Recipes

Kool-Aid Playdough 2 1/2 c Flour 1/2 c Salt 2 pk Unsweetened Kool-aid 2 c Boiling water 3 tb Vegetable oil Mix dry ingredients. Add water and oil, stir. Mix or knead with hands when cool. Store in Ziploc bag or container with lid. Lasts for several months. Dryer Lint Clay 1 ½ c Lint from the dryer 1 c Water ½ c Regular flour 2 dr Wintergreen mint flavouring Old newspaper Paint Place the lint in a saucepan and cover it with the water. When the lint is saturated, add the flour and stir until it is smooth. Add the drops of wintergreen oil flavouring. Cook the mixture, stirring constantly, until it forms peaks and holds together. Pour it onto newspaper to cool. Shape and model figures, or cover a form with it, such as a balloon. Allow to dry for 3 to 5 days, then paint and decorate as required. Bubble Solution 1/3 c Dish soap or baby shampoo 1 1/4 c Water 2 ts Sugar 1 Food colouring Combine ingredients and pour into an unbreakable bottle. To blow bubbles, experiment using plastic straws, pipe cleaners formed into loops and other items you think of. Salt and Flour Finger Paint 2 c Flour 2 ts Salt 3 c Cold water 2 c Hot water Food colouring Add the salt to the flour in a saucepan. Pour in cold water gradually and beat the mixture with an egg beater until smooth. Add the hot water and boil the mixture until it becomes glossy. Beat it until it is smooth. Mix in food colouring. Finger Paints ½ c Cornstarch 1 pk Unflavoured gelatin Food colour or poster paint Water In a bowl, mix ¾ cup cold water with the cornstarch to make a paste. Soak the gelatin in ¼ cup cold  water; set aside. In a saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to boil and add the cornstarch mixture slowly  to it. Stir well. Cook, stirring constantly over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil and clears. Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatin. Cool and divide into several jars. Add the food colour and blend. Jewelry Clay ¾ c Flour ½ c Salt ½ c Cornstarch Warm water Mix dry ingredients together. Gradually add warm water until the mixture can be kneaded into shapes.  Make beads by rolling the dough into little balls, piercing the balls with toothpicks, and allowing the balls to dry. Paint and string the beads. Soap Dough 2 c Flour ½ c Salt 2 tb Liquid paint 1 tb Liquid soap Water Mix all ingredients together. Add water, as needed, to make a pliable dough. Soap Crayons 1 c Soap flakes Food colouring 2 tb Hot water Have one large bowl and several small bowls, one for each color. You will also need an ice cube tray  with different sections, or containers to act as small molds.Put soap flakes in a large bowl and drop the  hot water into the soap flakes, stirring constantly. The mixture will be extremely thick and hard to stir. Spoon some of the soap into each of the small bowls and color each separately, adding the color by  drops until the soap has the consistency of a very thick paste. Press spoonfuls of the soap into your  molds and set the crayons in a dry place to harden. They should take a few days to a week to dry completely. When dry, remove from the molds and allow to dry for a few more days before using. Yield: 20 Crayons Salt Dough 2 c Cornstarch 4 c Baking soda 2 ½ c Cold water Measure the cornstarch and baking soda into a pot. Mix and add 2 ½ cups of cold water. Place on medium heat. Stir for about 5 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Remove from the heat. Cover the pot with a wet paper towel. When cool, knead for about 5 minutes, working on a surface covered  with waxed paper. Allow objects to air-dry before painting. Silly Putty 2 c White all-purpose glue 1 c Liquid starch WARNING: Non-EdibleMix together well. Set on trays for play, or use waxed paper. Can be  used as the commercial Silly Putty is. Store in an airtight container. Flour Paint 3 c Flour 2 tb Liquid soap ¾ c Water Food colouring or powdered Tempura Combine the first three ingredients until the mixture is a thick paste. Tint with food colouring  or powdered tempera. Cornmeal Dough 1 ½ c Flour 1 ½ c Cornmeal 1 c Salt 1 c Water Mix all ingredients together. Add more water to make the mixture cling. This dough will keep up to six weeks in an airtight container. Coffee Grounds Dough 2 c Used, dry coffee grounds ½ c Salt 1 ½ c Cornmeal Warm water Mix dry ingredients together. Add enough warm water to moisten. This dough has a unique texture and is good to roll, pat, and pound. Bread Edible Fundough ½ c Hot water ½ c Canned evaporated milk 1 ts Salt 2 tb Sugar 2 tb Oil ½ pk Dry yeast dissolve in 2 additional tablespoons warm water 3 c Flour Raisins (optional) Mix together all ingredients except the flour and raisins. Stir in 2 cups flour. Add more flour until dough leaves the sides of the bowl and can be kneaded. Divide into portions. Continue kneading single portions until dough becomes springy. Add raisins if desired, and knead them in. Let the dough rise until double in size. Knead it down again. Let the dough rise for a second time. Knead it down again. Shape dough into balls or other forms. Place shapes onto an oiled pan and let them rise again until double in size. Bake at 375F until lightly brown Slime 2 c White glue (Elmer's) 1 1/2 c Water Food colouring of choice 1 ts Borax 1/2 c Water Mix the glue, 1 1/2 c water and food color until it's not sticky. Separately dissolve the borax and  1/2 c water. Add to the glue solution. You will get a very thick clump of Slime where the two mix. Now you must work in the rest of the solution. With clean hands, knead the Slime to get it to mix. This will take about 10 minutes or so, and is not very difficult as the Slime easily separates between  your fingers. If you desire a looser, more slimy texture, add a bit more water and knead it in. The  more slimy this is, though, the more apt it is to get stuck in any fabric it comes in contact with.

