I need to preface this by saying this entire idea and the recipe itself came from Laurie at Stylin' Savanna.
Today is Letty's Easter Celebration at school, and this means that as parents we needed to send in one small item for each child. Letty kept insisting that it be small, so I am figuring her teachers were really trying to nail home that sentiment. So when I saw Laurie's post the other day I thought it was cute and looked super easy and it probably wouldn't cost me a dime. And seeing as half the supplies came from my mother well then.... freesies for me. Thanks to her.
The recipe is as follows:
2 cups of flour
2 cups of warm water
1 cup salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cream of tarter
To make the "carrot" you'll need a plastic baggie (Laurie used icing decorating bags but, I'm cheap) and green ribbon (again, thank you mom). You'll also need food coloring.
Place all of the ingredients in a pot over medium heat. It took about two minutes till it became a play-doh like consistency. Laurie suggested adding the food coloring before it starts to solidify and I would say, YES. I started when it was liquid but it all happened so fast that I didn't get the shade of orange I wanted so I ended up kneading the color in later too. Liquid is best.
Once the dough has cooled down I just separated it into equalish piles to make sure I had enough for each student and stuffed the dough into the bag into a carrot shape. Tie on the ribbon and wala! Carrot play-doh!
By the way, I greatly hate play-doh. There. I said it. But in an effort to be a fun mom.... why not?
