Permanent Playdough (Bakers Clay)

2 cups salt 1/2 cup water 1 cup cornflour

Damper (edible dough)

3 cups self-raising flour 45gms butter 1 /2 cup milk 3/4 cup water

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PLAYDOUGH RECIPES

Mix together in a saucepan and gently heat. Stir continuously until the mixture resembles bread dough. Use soon after making. Model and leave to dry. Will harden at room temperature in 2 days, and ready to paint. Ideal for necklaces, decorations or gifts.

Gluten-free Playdough
cup white rice flour cup maize cornflour 1 /2 cup salt 2 teaspoons cream of tartar 1 cup water, with food colouring added 1 teaspoon cornflour
1/2 1/2

Sift flour into a bowl and rub in butter. Make a well in the centre, add combined milk and water all at once, and mix lightly with a fork. Knead dough on a lightly floured board until smooth. Shape or use with cutters. Bake 40mins in a moderate oven, or until golden brown and cooked through. Serve straight from the oven.

Paint (cornflour based)

2 tablespoons cornflour 1/2 cup cold water 2 cups boiling water powdered edicol dye or food colouring

Mix all ingredients. Cook over a low heat until mixture congeals. Let cool and knead.

Mercury goop (cornflour)

1 cup cornflour 1 cup water, with colouring added Plastic tray

Mix cornflour to a smooth past with cold water. While stirring, gradually add boiling water until mix thickens. Leave to cool. Mix will thicken more but should still pour easily. Pour into paint pots and add _ teaspoon of edicol dye to each pot.
(Finger paint: use 3 cups water to 1 cup cornflour)

Mix ingredients together to make a stiff consistency. This mixture will ooze through the childs fingers, and spread over the tray like mercury. Then it can be gathered back into the hands, leaving the tray clean. Weird! Clean up by scooping into a plastic bag, and placing in the rubbish- dont pour down the sink.

Bubble recipe
/4 cup quality detergent 1 cup water 2 tspns glycerine (optional, from chemist)
1

Slime
/2 cup pure soap flakes 3 cups boiling water
1

Mix together in a basin or bucket and leave overnight to form soft slime.

Combine thoroughly and let settle. Blow bubbles with straws or bubble blowers. A bubble pipe can be made with a straw pushed into a polystyrene or paper cup with stocking stretched over the top and secured with an elastic band. Dip the stocking into the bubble mix and blow through the straw, to create a waterfall of bubbles.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS These recipes are for an adult to make with a child. Always supervise children closely, but especially while cooking, as hot ingredients and utensils are used and instructions like Dont touch are easily forgotten in the excitement.

P.A.L.

PLAY AND LEARNING PROGRAM

Department of Health, Western Australia, 2003

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