- New Life On A Homestead

Servings: 2 cups

Mica powders come already mixed in a specific color. To make one standard size container of Playdough, use these amounts:
Brown - combine 2 to 3 drops of blue, 1 drop of red, and 10 drops of yellow.
Orange - 20 drops of yellow and 10 drops of red.
Red - 20 to 30 drops of red.
Green - 20 to 30 drops of green food coloring.
Yellow - 25 to 35 drops of yellow.
If you add just a little drop of orange to the green color mixing directions you can make an olive green shade for Thanksgiving, in addition to the more vibrant green for a Christmas play dough.

Pour the cream of tartar and salt into a medium sized cook pot, and combine.
Sift in the flour.
Pour in the carrier oil and water.
Heat the play dough mixture through on medium heat.
Stir constantly to completely combine the play dough, and to prevent scorching. Make sure to flatten and stir away any lumps in the mixture. If the mixture thickens too quickly or a lot of lumps appear, turn down the heat. The heating process shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes.
Add in the drops of desired scent, and stir until combined.
Remove the cook pot from the stovetop.
Drop in the desired coloring agent.
Knead the DIY holiday play dough to thoroughly combine.
It takes about five minutes to garner the consistency of store bought play doh, and have a uniform color.

If you do not have cream of tartar, cornstarch can be used as a substitute, but the play dough tends to be softer than store-bought this way, and may not last as long.
Choose food coloring to match the Christmas theme. You can purchase white food coloring in the baking section of most grocery stores. I often also use Mica powder or just leave the dough uncolored to give a light shade.
For a traditional Christmas scent I recommend using 1 teaspoon of vanilla, pine, wintergreen, or peppermint extract for scent.