How to make salt dough easily?
We all already made salt dough when we were little, right? So why not repeat this fun activity with your children or as an activity at school with the little ones.
10-tips presents below the easiest recipe for making salt dough at home. Happy DIY!
Ingredients for making salt dough:
- 1/2 cup table salt
- 1 cup conventional flour
- 1 cup lukewarm cold water
- food coloring of your choice
The steps to make your salt dough:
- Pour the water, flour and salt into a large bowl (use a bowl large enough to mix the ingredients well).
- Mix all the ingredients and add once well mixed the food coloring
- Mix and knead the dough with your hands until it is smooth and without lumps.
If the salt dough is too grainy you can add a little more water and if on the contrary it is too liquid add a little more flour and salt to the mixture.
Many talk about baking salt dough in the oven, but it’s not always necessary. So what to do, do we bake the dough in the oven or in the open air?
Dry your salt dough in the open air:
If you are not in a hurry, it is possible to let your salt dough object dry directly in the open air. The downside is that it takes a lot of drying days, so your child will have to be patient… Very patient! ?
Dry your salt dough in the oven:
For quick drying of the salt dough, baking in the oven is the solution. You can set the cooking of the dough to a temperature of 200°F, no more, no less.
Depending on the size of your work of art, cooking the salt dough will take between 4 and 6 hours.
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