No, I am not suggesting you eat white flour. I am suggesting that you play with it!
Homemade Modeling Clay
~This is notΒ like play dough, but this is the type of clay that dries into shapes. Keep leftovers in a air-tight plastic bag to keep from drying out.
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
- optional: food coloring or paint
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Feel free to adjust wet or dry amounts to create the desired consistency of a tough, yet workable clay.
Shape into anything you like! Make beads, animals, letters, shapes. Then, put in a dehydrator over night or until dry. If using an oven, turn on low temperature, preferably 200*, and bake for a few hours or until dry. The bigger the shape, the longer it has to cook and dry.
Then, paint it if you wish!
This is a great way to use up all that yucky white flour, white salt, and gross vegetable oil you might have lurking in your cabinets. Then you can replace them with fun stuff like coconut flour, garbanzo bean flour, himalayan salt, olive oil, or coconut oil!
Did you see that I didn’t paint any of them yet? Well…..I’ll leave that up to you! What colors should I paint my new creations???
Thought-provoking, mind-prodding question of the day:
Were you a big artsy kid growing up?
My mom is an artist, so I always had markers, paper, felt, fabric, beads, buttons, you name it! I loved craft time!
What a fun post! I love it. π
Haha this is so creative!!! This would be a great babysitting “recipe” π I’ll have to keep this one in my pocket!
OH YEAH!!!! That is a good idea π Plus, the kids wouldn’t die if they ate it-it’s edible…just realy salty and void of nutrients….
AHAHAHAH SO CLEVER!!
I love this!!! π What an ingenius idea!!!! π This would be perfect for my babysitting kit! π HOw would you add colors to it? food coloring? Or do you paint them?
Both! Either! Whateva you want to do π
how cute! i was artsyish.. i tried (and still do) and wish i could be better! does playing piano really well count? π
I think that’s considered musical π And musical is great, too!!!!
How fun! Get some glitter!
Fun idea, Alex! I am going to have to make this with my niece this weekend!
Yes!!! She will love it π Have fun!
this is such a funny idea!! I wish I had some of the ingredients but I don’t! (which is a good thing) π heheh… I LOVE making stuff and I think you should paint them neon colors π
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hahahah that is so creative! way to go alex π
another option is baking with it but adding lots of flax and whole wheat flour to make up for it? I dont know if I would… but its an idea!
Yeah, sure…..it would still be pretty darn salty, though π
I agree with missy! Get some glitter!
Such a fun idea π
I always made my kids clay and play dough. I used kool aid to colour it with and it also made everything smell fruity. I just had to be careful they didn’t eat it!
That’s a good idea, too! But I really don’t keep kool aid in my house π
The teddybear is soooo cute!!!
We were trying to think of a fun activity we could do this weekend (my boyfriend and I) and I just love this idea!! We don’t have any white flour in the house, but I’m sure I can pick up a bit!
I don’t have any white flour here, but I might buy some just for this. Meghan would love it! What a fun idea. π
Love this idea, my brothers would enjoy this immensely!
the dough clenched in your fist almost looks like you are squeezing an anatomical heart! thats so cool!! <3