(Non-Edible) Sweet-Smelling Play dough

The weather is flat out dreary and gross here lately!! That, coupled with Raegan no longer napping makes for a long day, so I keep trying to come up with activities to occupy her that don't involve T.V. (Although don't be fooled, we watch enough of that around here too...UGH!).

Anyways, I found this recipe awhile back and it's simple and fun and totally reminds me of when I was a kid as my mom always made homemade play dough with us. Ours was not the "smelly" kind like this one but it had the same underlying doughy scent which brings back so many memories.


Give it a try and you might just find yourself sitting at the table playing with it long after your toddler's attention span has moved on to something else!




Ingredients:

• 2 cups water
• 1 pkg unsweetened Kool-Aid mix. Any flavor/color you like (We chose Grape)
• 2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 cup Salt
• 4 tsp. cream of tarter (a white powder found in the spice aisle)
  

Directions:

• Mix Water, Kool-Aid & Veg Oil together in separate bowl


• In a saucepan mix the Flour, Salt, and Cream of Tarter together.


• Slowly add the liquid to the pot, stirring together.


• Cook mixture over Medium heat stirring constantly until it looks like mashed potatoes.

Remove the dough from the pot to cool. Once it's cool (or warm enough to handle) knead it until it's smooth and have fun playing!
Keep in a tight fitting container and it should last a long time.