How to make your own natural play dough

I’m no Martha Stewart, but my mother taught me to make play dough as a child and I like to continue the tradition with my daughter.

It’s fun and so much easier than you imagine. If you know a few tiny tricks.

The first trick is – the recipe for play dough is on the back of the Cream of Tartare tin at the supermarket. Clear as day.

Secondly, it does miraculously just turn into pliable, play-worthy dough in minutes.

Here’s the recipe:

2 cups plain flour
4 tbs McKenzie’s Cream of Tartar
2 tbs cooking oil
1 cup salt
2 cups water
food colouring drops

Whisk all the ingredients together in a cool saucepan until smooth. Getting all the lumps out. Pop onto the stove top on low to medium heat and stir for three to five minutes with a spoon until the mixture congeals.

Add glitter if you like for extra sparkle. It's play time.

Images: Melinda Ayre