Play Dough Recipe

We got a great play dough recipe from Cody's teacher.  In the last week or so, we have mad a double batch of blue for his class, a batch of pink for home, and a batch of purple and a batch of orange for Emilee's class.
I encourage you to give this one a try...easy and fun!

Recipe:
Combine 1 cup salt, 2 cups flour, 2TB cream of tartar, 2 TB vegetable oil, 2 cups water, and food coloring
Mix until smooth, then cook on medium heat, stirring constantly, until a ball forms and sticks to the spoon.
Cool, knead, store in a Ziploc bag.

My tips:
Mix this in the pot you are going to cook it in.  I used a nonstick pot and think it helped.  I sifted the flour to help make the smoothing process go better.  Use a whisk before you heat it and then switch to a very sturdy wooden spoon/spatula once you put it on the heat.  If you are going to make a double batch, make sure someone really strong is home or prepare for a workout.  Once that ball forms it is hard to keep stirring a double batch :-)