Homemade Playdough

by Brenda
(Holland)

Making Dumplings with HomemadePlaydough

Making Dumplings with HomemadePlaydough

Homemade Playdough

3 c. flour
½ c. salt
4 T. oil
1 ¼ c. water

Mix flour, salt and oil in a bowl with a spoon. Add food coloring if using (about 10 drops) to water and mix ¼ c. at a time with the dry ingredients. Turn out onto counter and knead into dough. Store in a Ziploc, will keep longer refrigerated.

This recipe was used in an activity for Global Village Day to make dumplings. The green paper was balled up to resemble the gyoza filling. Kids really had fun, and many did a fine job folding them into dumplings!

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Easy No Cook Recipe for Homemade Play Dough
by: Teaching Tiny Tots

Thank you for sharing this recipe! I love the fact that the ingredients are ones everyone has on their shelf and there is no cooking involved.

Very creative way for using the play dough in a classroom activity!!

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