Playdough and Slime!

Can't go wrong with these easy recipes - I have tested them myself and you don't have to spend much money, or any,  if you already have the ingredients.


PLAYDOUGH

You will need:
 
3 cups of flour
1 1/2 cups of salt
6tsp Cream of Tartar
3 cups of water
Food colouring

Put it all in a pot. You will need to slowly heat the mixture on  a low/med heat. Stir the whole time - it doesn't take long for the dough to start pulling away from the sides. Take it off the heat at this stage and let it cool a little. You can add food colouring at this point, you could make two or three colours even. If you store this recipe well (in an airtight container) it will last a couple of months.
There are other recipes around that don't involve cooking but they are not as good as this one.


SLIME

Easy Peezy this one.

All you need is cornflour and water (and food colouring if you like). 2 cups of cornflour will make enough for a couple of kids to play with, but you can always increase the amount to make a bulk lot.

Slowly add water to the cornflour. For 2 cups of cornflour you will need approx. 1.5 cups of water, but check the consistency as you go.

Try and store the mixture in the fridge and if the cornflour settles in the bottom just give it a stir and it should go back to slime :)

Great for rainy winter days! Feel free to post any other tips or similar recipes in the comments.

4 Ingredient Recipes

I thought we would start with some a link to some easy recipes. In Australia recently there were a couple of women who released some recipe books where everything was based on 4 ingredients only(http://www.4ingredients.com.au/). They were SO easy and cheap and really tasty too. If you can't afford (or find) the books then there are a few sites that will give you some similar recipes, often submitted by readers. So here are a couple of good links:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,4_ingredient,FF.html

http://busycooks.about.com/od/fiveingredientsorless/a/500fiveingredie.htm

Let me know what you think, I have tried some of these myself. You can add your own embellishments or whatever else you have in your pantry. If you have your own 3,4 or 5 ingredient recipe that you would be willing to have posted on this blog you can email me :)