Make homemade glittering modeling clay for your children to play with.

This craft is for an adult, rather than a child (due to using a stove). Do not let children eat this dough (it’s very salty, so they probably won’t eat it, but you can never be sure).

Supplies Needed:
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 1/2 cups salt
  • 6 teaspoons cream of tartar
  • 4 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 cups water
  • Food coloring
  • Glitter (you'll need a lot)

Instructions

1.

In a big cooking pot, combine the flour, salt, and cream of tartar. Then add the oil, water, and food coloring. Mix until there are no lumps and the color is uniform.

A cooking pot
2.

Heat the mixture on the stove (medium heat) while stirring constantly. Then heat it until it forms a ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan.

A pot on the stove.
3.

Let it cool, then knead the glitter into the clay (you’ll have to use a lot of glitter). Work on a flat surface, like a kitchen counter. To add glitter, flatten out the clay with your hands and pour some glitter on it. Fold over the clay and knead it for a while. Repeat until the clay looks glittery.

When not in use, store the glitter clay in a plastic bag or plastic container.

The finished glitter clay.