My first try for playdoh

I didn't know that I could make playdoh by myself until Jo gave me her recipe. It looked very simple, but it worked really good!

What you need are: 1 cup of flour, 1 tbsp of oil, Half cup of salt, food color, 1 tbsp of "cream of tartar"

I first didn't understand what "cream of tartar" is. I asked my husband if he has ever heard about this and he thought I was making fun of him with my imaginary product. The reactions from the shop staffs were pretty much the same. They said "What? Hah?" and looked at me as if I were a stranger from other planet. I found that there is a web-shop which is specialized in baking ingredients and they can deliver it to me, but it was too late for the class, so I made my playdoh without it. "Cream of tartar" is still not so popular in Japan it seems.

First I mixed oil, salt, food color and water and stirred. Then I added flour, mixed it in the pan, kept the dough till it cooled down and kneaded it to be smooth. Apparently I didn't measured the flour correctly, so my playdoh was a bit sticky.

土曜日のクラスのために、粘土を作りました。粘土が自分で作れるなんて、ジョーさんからレシピをもらうまで知りませんでした。とっても簡単なレシピだったので、ここでも紹介します。

必要な物：小麦粉1カップ、植物油大さじ１、塩1/2カップ、食用色素、「クリーム　オブ　ターター」（粘土を長持ちさせるために入れるカリウム。スコーン作りなどに使われるそうです。）
＊私はこのターターが手に入らなかったので、なしで作りました。

作り方：小麦粉以外をすべてフライパンに入れて温め、かき回します。火からおろしたら小麦粉を投入し、よく混ぜます。机の上などに出して冷めるのを待ち、冷めたら手でなめらかになるまで良くこねます。


Here is my first playdoh I made! For the first try, I think I did OK!:-)Just will be more careful with measuring next time.

こちらが完成品。小麦粉を計り間違えたようで、ネバネバ粘土になってしまいましたが、これもまた経験で良いことにしました。


My second art activity for the class was making the colors for "Rainbow in a bag". Again Jo's recipe was very clear and I enjoyed making it.

What you need are: 1 cup of corn starch, 1/3 cup of sugar, food coloring, 4 cups of water

Put corn starch, sugar and water in a pan and heat it till it gets thick. Then remove the pan from heat and wait till it gets cool. Put the thing into 3 bowls. Add some food color and mix it well.

そしてもう一つクラスのために作ったのが、カラーゼリー。「袋の中の虹」のアクティビティー用です。こちらもジョーさんのレシピを参考にしました。

必要な物：　コーンスターチ1カップ、砂糖1/3カップ、水4カップ、食用色素。

食用色素以外をフライパンに入れて、温めながらかき混ぜます。液体が重くなるまで煮詰め、火からおろし少し冷まします。その後、作りたい色の数だけボウルに液体をあけます。食用色素を入れてよくかき混ぜます。



For me, mixing the food color part was so much fun!! Colors are so vibrant! Thank you very much for wonderful recipes, Jo!

色素がトロトロのコーンスターチに混ざる様子は、本当に面白いです！思わず「おぉ～」と一人で喜んでしまいました。