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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the prompt responses. I have pasted together a summary of the suggestions and recipes. I also wanted to let you know that I found Crayola Modeling Clay (NOT Model Magic, which hardens) is available through Office Depot on a special deal if you are a member of NCPG, the National Church Purchasing Group. It costs $49/year for a church to join; it may be available to small businesses as well. To order this way, the clay costs only $0.97 per pound ($~2.50-3.09 retail). The phone number is 800-795-6274. If you give them your zip, the person answering the phone can tell you which churchs in the area are members. The contact is for the Office Depot program is Joy LaCroix (sp?).
Michelle Azimov
Ventura, CA
Suggestions:
Try using a mix of flour instead of one type.
Sweet rice was known as 'sticky rice' for years; maybe changing flours will help.
Use the school's usual recipe, just with GF flour. The archives also some good recipes for play dough.
On the TACAnow website are some similar playdough recipes towards the bottom of the recipe page. Perhaps using regular rice flour, rather than sweet, might help? I also noticed a comment on that website that the playdough was sticky at first, but that after 2 days in a ziplock it was less sticky. Maybe it takes a while for the starch to totally absorbe the liquid? If you do a trial w/regular rice flour, I would cut back to a portion of the recipe (like do 1/4 recipe) to reduce waste should it not turn out.
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Recipes:
1 1/4 cup rice flour
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon cooking oil
2 teaspoons cream of tartar (Do not leave this ingredient out!)
Few drops of food coloring (optional)
Mix dry ingredients in a heavy pan. Add oil, water & food coloring to the dry ingredients. Cook for about 3 minutes, stirring constantly, or until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan. Knead the dough lightly when cool enough to touch.
Store in an airtight contain in the refrigerator (otherwise it will mold really quickly).
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Play Dough - Amber Lee
1 1/4 cups rice flour
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup water
1 Tbsp oil
food coloring (optional)
Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a bowl. Mix water, oil, and coloring together in a saucepan. Add flour mixture. Mix well with a wire wisk. Cook on med-high heat, stirring constantly with a large spoon, until dough pulls away from sides of the pan.
Roll onto countertop. Let cool slightly; knead until smooth. Store in airtight container.
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1/3 cup rice flour
1/3 cup potato starch flour
1/3 cup corn starch
1/3 cup salt
1 teaspoon xanthum gum
1 tablespoon Cream of Tartar
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid, any flavor (or use food coloring but Kool-Aid is brighter and has a scent)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup warm water
Extra corn starch to knead with
In a medium sized saucepan, combine the rice flour, potato starch flour, cornstarch, salt, xanthum gum, cream of tartar, and kool-aid powder. (if using food color instead, add food coloring to water before adding to dry ingredients.) Add the oil and warm water to flour mixture and mix well. Heat the mixture on medium heat for ~1 minute or until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of pan. Remove from heat. Turn out dough onto a cornstarch-floured board or waxed paper. Knead in enough cornstarch until the dough is no longer sticky. Store in airtight container or zip-style bag when not in use. If dough becomes too thick or slightly dry after using, heat in the microwave for ~30 seconds and knead.
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From Sheri L. Sanderson 'Gluten-Free Food for Kids:
2/3 (two thirds) cup rice flour
1/3 (one third) cup potato starch flour
1/3 (one third) cup salt
2 teaspoons xanthan gum or guar gum
1 tablespoon Cream of Tartar
1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid, any flavor - or food coloring.
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 cup warm water
Extra potato starch for kneading dough
Add all dry ingredients and mix, then add oil and warm water to flour mixture and mix well. Heat mixture on medium heat for ~1 minute or until the mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of the pan. Remove from heat. Turn out dough onto cornstarch-floured board or waxed paper. Knead in enough potato starch until the dough is no longer sticky.
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1/2 C. flour
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
3 drops food coloring
Mix together flour and salt. Add coloring to the water. Mix
water with dry ingredients. Work dough until soft. The dough
is now ready for playtime. Wrap in saran to keep moist-lasts a
long time as long as wrapped.
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1 cup water
2 Tbsp. cream of tartar
1 cup flour
1 Tbsp. oil
1/2 c. salt
Combine in sauce pan, stirring, and cook over low heat until
consistency of mashed potatoes. It cooks quickly. Knead until
smooth. Divide dough and add food coloring as desired.
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We had a member in Nashville who experimented with rice flours
and had a lot of problems, this is what she ended up doing:
Prepared carefully (measure accurately and donąt over heat),
this recipe produces a smooth play clay that molds well, smells
nice, and doesnąt stick to your hands.
1/2 cup sorghum flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 cup cold water
1 tblsp. olive oil
food coloring as needed (Betty Crocker gel food coloring)
potato starch as needed, about 1/8 cup
Combine water and oil in a heavy bottom saucepan, set aside.
In a mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients except potato starch
and mix well with a whisk. Put saucepan on medium heat and
immediately add dry mixture. Stir constantly with whisk as
mixture heats. Remove from heat just as mixture reaches wet,
doughy consistency (overcooking will change the texture and
make it rubbery). Cool in pan for a few minutes until cool
enough to touch (dough will still be warm). Sprinkle about 1/8
cup potato starch on wax paper. Take small amounts of dough at
a time, about 1/4 cup, and work with hands. Alternately add
squirts of food coloring and dust hands and/or dough with
potato starch as you work to keep dough from sticking to hands. Set aside after dough seems to be the right consistency and
repeat with other small amounts of dough from pan. Store in
zipper bag or other air-tight container.
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Two of my preschool children have CD. I supply one tub of the
Discount School Supply dough to each class once (or at the most
twice) a year and that is enough for the whole class. I don't
understand why they require so much play-doh - perhaps they
could be more conservative with it to accomodate your childs
needs....so you don't have to work so hard...
Another fun substance for fine motor play (but an altogether
different consistency) is gak. It is really fun to touch and
play with and easily accepts food coloring for different colors. The recipe is:
1 1/2 cups warm water
2 cups white glue (elmers is gf)
Food coloring of choice (McCormick is GF)
Mix Together and set aside
1 cup warm water
2 tablespoons borax (gf)
Mix Together and set aside. Mix two batches together and knead
until dough-like. Keeps for two weeks in airtight container.
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From the Creative Kids At Home Site:
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup corn starch
3/4 cup water
Mix baking soda and corn starch in a pot. Use hands to make sure all lumps are
broken up. Add water. Heat over medium heat. Stir constantly. As soon as the
mixture gathers together, remove from the heat. When it cools, knead into a smooth
playdough.
Note: Don't over cook this playdough or it will crumble when the children use it. If left
out, it dries. Just add water.
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2 cup cornstarch
2 cup baking soda
1 1/4 cup cold water
Gradually add water till smooth. Heat, stirring constantly until mashed potato
consistency. Turn onto plate, cover with damp cloth, let cool. Knead dough
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See the recipe for play dough in my new book, The Gluten-Free
Bible (chapter called "Mama's Little Baby Can't Eat Shortenin'
Bread) - Jax Lowell(www.jaxlowell.com)
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