Best Ever Modeling Clay

• 1 c Flour
• ½ c Salt
• ½ tb Cooking oil
• 2 tb Cream of tartar
• 1 c Water
• Food colouring

Mix all ingredients in a pot and cook over medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes. Do not overcook.
Cool the mixture until you can easily handle it. When cool enough to handle, knead it until
smooth. Store in plastic bag or container.

Face or Body Paint

• ¼ c Baby lotion
• ds Liquid detergent
• Powdered tempera paint

Mix the three ingredients together, using as much colour as necessary for the desired result.
Using the paintbrush, paint designs on the body or face, usually the cheek or hand is painted.
Paint washes off easily, due to the detergent added.

Clean Mud

• 4 Toilet Paper Rolls
• 2 bars Ivory Soap grated
• 1 Cup boiling Water or more as needed to make dough

Tear toilet paper into tiny pieces into a large bowl.  Grate soap into the shredded toilet paper.  Add 

water and stir, then knead when cool to make a dough.  Add more water while kneading the mixture if needed to make the right consistency.  Store in airtight container.  Dough will soften and get smoother as played with.

Edible Paint

• Pudding made with 3/4 the amount of liquid called for in recipe, or baby food, or whipped cream and food coloring.

Soap Paint

• 1 cup Ivory snow, dreft, or cheer
• water

Beat ingredients until cake frosting. Use enough water to receive the desired consistency. Add food coloring.

Clay

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups water

Combine all ingredients and cook until it boils and forms a clay-like consistency. Knead. Cover with a damp cloth and cool.  Form shapes, dry and paint. Keep unused portions in refrig. covered with damp cloth.

Goop

• Cornstarch
• water
• food coloring

Add colored water slowly to cornstarch and stir.  Should be solid when held, gooey when released. As it dries add more water.

Gak

• 2 cups white glue
• 2 cups water
• food color
•  1tsp borax soap
• 1/3 cup water

Mix glue, 2 cups water, and food color.  In separate bowl, mix borax and 1/3 cup water.  Add to glue mixture. Repeat this step 3-5 times until moisture is gone.

Rainbow Goop

• 3/4 cups water
• 1 pkg knox gelatin

Stir together, cook over low heat until dissolved. Leave clear or add color.

Rainbow Stew

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 4 cups water
• 1/3 cup sugar

Cook ingredients until thick. Add color.

Sidewalk Chalk

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup dry tempera paint or 1/4 cup liquid paint with one capful of vinegar
• 2 squirts dish detergent
• 2 cups plaster of paris

Make the mold.  Cut toilet paper tubes in half.  Then use masking tape across the bottom and part
way up the side.  Mix the water, paint, and detergent first, then add plaster. Put mixture in the mold
and let dry. Peel away the tube.

Smelly Watercolors

• Mix one half cold water with a 3 oz package of flavored gelatin.

Puff Paint

• Mix 2 tbs of washable tempera paint and 1/3 cup white glue.  Add 2 cups  shaving cream. Best used soon after mixing.

Glossy Milk Paint

• Divide one or more cans of evaporated milk evenly among several containers.  Add a few drops 
• of a different color food coloring to each container and mix. 

Glitter Gel

• Mix one cup glitter with 1/3 cup hair gel. Dries clear and glitter sticks.

Colored Sand/Rice/Pasta

• In a plastic container add 4-5 drops food coloring to 1 cup sand,etc.  Add 2 tbs of vinegar and enough water to make sand mushy, but not watery.  Stir and spread wet sand onto a cookie sheet to dry.
• Can make smelly rice by mixing flavored gelatin with a little amount of hot water. Stir into rice. It will be sticky at first but dries in time.  

Magic Crystal Paint

• 2 cups water
• 2 cups epsom salt
•  food coloring (optional)

In a saucepan, combine the water and salt, and bring to a boil. Stir the mixture and allow to cool. Add food coloring.  Paint on construction paper. Makes clear or colored crystals when dry.

Corn Syrup Paint

• Divide one or more bottles of corn syrup evenly among several containers. Add a few drops of a different food color to each container and mix.  Dries clear.  Requires a few days of drying time.

Cool Whip Paint

• Mix cool whip with colored paint.  Makes a great oil molding paint.

Cloud Dough

• 6 cups flour
• powdered tempera paint
• 11/2 cups oil
• 1 cup water

Knead together and add more water if necessary until dough is soft and fluffy.