In any children's toy store on the shelves you can see bright multi-colored modeling kits with Play-Doh clay. "Mr. Critter", an ice cream and cake factory, all kinds of stamps and molds - the assortment is simply huge. Having bought a set for a child as a gift, you will soon find that plasticine dries very quickly in the air, and from six different colors your child managed to create a multi-colored mass. Original Play-Doh prices are very high and it is very expensive to buy new jars every week.
What to do?
It's simple. You can make Play-Doh plasticine with your own hands. You can buy s alt dough from domestic manufacturers in the store, but how much can you trust the information on the composition indicated on the package?The Play-Doh manufacturer focuses specifically on the safety of its plasticine, if a child accidentally eats it (or intentionally), this will not bring harm to he alth. Making homemade dough for modeling with your own hands, you know exactly what ingredients were added to it. Plus, it will cost you ten times less.
A few tips:
- Before you make your child happy that you make clay yourself, make sure you have the necessary ingredients. Otherwise, an unscheduled trip to the store cannot be avoided.
- Involve the kids in this creative process. They love to do something with their parents, and the opportunity to tinker with flour and make Play-Doh clay with their own hands will delight them.
- Try different options for creating mass for modeling. If you look, this is a regular s alt dough, but different recipes may use different ingredients, the cooking method and consistency may vary slightly.
- Don't be discouraged if the first time you don't get what you expected. Try again, note that different flours require different amounts of water, depending on the level of gluten in their composition.
Master class: plasticine "Play-Do" without cooking with your own hands
To create a plastic mass, the following components will be required:
- 1 cup of whatever flour you have in your kitchen;
- 1/4 glasses of s alt, preferably fine;
- 1/2 cups warmwater;
- food coloring.
Mix flour and s alt in a bowl. Add the dye to the water, dissolve it and pour the liquid into the cup of flour. Knead the dough, when it starts to stick out of your hands, move it to the table. If necessary add more flour if the dough is too sticky or water if it is too hard. The mass must be thoroughly kneaded. Add ingredients over the recipe very carefully, literally drop by drop. The dough must be brought to a consistency reminiscent of a real "Play-Do". Ready! You made homemade Play-Doh plasticine with your own hands.
If you want to get several colors at the output - do not add dye at once. After the dough is ready, divide it into the required number of parts. If the coloring is liquid, slightly reduce the amount of water when cooking. In turn, add color to the parts of the dough and mix it thoroughly until it is completely colored. The process will be more laborious, hands may get dirty - it is better to save rubber gloves.
Plasticine at home is even made from shaving foam! Watch the video and see for yourself.
You can try to make a slime out of plasticine. To do this, take a piece of dough, stretch it and put a little moisturizing lotion in the middle. Knead it, roll it in your hands until the lotion is completely absorbed. This should give the mass the consistency of slime.
So, now you know everything about how to make Play-Doh plasticine with your own hands!
What fooddyes to add?
If we are talking about the safety of home clay for children, then you can consider various options:
- A large selection of food coloring for eggs in stores can be found before Easter. Gouache or regular watercolor will do. This option is for older children who will no longer taste plasticine out of curiosity.
- Specialized stores offer a large selection of dyes for confectionery. They are added to the dough, mastic, cream for cakes. These dyes are edible, they do not pose any threat to he alth, which means they are harmless to a small child. Choose products of domestic or imported manufacturers at your discretion. The bottle lasts a long time. It is not necessary to purchase the entire palette of colors - just buy the basic ones. By mixing them, you will get different shades.
- If you are fundamentally against all kinds of chemistry - you can add natural food colors. Cocoa will give the plasticine a brown color, adding beet juice, you get a burgundy or red tint. Spinach juice will color it pale green, carrot or turmeric juice will give orange color, cherry or raspberry juice will give pink color.
Plasticine can be decorated and flavored
In the same pastry shops you can find various glitter glitters and flavors. Banana, creme brulee, strawberry, bubble gum - choose the scent you like! But you can do without additional expenses, just look into the box for spices. Making plasticine "Play-Do" with your own hands, add ginger or cinnamon to it- the aroma will be just wonderful. Cocoa will give the dough the smell of chocolate, and thanks to vanilla, the mass will be fragrant with sweets. This should not be done if the child is still too small - the delicious aroma will tempt him to put the dough in his mouth.
When making Play-Do plasticine with your own hands without cooking for older children, try adding dry sparkles to it, you will get a very beautiful iridescent mass. Beads of different sizes and colors, shiny pebbles, beads - you can try to mix all this with plasticine - it will turn out interesting and original.
If you don't have a Play-Doh kit, give the kids other options
- Use whatever you find in the kitchen. Molds for cookies and cupcakes are great for cutting plasticine figures, a rolling pin and a pastry syringe will undoubtedly come in handy for a young creator.
- Dig into the existing deposits of toys, most likely there will be sets for the sandbox - from there you can take molds and shovels. Stamps on felt-tip pens will also come in handy. Let the children turn on their imagination and look for what they think can be used to practice with homemade plasticine.
- Alternatively, in children's stores you can buy very inexpensive sets of molds for modeling.
Storage of homemade plasticine "Play-Do"
Now that you've made Play-Doh clay with your own hands, it's time to think about how to keep it from drying out? It dries just as fast as the original. Store it in sealed containers or bags withclamps at normal room temperature. Do not put the mass in the refrigerator, it will quickly become damp and sticky.
Sculpting together with children will bring a lot of positive emotions, and if the plasticine is over, you can always make a new one. Create with pleasure!
