks delicious!
(One other thing I wanted to mention is that it's easy to cut this recipe by fourths. In fact, on the day we went to make the play dough I realized that I only had 3 oz. of cream of tartar, rather than the 4 oz. (1/2 cup) that is required...so I just made a 3/4 recipe and it came out perfect!)
