My 5-year-old loves Play-Doh, but she also loves to mix the colors to resemble swirled tootsie rolls with sprinkles…just not as tasty. So..found this and thought I’d share for those frugal moms like me…

From “The Preschooler’s Busy Book”:

Homemade “Play-Doh”

1 cup water
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1/2 cup salt
1 Tbsp cream of tartar
food coloring
1 cup flour

Combine water, oil, salt, cream of tartar, and food coloring in a saucepan and heat until warm. Remove from heat and add flour. Stir, then knead until smooth. Keep in mind that the cream of tartar makes this dough long-lasting, up to 6 months or longer, so resist the temptation to leave it out if you don’t have it on hand. This dough should be stored in an airtight container or Ziplock bag.

Do not refrigerate.

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Oh…and if you have a bunch of old, hard REAL Play-Doh laying around:

Reconstitute Old Play Dough

A pot with water
A pinch of salt
1 cup flour
Strainer
Microwave

Add all together in pot. Put pot in the microwave for 5 1/2 minutes.Carefully remove the pot from the microwave. Dump play dough in strainer over sink.Let play dough cool down. Mush together your recreated play dough. You may add food color if desired.