In Krakow, Poland where I am from you can find artisan shops that sell salt dough figurines, angels and absolutely anything you can imagine. Salt Dough is so easy to make and it is a great alternative to Play Dough. You have all the ingredients in your pantry and it only takes a few minutes. The creations that come out of them are hard and resilliant therefore they make great wall hangings, picture frames and gifts.
Salt, Flour, Oil and Water is all you need.
Dump 3 cups flour, 1 cup of salt and 1 1/4 cups of water into a bowl.
Add 2 tsps oil (whichever one you have in the pantry), just keep in mind to stay clear of peanut oil unless you are certain there are no nut alergies in the group.
This is the time to get dirty. Yeah mix the dough with your hands.
If your dough looks like this….
or this… it is way too dry so add more water.. you want to make sure the dough is soft enough to hold and not flakey like this one. If the dough is too wet it will leave film on your fingers. If that happens just add a bit more flour.
Here is the consistency of the dough.
Roll out the dough and use whatever you can find in your pantry to cut out shapes, make indents. Play dough molds, plastic forks, beads, plastic bottles, caps all make for great play time.
Once you make your shapes put them in the 350 deg oven for 20-25 minutes. Let them cool.
Now take acrylic paints and paint away.
Here are some…
Even the little ones can participate provided they do not eat any of the paint. Acrylic paint is hard to get out of fabrics so if they have a tendency to get dirty make sure they wear an art smock.
You can make this an easy craft afternoon.
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