September Playdough of the Month: Peachy Playdough

We had a wonderful first week of home school, and it ended with a bang. Well, maybe with more of a squish. We made playdough!

Each month we'll be creating and exploring a new kind of playdough. For September, we made Peachy Playdough!

It was fairly basic, as playdough goes. We just used the basic recipe that has been around for time immortal:

1/2 cup of salt
1 cup of water
2 tablespoons of cream of tartar
1 cup of flour
1 tablespoon of oil
Food coloring

Mix everything together in a pan. Stir well. Cook over medium heat 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly. When mixture clumps together, remove from pan and finish kneading with hands (this part is hot! don't get burned!). Presto change-o you have created amazing playdough that will last for ages if kept in an airtight bag.

We made a slight change to the recipe, though. We nixed the food coloring altogether, and prepped out water ahead of time to make it peachy. This was accomplished by steeping bags of Celestial Seasonings Country Peach Passion herbal tea in our boiling water.

Once the teabags were cleared, things proceeded as normal. Our playdough had a faint peach color, and smelled perfectly peachy. Once it had cooled enough that the boys were comfortable touching it, the real fun began!

Vance made a peach!

Poke. Poke. Poke.

Edward tends to take a few minutes to warm up to playdough, but once he does, he enjoys it every bit as much as his brother.

I think they would have played with it for hours if we'd had the time, but all good things must come to an end. Not to worry, though. Since this playdough keeps so well, we'll be playing with it all month long!