{"id":961,"date":"2017-09-07T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T21:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=961"},"modified":"2017-09-22T19:57:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T19:57:41","slug":"how-to-make-really-good-play-dough-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/09\/07\/how-to-make-really-good-play-dough-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Really Good Play Dough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/09\/playdough2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-963\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/09\/playdough2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/09\/playdough2.jpg 240w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2017\/09\/playdough2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Spring colors and spring cookie cutters!<\/p>\n<h4>Ingredients<\/h4>\n<p>1 cup flour<br \/>\n1\/2 cup salt<br \/>\n2 teaspoons cream of tartar (alum works well, too)<br \/>\n1 cup water<br \/>\n2 tablespoons vegetable oil<br \/>\nfood coloring (use icing gels for more vibrant colors)<\/p>\n<h4>Instructions<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Heat water, oil, and food coloring in saucepan until boiling.<\/li>\n<li>Mix flour, salt, and cream of tartar and add to heated water mixture, mixing until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not let mixutre stick to the pot.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Dump the mixture onto a cookie sheet or tray and let it cool slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Knead, knead, and knead! The secret to great play dough is in the kneading. Knead until soft and smooth. When it&#8217;s cool enough, children can help with this part.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Play dough will keep in a tightly lidded container for a few months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring colors and spring cookie cutters! Ingredients 1 cup flour 1\/2 cup salt 2 teaspoons cream of tartar (alum works well, too) 1 cup water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil food coloring (use icing gels for more vibrant colors) Instructions Heat water, oil, and food coloring in saucepan until boiling. Mix flour, salt, and cream of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2017\/09\/07\/how-to-make-really-good-play-dough-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Make Really Good Play Dough&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}