• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1 tsp cream of tartar 
• 1 cup water
• 1 Tbsp oil
• Drop or two of Food coloring
• Combine dry stuff in saucepan then add wet then stir until smooth. Cook the lot over medium heat until nearly play-dough is nearly set.

Towards the end add 1 tsp imitation vanilla extract stir until vanilla is blended, then remove and knead when cool. Store in an air tight container.
Why vanilla…I don’t know but it really seems to make it feel nice…and smell.

We were suposed to be off for a walk down the beach with Jane this morning when Ara pointed to the bench and I understood that she wanted to play with some dough…but we’d throwen the last lot away as it was just too yuck! I tried the uncooked play-dough but it really was not all that great. Was still very damp feeling, sticky and I used up a lot of flour with that recipe. Ma was saying that the cooked stuff was better…I really must agree that it is. She also suggests putting a bit of dishwash in to stop the kids eating it but we’ve not had that problem yet so we’ll just keep on with the recipe we’ve got now.