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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Sand Dough Recipe

Sand Dough


You will need:
1 cup sand
1/2 cup cornstarch
1 tsp. alum
3/4 cups of water


Stir together sand, cornstarch, and alum in saucepan.  Add the water and stir until it is smooth and cornstarch has dissolved.  Cook dough over medium-low heat stirring occasionally.  The dough will start to thicken within a minute or two.  Scrape mixture from sides of pan while stirring.  After 3 minutes the dough will be the consistency of playdough.  Remove from pan and let cool.  The sculpt away!  The clay will take about a week to completely dry.