How to Make Your Own Play Dough

In this article are two recipes you can use to make play dough for your kids. Play dough is so much fun and relatively inexpensive if you make it yourself. Once you get the hang of you, you might even be able to teach your children how to make it.

Recipe Number One

This recipe is made in the microwave, which means you can make it quickly for those occasions when you need to keep a houseful of kids occupied fast.

Microwave Play Dough

2 cups flour 1 cup salt 4 Tbs oil 2 cups water 4 tsp cream of tartar Food coloring

Mix all ingredients in Rock N Server Large Deep.

This is a Tupperware container. If you don’t have it, use a microwave containers that is deep.

Microwave on high for 3 to 5 minutes, stirring every minute. Cook until mixture gets so thick it can’t be stirred. Let mixture cool. Divide and knead in food color. Store in an airtight container.

Now I am a Tupperware consultant, so naturally I believe that Tupperware is the best type of container to store your play dough in, but you are the ultimate judge of that.

Now, if you would prefer not to use your microwave, here is a recipe for making playdough on your stove.

Stovetop Playdough Recipe

1 cup flour ½ cup salt 1 cup water 3 dessert spoons of cooking oil 2 tsp cream of tartar Food coloring

Mix all ingredients together. Add a few drops of food coloring. Keep mixing ingredients until all lumps have been blended. Put the mix in a saucepan and cook it very slowly over medium heat.

Keep stirring. When the dough start to come away from the side of the pan, remove it from the heat.

You can add scents to the playdough by using vanilla or peppermint essence.

Food Safety: Purchasing Eggs

According to the FDA, even eggs with clean, uncracked shells can occasionally contain Salmonella. Salmonella can cause intestinal infection and is nothing to play around with. The most effective way to prevent egg-related illness is to know how to buy, store, handle, and cook eggs safely. And not just eggs, but any foods containing eggs also must be handled and cooked safely. In this article I will talk about buying eggs safely. In future weeks I will talk about safe handling and cooking of eggs.

Buying Eggs

It is important to buy eggs only when they are sold in a refrigerator or a refrigerated case. Do you like to buy fresh eggs from those who have their own chickens? Make sure they are being stored in a refrigerator. If you don’t know and can’t find out, play it safe and don’t buy them that way. Do you like to buy your eggs at the local farmer’s market? Again, make sure the eggs are refrigerator. Don’t take any changes with your family’s health.

Open the carton before buying it. Make sure the eggs are clean. This is important. Sometimes when we purchase eggs from someone who has laying chickens, they are not cleaned properly. Make sure the ones you are buying are cleaned. Also, make sure none of the eggs are cracked.

Refrigerate your eggs promptly. Sometimes we neglect this step. Maybe we don’t go straight home after we buy our eggs. If this is the case, carry an ice chest with plenty of ice so your eggs stay cold.

Store eggs in their original carton and use them within three weeks so your eggs are the best quality when used.