Art Recipes

Dough Recipes:

Cold Playdough

1 cup salt 
1 cup flour 
1/2 cup water 

*Mix all ingredients together to proper consistency.

Cooked Playdough

1/2 cup salt 
1 cup flour 
1 cup water 
1 T. cooking oil 
1 T. cream of tartar 

*Heat over low heat and stir. When it clumps up remove from heat and knead in a few drops of food coloring

Peanut Butter Playdough

1 part peanut butter 
1 part non-fat powdered milk 
1 tsp. of honey*(optional) 

* Mix and knead.* Honey should be avoided for children under age one.

Bread Dough

1 part white bread without crust 
1 part Elmer's glue 
food coloring 

*Shred bread well and add glue. knead until proper consistency and not to gooey. Add either bread or glue as needed. Add a few drops of coloring as desired. This dough dries well.

Oatmeal Fun Dough

2 cups uncooked oatmeal 
1 cup flour 
1/4 cup water 

*Mix all ingredients and knead dough.

Rubber Dough

2 cups baking soda 
1 1/2 cup water 
1 cup cornstarch 

*Mix with fork. boil over medium heat until thick. Cool on flat surface.

Other Recipes:

Flour Finger-paint

3 cups flour 
2 TBSP liquid soap 
3/4 cup water 
food coloring 

*Mix all ingredients together

Finger Paint

*Mix together dry tempera paint with liquid starch or wall paper paste.

Puffy Tempera Paint

(for paper use only) 
1 part salt 
1 part flour 
1 water 
2 parts dry tempera 

*Mix all ingredients together and put in squeeze bottles.

Silly Putty

*Add 4 T. of white Elmer's glue to 2 T. of liquid starch. Mix together, if it stays stringy, add a drop of glue. If too brittle add more starch. Chill for at least 3 hours.

Clean Crayons

*Mix 2 parts Ivory Snow powder with 1 part water until thick and creamy. Add a desired food coloring drop. Let harden in small molds, or ice cube trays. Super Bubbles 
1 cup water 
2 T. light karo syrup 
4 T. liquid dish soap 

*Mix all ingredients together.

Sidewalk Chalk

2 cups of water 
2 cups of Plaster of Paris 
2 T. powdered tempera 

*Stir all ingredients and let set for a few minutes. Pour into paper towel tubes that have been taped over at one end. Let dry for at least 2 hours