Dough for crafts, salted proportions. How to make salt dough? Recipes for flour salt or bioceramics. Basic “working recipe” for simple crafts

Recipe No. 1 - for simple crafts.
200 g = (1 cup) flour
200 g = (0.5 cup) salt (fine, NOT rock).
125 ml water
Please note that salt is heavier than flour, so they are the same in weight, but in terms of volume, salt takes up about half as much.
Salt dough - recipes and modeling methods
For thin relief figures, add your choice:
15-20 g (tablespoon) PVA glue or
starch (tablespoon)
wallpaper glue (mix it with a small amount of water first)

Recipe No. 2 - Strong dough for large products:
200 g flour
400 g salt
125 ml water

Recipe No. 3 - Dough for delicate work:
300 g flour
200 g salt
4 tbsp glycerin (can be purchased at a pharmacy)
2 tbsp. glue for simple wallpaper + 125-150 ml of water, pre-mix.

It is better to use a mixer for kneading - this will simplify the task, and the dough will turn out better.
Universal recipe for salt dough: 2 cups flour; You can add dry starch to the flour without going beyond the norm of two glasses. For example, 1.5 cups flour + 1/2 tbsp. starch. With the addition of starch, the dough will become more elastic. This dough makes thin parts especially well, for example, flower petals.), 1 glass of salt, 1 half glass of water, approximately 180 g, you can add 2 tablespoons. spoons of PVA glue. Instead of water, you can cook a starch paste.
Mix all ingredients. Knead the dough until the mass becomes homogeneous and elastic; if the dough turns out to be runny, you can knead it further, adding a little flour until it becomes elastic.

Water can be replaced with starch jelly, then the mass will be much more plastic. Kissel is made like this:
Dissolve one tablespoon of starch in 1/2 cup of cold water. Heat another 1 cup of water in a small saucepan until it boils. Pour the starch solution into boiling water, stirring. When the contents of the pan thicken and become transparent, turn off the heat. Let the jelly cool and pour it into the flour and salt mixture instead of water.

METHODS OF COLORING SALT DOUGH

You can tint the salt dough with food coloring, watercolor or gouache. You can also color when preparing the dough, adding dye during kneading, and the actual finished product - on the surface.
An excellent chocolate color is obtained by adding cocoa. You can experiment with other natural dyes - soot, beet juice, carrot juice, ocher, etc. You can brown the salt dough product in the oven for a natural color.
When tinting, you must take into account that after drying the color will become less saturated, but if you varnish the craft, it will become brighter again. What varnish can I use? Acrylic and artistic are very good. It is also possible to use ordinary water-based construction materials for breathable surfaces, i.e. for parquet or wood.
FEATURES AND METHODS OF PREPARING SALT DOUGH:
There are a few things you can't do with salt dough. So, for example, you cannot add pancake flour (or flour with any other additives) to the salted dough, since the figures will rise like good pie dough and crack when dry.
Also, you cannot add iodized salt; large inclusions do not dissolve, and subsequently the dough is not homogeneous - it turns into grains. Likewise, rock salt should not be added without first dissolving it.
About the water. So, it is best to use very cold water in the dough; Be sure to add 50 ml in parts, after each addition, knead (due to the fact that different flours may require different amounts of water).

The salt is first mixed with flour, and only then water is poured into the finished mass.
Salt dough is stored in a plastic bag or tightly closed container. It is better to take salted dough out of a plastic bag in small pieces, since lumps of dough quickly become crusty and when rolled out or molded, these dry crusts spoil the appearance.
And one more thing, if the figures are thick (more than 7 mm), then after the first stage, you need to take out the excess dough from the back side (The picture is in Khananova’s book, on the page in the books)

