How to make GLOW DOUGH
We are working on Letter P Activities this week, and I had to include play dough in the mix. My boys love play dough and we play with it often, however we've never played with glowing play dough! We've been playing all week with this amazing play dough recipe (with and without our glow light) and a bunch of different play dough accessories - like these shape cookie cutters, Play Dough Crazy Cuts (kids can grow hair and cut it), and this Dentist Drill n Fill Set. So much learning is involved with play dough. A big thanks to Fun at Home with Kids for this great recipe.
Supplies:
- A Blacklight
- Glow Vitamin
- Flour
- Water
- Vegetable Oil
- Cream of Tartar
- Salt
Instructions:
1) Open two glow vitamin capsules. Add the vitamin powder to 2 cups of flour, 4 teaspoons of Cream of Tartar, and 2/3 cup of salt in a large saucepan and mix until very well combined.
2) Next, add 2 cups of warm water and 2 Tablespoons of cooking oil to the saucepan. Whisk this extremely well until there are no lumps. Cook on medium heat until the play dough completely holds together and is no longer sticking to the pan or your spatula.
Note: If you're not sure if it's done, take a small bit in your hands (adult only - the play dough is quite hot) and roll it. It should not stick and should have a firm store bought play dough texture. If it is smooshy or sticky, keep cooking it! Once it is fully cooked, allow it to cool for several minutes. Have an adult thoroughly knead it to make sure there aren't any remaining hot spots before handing it over to a child.
The pictures aren't great quality and don't give justice to how neat this activity was! Here are a few pictures anyway and few ideas of how to play (more to come!):
