Make & design Clay Dough

Ingredients: 2 cups flour, 1/2 cup salt, 2 tablespoons cream of tartar, 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons cooking oil

Stir together flour, salt, and cream of tartar in a saucepan.  Then add the water and cooking oil.  Put the pan over medium heat, and cook for 3-5 minutes.  Stir the mixture constantly until it looks like mashed potatoes.  Dump the clay out on a sheet of waxed paper, but wait until the clay is cool enough to touch.  Roll out the play clay to a layer about 1/4 inch thick.  Use cookie cutters to make assorted shapes.  Use a straw or pencil to put a hole in the top to make an ornament or make a star award to tie with ribbon to give to the "star" of the day at your house!  Let the cutouts air dry for 24 hours on a wire wrack.  Paint with poster and write names on with glitter markers.  Tie a ribbon through the hole.  Use your imagination to make all sorts of fun things with this dough!  So fun to then paint them and design them the way you like.  Make a star award for each kid.  Make fun name stars to hang with ribbon to decorate their room, put one letter on each star or design and hang them with ribbon in their room.  Such a cute, cheap decoration!