Chris and I made some clay today and had some fun with Penelope. I found a recipe for the clay that called for 1 cup of flour, 3/4 cup of salt and 1 tbs of vegetable oil. We didn't have vegetable oil so we substituted olive oil and ended up using more then 1 tablespoon. Our homemade clay was expensive and healthy. ;) We used 3/8 cup of hot water with a tablespoon of paprika mixed in to color the clay. It was suppose to be orange but it looked more like peanut butter. The recipe said you could make other colors by adding beet juice for pink and turmeric for yellow or I am sure you can get creative with your pantry and come up with some more colors. Here is Penelope mixing up the clay. Here is the finished product after Chris got his hands dirty and mixed it up really good. Penelope having fun with clay... After we were finished I put our clay in an air tight container and popped it in the fridge so Penelope can enjoy herself again later.