Play dough

From: Pinterest...

5 cups water
5 cups flour
2 1/2 cups salt
3 T cream of tarter
10 T vegetable oil
food coloring

Mix the water, salt, cream of tarter and food coloring together in a pan.  Cook on medium-low stirring constantly until the mixture is hot.  Add your oil and stir in the flour one cup at a time stirring after each addition.  Mix until playdough pulls away form the pan and is no longer sticky.  Place on counter and when it has cooled just a bit knead the dough until it is all mixed together.

For Christmas time divide the batch into two pans only adding red food coloring to one of the pans, when your kneading your dough on the counter add glitter, even peppermint oil for a fun smell.  Divide each the white batch and the red into 8 equal pieces and roll into about a 6-8" snake, twist together. Place in a mason canning jar add cute scrap paper to the top and a nice card "Candy Cane Playdough" Voila darling Christmas presents for your children's friends.