HI there, Anyone know how to make play dough please in grams & mls!! Theres tons of sites telling you how to make it but all with American weights and I cant work it out as all the conversion sites say different things lol.
Or can someone convert please
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup salt
34 cup water
Ta very much
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Re: Make play dough
It doesnt matter about what it is I used to use a large mug and as long as you stick with that for the measurement you should be fine. I would also add a small amount of oil just a tad it makes it work better. We put food colouring in and smelly oils just becarefull where its used.
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Re: Make play dough
assuming that it's 3/4 cup water too rather than 34 - sorry, couldn't resist.
Love the idea of essential oils - have been 'getting round' to making this for ages now.
Love the idea of essential oils - have been 'getting round' to making this for ages now.
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Funny how you see what your expecting to see ... I never noticed the 34Shirley wrote:assuming that it's 3/4 cup water too rather than 34 - sorry, couldn't resist.
Love the idea of essential oils - have been 'getting round' to making this for ages now.
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Re: Make play dough
I've got another recipe - no idea whether it's any good. I can't remember where I found it.
Baking Powder & Cornstarch Craft Dough
(Borrowed from www.nationalgeographic.com)
2 cups (470 ml) baking soda
1 cup (240 ml) corn starch
1 1/4 cups (300 ml) water
2-quart (1.9l) saucepan
Wax paper
Poster or acrylic paints
Colored felt-tip markers
1. Stir the baking soda, cornstarch, and water together in the saucepan. Heat for a few minutes on a medium setting, stirring constantly until the mixture is the thickness of mashed potatoes.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and scrape the mixture onto a piece of wax paper. You’ve made a kind of clay! Allow it to cool for at least ten minutes.
3. With your hands, roll the cool clay into a ball, then flatten the ball on the wax paper. Keep rolling and flattening the clay until it is smooth.
4. Allow creations to dry overnight or until they are hard. Then add markings and details with paint and colored markers.
5. Keep unused clay from drying out by sealing it inside a plastic bag and putting it in the refrigerator.
Baking Powder & Cornstarch Craft Dough
(Borrowed from www.nationalgeographic.com)
2 cups (470 ml) baking soda
1 cup (240 ml) corn starch
1 1/4 cups (300 ml) water
2-quart (1.9l) saucepan
Wax paper
Poster or acrylic paints
Colored felt-tip markers
1. Stir the baking soda, cornstarch, and water together in the saucepan. Heat for a few minutes on a medium setting, stirring constantly until the mixture is the thickness of mashed potatoes.
2. Remove the pan from the heat and scrape the mixture onto a piece of wax paper. You’ve made a kind of clay! Allow it to cool for at least ten minutes.
3. With your hands, roll the cool clay into a ball, then flatten the ball on the wax paper. Keep rolling and flattening the clay until it is smooth.
4. Allow creations to dry overnight or until they are hard. Then add markings and details with paint and colored markers.
5. Keep unused clay from drying out by sealing it inside a plastic bag and putting it in the refrigerator.
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Re: Make play dough
not being very good at american ingredients - am guessing that Baking Soda is what I'd call Bicarbonate of Soda? Is Cornstarch the same as Cornflour?
might try that for spindle whorls
OOh Often powder poster paints are a better colouring for the playdough as food colourings can stain fingers (and carpets) - I use food colourings for dyeing wool. had green fingers for a week
might try that for spindle whorls
OOh Often powder poster paints are a better colouring for the playdough as food colourings can stain fingers (and carpets) - I use food colourings for dyeing wool. had green fingers for a week
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Re: Make play dough
Yes and yes (bicarb and cornflour)
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