The dough may be too soft. Then proceed as follows: mix a tablespoon of flour with a tablespoon of salt at the bottom of a bowl. Press the ball of dough into this mixture and then scrunch it up. Do this until the dough becomes more dense.
You can sculpt or cut out figures directly on a baking sheet. The baking sheet should first be moistened with water; in this case, bubbles will not form between the product and the surface of the baking sheet, therefore, the surface of the product will be smooth and stable.
Anything that falls off is simply wonderful, and most importantly, it is glued invisibly with PVA glue.
Swelling or cracking of salt dough crafts occurs in three cases:
If the flour is chosen incorrectly. For greater strength, you can add rye flour to the dough (the color will be warmer and there should be no cracking) (for example, a glass of regular flour + a glass of rye flour, 1 to 1), 50 gr. starch - also gives the dough elasticity and prevents it from cracking. You can also add PVA glue, since it also gives plasticity and prevents the dough from rising.
If drying is not carried out correctly (see next section)
If cracking occurs after painting, this means that the product has not completely dried (the product continues to dry and the air has to go somewhere), so the surface of the paint or varnish is cracking. Take your time to paint or varnish the product, so as not to regret it later and not to redo it.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION: HOW TO DRY SALT DOUGH?
It is best to air dry under natural conditions, but it takes a long time (complete drying can take a week or more - especially if the humidity during drying is high - since salt draws out moisture), so you can dry it in the oven, following a few rules.
The oven should be at minimum temperature
It’s good if drying is done with the oven lid slightly open
You cannot put items into a hot oven immediately; heating should occur gradually. Just like taking the product out of the oven, it is better if it cools gradually instead of with the oven
It is ideal to dry in several stages: let it dry on one side for an hour, turn the craft over, and dry on the reverse side. I also take breaks between drying, it dries in the oven for an hour - it dries on its own for a day - then again for an hour and a half in the oven on the reverse side.
The drying time for a salt dough product depends on the thickness of the product itself. And also on the manufacturing recipe used. So, dough containing butter, cream, etc. dries much longer than dough without oil-containing additives.
To avoid cracking of the product, you can dry it in three to four stages, in the oven at the very minimum and always with the lid open for about an hour and a half, then a break of two to three hours, or overnight, the craft dries itself, and then again Turn the oven on low with the lid open.
During natural and oven drying, the craft must be rotated at each stage of drying, i.e. It dries with the front side for an hour, rests, at the next stage it is turned over and dries with the back side.
THUS, WE COVERED THE BASIC RECIPES AND METHODS OF MODELING SALT DOUGH.

I have already written several times about how important a baby is. Yes, I think you know this very well even without me. Therefore, today, without further ado, I want to talk about another exciting and very useful activity - about modeling with kids and how you can play if you have a piece of dough on hand. All these games are useful not only for the development of fine motor skills, but also for the development of the child’s imagination, thinking, and perseverance.

Often mothers ask the question: “What is better to choose for activities with the baby: dough or plasticine?” In my opinion, it would be better if you give your child the opportunity to get acquainted with different substances and sensations, and conduct classes with both dough and plasticine. But here for little ones (from 1 year old) it is better to use dough in modeling classes and that's why:

The dough is much softer and more pliable than plasticine, and for babies who still find it difficult to knead plasticine, this is important.

Considering the fact that many kids will want to taste the modeling mass, dough (homemade) is much safer from this point of view, since its main components are flour, salt and water, and plasticine is still a combination of chemical components.

You can make the dough yourself, or you can buy it at the store (for example, Play Doh). But if you even once knead the dough at home, then, for sure, you will no longer want to deal with store-bought dough. Homemade dough is more flexible, softer, more pleasant, and there is also a lot of it! In addition, the process of preparing the dough is quite simple and does not take much time.

So how do you make play dough? I will give two dough recipes that I have tested several times and I really like. The first recipe can be called a classic salt dough recipe. The dough is prepared very quickly and easily; it is often used to create durable crafts; after drying, it can be painted.

Salted play dough - classic recipe

1 cup flour

½ cup salt (preferably “extra”)

½ glass of water

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

Mix all ingredients and knead thoroughly until smooth.

Recipe for very flexible dough

And another recipe for a very, very soft, plastic, homogeneous and, I would even say, ideal dough! :) It is not suitable for drying and painting, but for fun games with dough it is perfect.

1 cup flour

1 glass of water

¼ cup salt

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

2 tsp citric acid

Combine all ingredients in a saucepan, stir, then place over medium heat. After this, we begin to actively stir the dough with a spoon until it forms a ball and stops sticking to your hands. You will need to stir for no more than 3 minutes. After the dough has cooled, you can start playing with it.

Don't neglect such a seemingly insignificant ingredient as citric acid! If you do not add it, then after storing in the refrigerator the dough will begin to stick to your hands.

You can add food coloring to any version of the dough. If you don’t have a dye to tint the dough, you can use beet or carrot juice, turmeric, brilliant green, and gouache. Well, if you divide the dough into several parts and paint them in different colors, it will be even more interesting!

Both doughs can be stored in the refrigerator in a closed container for quite a long time (several weeks).

