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Play Dough

1/2 cup salt
1 cup flour
1 tsp cream of tartar
1 Tbs vegetable oil
1 cup water
food coloring

Put everything in a heavy saucepan and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until it forms a ball. Remove from heat. Put the dough onto a board and let it cool a few minutes, then knead for 5 minutes or so.

We like to make this red at Valentine's Day. We roll it out and cut into heart shapes, put them in sandwich bags and deliver them as Valentine's to the kids in the neighborhood.

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