I left the top as stained wood and just painted out the bottom parts.
1 1/2 cups salt.The only difference was that we added a few pumpkin pie type of spices to the cornstarch.
We just used whatever was on hand.So this time it was cinnamon, ground cloves, ginger, and nutmeg.I don’t think the amount you use really matters.. We mixed the salt and the water first.
Then put it on the stove on medium-ish heat and gradually added the spicy cornstarch.We kept heating and stirring until it looked like dough.
Then we let it cool for like a minute and I burned my hands a bit playing with it cause I couldn’t wait..
The dough is perfect.This is farther along in my kit-making than I’ve ever gotten before!.
Keep in mind that where you decide to keep your kit is important too!You want it somewhere that you can access easily when it’s dark and the power is out, not up in the back of a bedroom closet on the third floor!
I’m keeping it in a cupboard in our master bedroom, which is right off the living room and easy to get to whenever we need it.If you’re in an area where you often lose power for days at a time, keeping it together with all your camping gear can make your life a lot easier too so you can go straight into survival mode when you need to without too much extra stress..