Wellbeing Wednesday Week 8

Craft- Salt Dough Ornaments

Materials

• Flour (1 cup)

• Salt (1 cup)

• Water (1 cup)

• Rolling pin

• Paint

• Paint brush

• Cookie cutters

Steps

1. Measure 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of salt and mix them together in a bowl.

2. Pour out 1 cup of water and mix it into the salt dough mix, a little bit at a time.

If it feels wet or sticky to the touch, add a bit more flour until you can form a dough that holds its shape but doesn’t stick to your fingers.

3. Roll out the dough on a floured surface using a rolling pin until it’s 1cm thick.

4. Use cookie cutters to cut out a range of shapes from the dough.

If you don’t have cookie cutters you can cut out shapes with a blunt knife.

If you’d like to hang your ornaments later, then pierce a hole in the top of each one with a pen or skewer.

5. Place the shapes on a baking tray and bake them in the oven for 3 hours at 140°C.

6. Take out the shapes and leave them to cool for about half an hour.

7. Paint your salt dough shapes. You could also use glue and sequins, beads or pom poms to decorate.