It's no secret that young children first learn about the world of taste. Especially attractive for them colorful and bright things, in particular, wedges of clay, so like beautiful candy. Mothers have to be alert all the time, and for this reason, modeling classes with the child often turn into hard service.
We offer a great solution to this problem. Let's prepare homemade clay. It is soft, pleasant to the touch, and most importantly - completely edible! Now, creating crafts with the crumbs, you can not be afraid that the child accidentally eats a piece of plasticine.
Ingredients: 2-3 cups flour 1 cup water, 0.5 cup salt 1 h. Spoon citric acid, 1 tbsp. spoon vegetable oil, colored food dyes.
How to cook: mix all the ingredients except the flour in a large bowl. Then we introduce the flour: first add 2 cups, stir and check. If the spread and stick to hands - add another 0.5 cups. And so on until the clay is no longer stick to hands.
To obtain different colors, divide the mass into pieces and each of them add food coloring. Again mix until uniform. That's all clay ready for molding. Keep it should be refrigerated in a sealed container.
We recommend: If we use 2-2.5 cups of flour, the output is clay, which is ideal for the little ones, as it turns out very soft and pliable.
If we take 2.5-3 cups of flour, we get the still soft clay that is easily rumpled, but it can be something fashion.
If the plant is part of the more than 3 cups of flour - clay becomes harder crafts not easily crumple, but also to mold is a little more complicated. This consistency of modeling clay for children older than 2 years.
