Bring the smells of the season into your home with this playdough recipe. Kids can spend hours creating ornaments, animals, or whatever their imagination can come up with.
Gingerbread Play-Dough
What you will need:
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup salt
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Spices--Cinnamon, Allspice, Ginger, Nutmeg
What you do:
1. Mix the dry ingredients together.Add small amounts of the spices to the paydough until it smells just how you want it to smell.
2. Mix water and oil together in a separate bowl.
3. In a small pot add the oil mix to the dry mix slowly stirring to mix well.
4. Cook the mixture for two to three minutes, stirring frequently.
5. Keep stirring until the dough starts to pull away from the side of the pan
5. Take the dough out of the pan, let cool a couple of seconds so you can handle it, and knead the dough until it becomes soft and smooth.
6. Store in an airtight container.
Belinda Mooney - Belinda J Mooney is a freelance writer and mother of 7. You can read more of her work at www.practicalparenting.com
