Okay, so this post isn't going to be particularly chic. It's about dough. Play Dough to be exact. So it's sort of a mom-themed post. Or a post for people who want to practice their molding skills. I dunno.

Full disclosure: I am NOT a mom. I am an aunt to two adorable ankle biters and I was a Brownie Troupe Leader (a Tawny Owl, thankyouverymuch) for several years. So... there.

Anyway. Enough disclosures. Here's my recipe for perfect, non-toxic play dough in 15 minutes. Try it. You won't be sorry. (And if you do this with kids, let them help make the colours. They LOVE that part.)

Ingredients

• 4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup regular table salt
• 1/2 cup cream of tartar (which is a sort of acid salt that you can get at bakery and grocery stores - shown)
• 4 cups water
• 4 tablespoons oil (cooking oil is fine)
• Food colouring

Instructions

• Sift all the dry ingredients into a pot  (the flour, the salt, the cream of tartar) and make sure they're well mixed, then add the wet ingredients (the oil, and the water, but NOT the food colouring).
• Place over low heat and stir until the mixture forms a dough (which will take about 10 minutes)
• Let the dough cool then separate into balls (about 6).
• Knead each ball with food colouring to make your colours. Use more colouring for saturated colours, less for pastels. Be creative!
• Put each ball in it's own little zip lock baggie and refrigerate.
• Voila!

The dough won't last forever, but you should get some good fun out of it. And it's very kid friendly and non-toxic, so it's probably okay if baby takes a bite (though I'm no doc and only you know what your kid can and can't eat. No suing me.)

* Truck image by Chrissi Nerantzi from Stock.Xchng.