Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 Hi. Do all store bought brands of playdough contain gluten? If a child does not directly eat the playdough, is it still harmful if it contains gluten? Thanks for your help! Cathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 * Hi Cathy, There is a product called Crayola Model Magic which is fine to use. Gluten can be absorbed through the skin, also a tiny bit can get stuck under the nails and child ingests it later. There are recipes for making your own playdough using gluten free flours if you are interested. Let us know and someone will post it agaion for you, my puter is messed at the moment and all my folders were jumbled into 1 folder AGAIN and I have over 1000 posts to still sort. (LJs mom) in New York * On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 07:37:56 -0500 " jmr97 " writes: > Hi. Do all store bought brands of playdough contain gluten? If a > child does not directly eat the playdough, is it still harmful if it > contains gluten? Thanks for your help! Cathy > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 As far as my research shows, all the store bought brands do contain gluten. I would recommend making your own playdoh. We had our worst regression ever from my son playing with regular playdoh. It took us 3 weeks to get him back. He definitely absorbed it through his skin, which isn't too far fetched... people use Nicotine patches to quit smoking, they get the high from the patch.... Anyway - here are two recipies for " safe " playdoh: Pathiri Play Dough 1 cup white rice flour 2 teaspoons cream of tartar ¼ cup salt 1 teaspoon xanthan gum 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Place all ingredients in a food processor. With blade running, slowly add ½ cup of boiling water through feed tube until the mixture forms a ball. If dough seems too crumbly, add more water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is soft and firm. Run processor for a few more seconds to knead the dough, then transfer to a mixing bowl. Let cool, then knead until silky for 3-5 minutes. Lightly dust kneading surface with rice flour if necessary. If you don't have a food processor, stir flour with spoon in a mixing bowl while slowly adding boiling water, then knead for 10 minutes. Store tightly sealed. Refridgeration when not in use is not necessary, but will maintain freshness. Play Clay ½ cup Rice flour ½ cup Corn starch ½ cup Salt 2 tsp Cream of tartar 1 cup water 1 tsp cooking oil food coloring Combine all ingredients in a pot and cook over low heat until it forms a ball. When cool enough to touch, pat gently until smooth. When completely cool, store in an airtight container. > Hi. Do all store bought brands of playdough contain gluten? If a child does not directly eat the playdough, is it still harmful if it contains gluten? Thanks for your help! Cathy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 > > Hi. Do all store bought brands of playdough contain gluten? If a > child does not directly eat the playdough, is it still harmful if it > contains gluten? Thanks for your help! Cathy > > > > Thanks for the recipe! I was going to make this for his Sunday School class. How long can I expect to keep it? They would only be playing with it once a week if that. And also I have brown rice flour, does it matter? And I bought Guar Gum because it was SO much cheaper than Xanthan Gum does this matter? I'm new at these sorry for all the questions. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2001 Report Share Posted October 25, 2001 > > > Thanks for the recipe! I was going to make this for his Sunday > School class. How long can I expect to keep it? They would only be > playing with it once a week if that. And also I have brown rice > flour, does it matter? And I bought Guar Gum because it was SO much > cheaper than Xanthan Gum does this matter? I'm new at these sorry > for all the questions. No problem about the questions. Just to point out, I did give you two different recipies. The one I use most often is the one called " Play Clay " and we keep it in either a ziplock bag or one of those Glad tupperware type containers for ages. It seems to last a couple of months or so. We made enough for the whole preschool class my son is in and took it to school in the big ziplock freezer bags. Good luck! Moira Mom to Vico (4.5 ASD) and Culzean (17 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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