glitter play dough :)

It is so magical and fairy like! It is great! What they do not tell you about making glitter play dough is that your arms are going to great work out. Also you will look like mad scientist while trying to mix the dough on your stove. How to make glitter dough:

* 4 cups flour

* 2 cups salt ( i used iodized salt in case young children try to eat it.)

* 4 cups water 

* 8 teaspoons cream of tartar

* 4 tablespoons cooking oil

* Glitter

* Food coloring

 * You mix the flour, salt, water, cream of tartar, and cooking oil into a large pot. Stir until the mixture looks like regular baking dough. Remove from heat and let the dough cool for a few minutes.  Place the dough onto wax paper. From there you can use all of the dough or you can cut it into sections. Then add glitter to the dough. The key to adding the glitter is to knead the dough and not add all of the glitter at once. After the glitter is completely kneaded into the dough add the food coloring. Most sites will tell you to mix the food coloring into the water at the beginning. But I found it much more effective to add the food coloring at the end. This way you can decide how saturated the colors are. Do not put spoonfuls of food coloring into the dough. Use a toothpick to add the color. You will not need much food coloring. Continue to knead in color until completely mixed into the dough. Make sure when you are done with the dough you put it into the refrigerator if you do not plan on playing with it as soon as you are done.  Have fun playing with the glitter dough, I know my little cousins and I will!