No Tartar Playdough Recipe
Don’t have any cream of tartar? Don’t worry, you can make playdough without cream of tartar. A typical recipe with cream of tartar is this cream of tartar playdough recipe.
No Tartar Playdough Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of salt
- 1/2 cup of flour
- Your choice of food coloring
Directions:
- Mix ingredients in pan.
- Set it to low heat and stir.
- When dough forms, remove it from the heat.
- Allow to cool and then enjoy!
Another simple playdough recipe that provides some amazing results. If you want something really quick and simple, don’t use food coloring.
Extended directions for No Tartar Playdough Recipe
The short version of the recipe is simple enough, but if you feel like you need a step-by-step explanation with images, here it is.
Step 1:
We begin with collecting the ingredients. Here you can see the water, flour, salt and food coloring. All we need for this specific playdough recipe.

Step 2:
In the pan where you plan to cook the playdough, mix all ingredients. It should look something like this, depending on how much food coloring you want to use. Just pour it in there and mix together.

Step 3:
Start heating the mixture on medium heat, it’s important that we don’t burn it. After a minute or so it should look like this. A bit more doughy but nowhere near finished.

Step 4:
Now you will be able to see that the mixture changes quite rapidly. To make sure you don’t burn it you can lower the heat some. After quickly changing and when finished it should look like this. Remember that it’s a bit hot, but it cools rather quickly.

Step 5:
When cool enough, remove the finished playdough from the pan and start making your creations. My finished playdough looked like this.

Because of all the salt in the playdough, it will dry out your skin, so remember lotion after handling it.
Good luck with your own playdough cooking, I’m certain it will turn out great!
6 Comments.
Where do I find glow-in-the-dark powder?
You can find it here: Green Glow Pigment Powder 1oz- Green Glow in the Dark
I linked to green powder but there are many different colors.
could you add koolaid to this instead of food coloring and how long does it last?
I haven’t tried, but please let me know how it turns out if you try it. The standard recipe is good for a couple of weeks or so, stored in airtight container.
I made this tonight with my 4 year old and 5 year old daughters. It was great. We only had enough salt on hand to make half the recipe but it worked out great. I was pleased to show them that we can make things at home and don’t have to buy everything.
Wonderful! That’s one of the things I really appreciate with homemade playdough as well