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Recipes Only a
Kindergarten Teacher Would Love!*

These are a few of my favorite recipes, hope you will enjoy using them in your classroom!

Favorite Cooked Playdough* 1 cup flour
1/4 cup salt
1 tsp. cream of tartar
Combine in sucepan.
Add and whisk until smooth:
1 cup water
1 Tbsp oil
Food coloring (Wilton color paste works great!)
Cook over medium heat until playdough is almost set.
Add: 1 Tbsp. imitation vanilla extract or peppermint extract. Stir until extract is blended, then remove and knead when cool. Store in Ziploc bag or air tight container.

*You can double or even triple this recipe

Cornstarch Clay

Materials:
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
2/3 cup warm water
food coloring
saucepan

Procedure:
1. Mix the baking soda and cornstarch into the saucepan.
2. Add the food coloring to the water and stir until all lumps have disappeared.
3. Cook until the mixture boils over medium heat (mixture should look like mashed potatoes).
4. Knead when cool.

Kool-Aid Play Dough Recipe
Mix together:
1 c. sifted flour
1/2 c. salt
1 tsp. cream of tartar
3 T. oil
1 package Kool-Aid
1 c. boiling water
Mix well, cool and knead.

Peanut Butter Playdough*
Ingredients:·
18 oz. peanut butter
6 tbsps. honey
Non-fat dry milk
Procedure:
Mix all ingredients, adding enough dry milk to give make dough workable.
*This dough is edible, be sure to check for peanut allergies!

Fingerpaint Recipe

Mix 1 1/2 cups starch with enough cold water to make a paste. Slowly add 4 cups of boiling water, stirring constantly. Cook until clear, avoiding too hot a fire. While still warm, stir in 1 1/2 cups soap flakes. Add 2 tablespoons glycerine. Add food coloring to portion which will be used immediately and store the remainder in the refrigerator in a covered jar.

These paints work best on glazed paper such as shelf paper.

Fingerpaint Recipe
(no cook)

Mix 6 tablespoons dry laundry starch with just enough cold water to make mixture liquid and smooth. Pour this mixture slowly into 1 quart boiling water, stirring well until thick. Add a drop of oil of cloves and mix again. Divide into portions (a muffin pan is a good holder) and add food coloring.

Face Paint

Materials Needed:
· 1 tsp. Cornstarch
· 1/2 tsp. Cold cream
· 1/2 tsp. Cold water
· Food coloring

Instructions:
Mix the ingredients together and paint away! This will wash off with cold cream.

Condensed Milk Paint

1 cup condensed milk
Food coloring

Mix one cup condensed milk with a few drops of food coloring. This makes a very bright, glossy colored paint.