有人問我DIY Play－Doh 黏土怎麼做。有幾個方法，我個人覺得這個方式很好，做的黏土很好用，而且一次可以做好多不同顏色。
把材料放進鍋子裡： 2.5杯麵粉，2.5杯水，1.5杯鹽巴，1.5大匙Cream of Tartar （塔塔粉），5大匙油（我是用了椰子油，讓黏土特別香，但其他植物油也行）。 攪拌，然後用小火漫漫煮，讓水份消失。煮的時候一定要一直攪拌，把鍋子邊緣跟鍋底的麵粉也一起刮起來一起攪拌。黏土看起來差不多香麵團時候就可以關火，繼續攪拌。我這時候把黏土放到大碗裡，帶了手套用揉黏土像揉麵團一樣的感覺。要小心燙喔！溫度到了室溫時就可以開始把一部份一部份拿去染色。我用食物的染色漫漫的調顏色。
保存要記得包在密封袋子然後再裝進密封盒，這樣是會保存最久的方法。
自己做是比買的便宜多了，也可以自己調色，黏土乾掉或怎麼樣也不會很難過因為已經可以隨時自己做！
希望大家喜歡喔！
Some people have asked me for the Play-Doh recipe I use. This one I like because it makes really good Play-doh. Some other easier recipes have been problematic sometimes.
2.5c flour
2.5c water
1.5 c salt
5 tbsp oil (i used coconut, makes it smell really good, but you can use whatever)
1.5 tbsp cream of tartar (I have this bc I use it in some baking, but I know some other recipes don't use it)
Food coloring (I've heard watercolor can be used, too but I like to use food coloring)
Put all of the ingredients except for the food coloring into a pot and mix well, cook over low heat while stirring constantly. That will get it to meld together nicely, and the water will cook out of the mix. Make sure you keep scraping the sides and bottom or else it'll get dry and crusted. Once the dough is a good consistency, turn off the heat and keep kneading it with a wooden spoon or something. I like to use my hands, but it's pretty warm still at this point, so I used gloves.
Once it's a bit more cooled, can transfer to a bowl. You can divide the white dough into different balls to dye into different colors. I'd recommend wearing gloves for this stage. Add in the dye a bit at a time and knead it through until it's all even. Once it's even I hand it off to the kids to play with. If the dye isn't even and you still see swirls, that means it can come off onto their hands (and carpet/clothing/furniture!), but once the dye is all blended into the dough, the color shouldn't come off onto their hands. Make sure you store in an airtight container. I found it best to separate the colors into individual baggies, squeeze all the air out of the plastic bag, and then put all the bags into a big airtight tupperware container. That keeps it soft longer.
