>> BEST HOMEMADE PLAY DOUGH RECIPES

-- Compliments of Kid Tips, King Features Syndicate and Tom McMahon

Each of these three recipes are superb, inexpensive and can be made in 10-minutes. Store in a covered container. Children should not eat the dough. Offer your child safe kitchen utensils, especially cookie cutters, as tools for their creations. The Play-Doh® Fun Factory toys are excellent. Display the masterpieces as table decorations.

SMELL-DOUGH
Mix 3 cups flour, ½ cup salt and 1 Tbl. Alum. Add 2 packages unsweetened Kool-Aid®, 3 Tbl. oil and 2 cups boiling water. Mix well, then place on cutting board. When cool, knead with your hands.
-- Jennifer Gerst, Moraga, Calif.

KOOL-AID® PLAY DOUGH
Mix 1 cup flour, ½ cup salt and 2 tsp. cream of tartar in medium saucepan. Mix 1 cup water, 1 Tbl. oil and 1 package unsweetened Kool-Aid® (or a few drops of food coloring) in glass measuring cup and pour into saucepan. Stir constantly with wooden spoon while cooking over medium heat until mixture forms a ball. Place on cutting board. When cool, knead with your hands.

CHOCOLATE-SCENTED PLAY DOUGH Mix 1 ¼ cups flour, ½ cup cocoa, ½ cup salt and ½ Tbl. cream of tartar in bowl. Add 1 ½ Tbl. oil and 1 cup boiling water. Stir quickly and mix well. Place on cutting board. When cool, knead with your hands.
-- Peggy J. Ksander, W. Lafayette, Ind.