A Facebook fan of mine asked me about making rice four or flour-free playdough for those who areglutensensitive. As I am lucky enough to have a family without food allergies, I turned to my network of preschool bloggers. Dawn from chasing the seasons shared a wonderful recipe with me using only baking soda, cornstarch, and water. This dough is silky, smooth, and easy to mold; a nice addition to sensory play.
Cornstarch, baking soda and water make up the basic ingredients of this lovely dough. You can also add color (we used a bit of tempera paint) and scents (essential oils or cooking essences).
First we added the color and orange oil to the water.
After the dry ingredients were added, Michael poured in the colored water.
We moved the pot to the stove where we began cooking the dough. Michael quickly became bored and left me to stir.
The completed dough, still warm to the touch.
Michael enjoyed sticking his fingers in the warm dough. Soon after he asked to play outside with Playdough...the store bought kind! I'd hoped to capture him playing with the dough on another day, but alas, my daughter played with the dough and left the bag open, causing the dough to become dry. And of course, she played with it at a moment I was unable to shoot pictures of her enjoying it. I suppose I'll just have to make it again another day!
Color (we added a bit of tempura paint until we received the color we desired)
Scents (optional): We added Orange Oil giving the dough a nice aroma
Add color (and scent) to water. Combine baking soda and cornstarch in a pot, then add water to the powdered mixture. Cook on medium heat until the dough forms a ball. Cool and knead.
**A gross side note- While stirring the dough on the stove my son and I discovered bits of bug floating around in the goo. Seems a pincher bug (or bugs) crawled into the paint somehow. Mind you, I've had this particular bottle of paint for over 8 years! It's never dried out but had apparently capturedinsects! What was left was quicklydiscardedand I had to spend severalminuetsfishing bug parts out of our dough. The moral of the story is beware of your paint storage area...oh and in case you don't know, co*ckroaches will eat dried tempera paint so beware of what you store that you have painted (classroom decorations and such)! Blah!
Measure out 1 cup of baking soda, 1/2 cup of cornstarch, and 1/2 cup of water. Add everything to a microwave safe bowl with the food dye color of your choice. Stir playdough mixture until it is well blended. Microwave playdough mixture on high for 2 minutes with help from an adult.
For the most part, homemade playdough recipes contain the same essential ingredients: flour, salt, cream of tartar, oil, water, and food coloring. It's the different measurements that can create different textures.
All types of rice flour can be used as a substitute for all-purpose flour, but there are various types of rice flour that yield slightly different results. Brown rice flour is the rice equivalent of whole-wheat flour.
how to make the world's best homemade play-doh. You'll need 3 cups of white all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, 1 cup + 2 tablespoons of table salt, 3-4 tablespoons of any cooking oil (start with 3 and add more if necessary), 3 cups HOT water, and food coloring.
This easy no-cook dough requires just 2 ingredients: cornstarch and hair conditioner. Easy enough! Mix equal parts together in a bowl. There is no cooking required and students can get their hands messy while helping to make it.
1-cup salt 4 cups flour 1 ½ cups water 4tbs.oil Mix flour and salt. Add water and oil slowly to the dry ingredients, stirring with a spoon until well blended. Knead dough until soft and pliable.
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