Recipes

Cooked Playdough

Ingredients:

2 cups of plain flour

1 cup of salt

2 tablespoons oil

4 teaspoons cream of tartar

2 cups of water with colouring added

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients in non stick saucepan, adding a little water at a time.

Cook over a low heat stirring constantly, until the mixture congeals & leaves the sides of the saucepan.

Set aside allow to cool, may need to knead in some flour if mixture is a little sticky.

Microwave Playdough

Ingredients:

3 cups of plain flour

½ cup of salt

3 tablespoons oil

6 teaspoons cream of tartar

3 cups of water with colouring added

Instructions:

Mix all the ingredients in a microwave dish.

Cover & microwave on high for about seven minutes, stirring half way through. Knead when cool.

Goop

Ingredients :

1 packet cornflour

1 cup water

Instructions:

Mix Cornflour with water a little at a time so there are no lumps.

Put the goop into a large tray or bowl for children to play with.

NB: Goop has an extraordinary texture. As yo touch its surface, goop feels solid. Then feel your fingers slowly sink. Drip it on to dark paper to make squiggly designs. Use combs or forks to swirl patterns through goop.

Slime

Ingredients:

1 cup of soap flakes

2 litres of warm water

Instructions:

Dissolve soap flakes in warm water. To ensure they are fully dissolved, whisk with eggbeaters (makes an interesting bubble effect). Stand for about twenty minutes until thick. Put slime in baby bath or water tray for children to play with. Add equipment to pour, scoop & slop the slime. Try various kitchen utensils.

Bubble Mix

Ingredients:

1 part glycerine

3 parts detergent (not coconut based)

10 parts water

Instructions:

Use anything with an enclosed hole, as a bubble ring twisted wire, pipe cleaners, old keys, straws...........