Playdough?

[chgomom]

GI doc says that this can cause problems....because of its content is wheat based and unless I wear gloves or essentially hose down afterwards not to do it????

[wonkabar]

GI doc says that this can cause problems....because of its content is wheat based and unless I wear gloves or essentially hose down afterwards not to do it????

Play-doh does contain wheat. So if your child puts some in their mouth or puts their fingers in their mouth while they're playing with it, they will be getting gluten.

The Crayola Modeling Clay is gluten free. It's not quite as mushy as the Play-Doh, but my 3 year old son has fun with it just the same. You can use cookie cutters and stuff with it.

[flxmanning]

In "The Gluten-Free Bible" they actually give a good recipe for this. It's

1 cup gluten-free peanut butter

3/4 cup light corn syrup

1/4 cup honey

1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar

1 1/4 cups nonfat dry milk

1. Put the peanut butter, corn syrup, honey, confetioners' sugar, and dry milk in a medium bowl.

2. With your hands, mix the ingredients thoroughly. Do not refrigerate.

I hope this helps...good luck:)

[ADSayegh]

GI doc says that this can cause problems....because of its content is wheat based and unless I wear gloves or essentially hose down afterwards not to do it????

Yes, PlayDough is wheat based. However, my daughter has never stopped using it. She is just careful to keep her hands away from her face and wash up when she's done playing. She was diagnosed at the age of 4. She is 8 now and has never had a problem. There are those people who are more sensitive than others regarding gluten, but I've never limited her use of non-edible gluten products. Her blood work always comes back negative and she doesn't show symptoms after use.

[queenofhearts]

Another "Play-Dough" recipe"-- when my kids were little I used to make this all the time with regular flour, but they're 19 now so haven't made it since I was gluten-free. I'm just guessing on the xanthan gum amount, but you want it nice and springy, so I would start with 1 tsp. & add more next time if you think it would be better.

1 cup gluten-free flour of your choice

1 tsp. xanthan gum

1/4 cup salt

Food coloring as desired

Enough hot water to make a doughy texture-- add a tablespoon at a time & knead it like crazy until it makes a good dough

This keeps for quite a while in a ziploc bag, since the salt preserves the dough. If it dries out slightly you can work in a few more drops of water.

Leah