How to Make Two Ingredient Play

Dough
Traditional play dough requires a lot of ingredients. Some recipes even involve cooking. Luckily,
it is possible to make play dough using 2 simple ingredients. The most popular recipe uses
cornstarch and conditioner, but there are lots of other ways to make it too. There is even 1
recipe that is completely edible!

Pour some hair conditioner into a bowl. How much conditioner you use is up to you.
If you only want to make a little bit of play dough, use 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) of
conditioner. If you want to make more, try ½ cup (120 milliliters) of conditioner instead.
Keep in mind that you will eventually need to add twice the amount of cornstarch. [1]
 If you don't have conditioner, you can use hand lotion or aloe vera instead.[2]
 Make sure that you like the smell of the conditioner.
 You don't need to use the expensive kind of conditioner. The cheap kind will work just
fine.

Add twice as much cornstarch into the bowl. For example, if you used 1 tablespoon
(15 milliliters) of conditioner, you will need 2 tablespoons (15 grams) of cornstarch. If
you used ½ cup (120 milliliters) of conditioner, then you will need 1 cup (125 grams) of
cornstarch.[3]
 If you can't find cornstarch, use cornflour instead. It is the same thing, but with a different
name.

Mix everything together with a spoon or rubber spatula. Scrape the sides of the bowl
often so that all of the cornstarch goes into the conditioner. If the play dough sticks to
the spoon too much, add 1 teaspoon of cornstarch. If the play dough is too crumbly, add
1 teaspoon of conditioner.[4]

Knead the play dough for 1 to 2 minutes. Press down on the dough with your hands,
then pick it up and flip it over. Press down on it and flip it over. Repeat this step until the
dough starts to come together and all of the cornstarch has disappeared into the
conditioner.[5]
 If you made a tiny amount of play dough, knead it with your fingers instead.
Knead in some glitter and/or food coloring, if desired. How much glitter and food coloring
you use depends on how much play dough you are making. If you made a little bit of
play dough, a sprinkle of glitter and a drop of food coloring will be plenty. If you made a
lot of play dough, try a teaspoon of glitter and 1 to 3 drops of food coloring.
 Extra-fine glitter will look much nicer than the regular chunky kind, but you can use
whatever you want.
 If your conditioner is already colored, be aware that the food coloring may mix with it
to create a new color. It would be best to use the same color and get brighter play
dough.

Play with the play dough, then discard it when it dries up. Because this recipe is very
simple, the play dough will not last very long. It may start drying up after the first time that you
use it. If it is still wet when you are done playing with it, you can put it into a sealed container.[6]