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This week's Craft of the Week features Silly Putty!  This fun and versatile playdough has been around for decades and now you too can make it right in your own home.

Store the Silly Putty in an air tight container, plastic bag, or plastic Easter egg (just like the original putty). The mixture will look like putty after it is kneaded, in fact, the more you knead the better the consistency will be.

This recipe came from Tanya a member of our online craft group : ).
Thanks Tanya!

What you need:

• 1 tablespoon of liquid Starch
• 2-3 drops of food coloring
• 2 tablespoons of white glue*
  *(Note: According to craft author, Kathy Ross,  "My experience with making silly putty is that you must use the regular, original, adult type Elmer's Glue, NOT the School Glue." Otherwise, it may turn out "runny".)
• Plastic Easter egg or zip bag

What to do:

1. Mix the white glue and food coloring together in a small bowl.  Pour the liquid starch into a second small bowl.  Slowly pour the glue mixture on top of the liquid starch.
2. Allow the mixture to stand for 5 minutes or until the glue absorbs the liquid starch.
3. Remove the putty from the bowl and knead until the desired consistency.

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In 1956 Play-doh entered the market as a wallpaper cleaner. Non-toxic and less messy than regular modeling clay, it is soon recognized that the cleaner makes an excellent toy. The innovative product made Joe McVicker a millionaire before his twenty-seventh birthday. To date, 700 million pounds of Play-doh have been sold.