Playdough-NOT for eating:)

This is the recipe we used at Bing and it's a great one!  The quantities listed below will make two quart-sized bags full of playdough.  If you want more than that, just double it:)

3 cups flour
1.5 cups salt
2 Tbl cream of tartar
3 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 tsp food coloring

-Mix flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large saucepan
-Add water, oil and food coloring (if you want to make two different colors, just leave the food coloring out in this step and add it later so you end up with just a white dough that can be colored)
-Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture forms into a ball
-Remove from heat
-Knead until dough is soft and has lost its stickiness (if you left out the food coloring in the step above, now is the time to add it.  I usually split the dough in half and let each boy make his own color.  I just add drops of food coloring to their dough ball and have them knead it, adding more as needed/wanted.  WARNING: it will turn their hands that color but eventually washes off:)

I store this dough in ziplock bags and it keeps for a long time (>2 months), but the boys love making it so much that we usually throw it out after a month and make new colors:)