Make natural, healthy, non-toxic playdough with this easy recipe using kitchen cupboard ingredients and colored with spices, fruits and vegetables.
DIY Playdough with Natural Dyes
Making playdough can be fun no matter what your age.
Ingredients
2 cups flour
2/3 cup salt
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon or more of vegetable oil
Juices
Red: beets, cranberries, raspberries
Blue: blueberries
Yellow: ground turmeric
Green: asparagus, spinach
Brown: tea, coffee, boiled onion skins (drained and cooled)
Directions
Place all the ingredients in a saucepan. Stir in the water, and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly. Cook until it is difficult to stir and near playdough texture (approximately five minutes or so); cook slightly, add a tablespoon of vegetable oil or more to texture preference, and then knead until smooth. Dye with berry juice, beets, and other colorful fruit and vegetable juices such as from blueberries.