Games with dough

So, you have the dough, what to do with it next? First of all, of course, you need to introduce the baby to the test. Give him the opportunity to touch and knead him. You can make some kind of bun or bunny to show what the dough is capable of. If the acquaintance went well, you can move on to games.

Remember that the entire lesson should not last longer than 5-10 minutes. Do not try to include all the games in one lesson, watch your baby and always stop before he gets tired of the activity. If your baby is losing interest in a particular game, it may be too easy or too difficult for him. Try to simplify or make the task easier.

1. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin

The baby will most likely be happy to start rolling out the dough, because he has seen his mother do it more than once. If your baby is having trouble using a rolling pin, help him by clasping his hands with yours.

Both a toy and a real kitchen rolling pin are suitable for the game. My daughter likes rolling with a large rolling pin even more.

2. Press various objects into the dough

Next, you can announce that the resulting flatbread is not just a flatbread, but a pizza or a cake that now needs to be decorated. And for this purpose you can use a variety of objects: matches, pasta, beans, counting sticks, small toys, lids, etc. Try to use objects of different shapes and sizes to diversify the child’s tactile sensations.

3. Create simple crafts based on pressing objects into dough

Let me give you a few examples:

• Hedgehog

For the little ones, toothpicks can be replaced with matches or counting sticks.

• little man

Be sure to involve your child in rolling out the torso and head. If your baby is not doing well yet, take his hands in yours and make rotational movements together.

4. Pinch off small pieces of dough and place them in a jar/bowl

This activity is very useful for the development of fine motor skills, as it trains the “pinch” grip. It’s quite simple to play around with the activity: invite your child to feed his favorite bear with candy. The game will most likely appeal to the youngest children - children about one year old. At this age, kids really like to tinker with small objects, fold and rearrange them.

5. Prick the dough with a fork.

Try sticking the same candies that you made for the bear onto a fork. You can tell your child that the bear prefers to eat only with a fork, but refuses to eat otherwise. So in the game we will quietly practice a very useful skill.

6. Cut with a knife

The main thing in this lesson is to teach the child to hold the knife correctly and, importantly, to independently hold the dough with his left hand (if the child is right-handed). A toy plastic knife, a special plastic dough knife, or a butter knife work well for the game. The activity will be interesting for babies from about 1 year 3 months.

7. Leave fingerprints on the dough

We press the toy into the dough, carefully remove it and ale-op, you get a beautiful pattern on the dough! Taisiya was simply delighted with this activity, and could get carried away for a long time, imprinting pasta on the dough.

Good for printing sorter figures, pasta tubes, small toys, construction set parts, fork, comb . Well, if according to the test, a car passes by, leaving marks (preferably with large wheels and treads on them), then the baby will most likely appreciate it.

And, of course, it’s worth mentioning the cookie cutters separately. With their help you can not only make beautiful prints. With older kids, you can try removing the “extra” dough around the molds so that you get “cookies”.

Prints can also be made simply with your finger. After which it will be very interesting to “sow” seeds into the resulting holes. This will be another great exercise for developing a “pincer” grip.

8. Pass the dough through a garlic press

9. Put the dough into a mold - make a pie

You can use either muffin tins or clean tins from the shortbread set for this game. When putting the dough into the mold, we try to compact each piece thoroughly. Most likely, you will have to get the cake out of the mold with your mother’s help, because... this is not an easy task.

10. Hide surprises in the dough and find them

This is our favorite game. I think all children love it when there is a surprise moment in the game. They are ready to open intricate locks, unscrew stubborn lids, just to see what is hidden behind them. Children are happy to find surprises, even if they hid them themselves!

Therefore, in this lesson, first, together with the baby, we hide the toy in the dough, placing it on one half of the cake and covering the other. Older kids can be asked to pinch the edges, as when sculpting a pie. Mom can do this for younger children. Well, then we ask ourselves the question “Where is our hedgehog?” or “Oh, who’s hiding here?” Perhaps during the first games the baby will have to be shown how to “get to” the toy. Most likely, the baby will catch everything very quickly and will subsequently eagerly pick apart the dough himself.

Even such a seemingly simple activity is incredibly useful for children’s fingers.

11. With mom’s help, sculpt sausages, koloboks and simple figures.

That's all for me, I wish you pleasant games together and more happy smiles on your baby's face! I would be very grateful if you share this article with your friends on social networks (there are special buttons for this at the bottom of the article). Well, in order not to miss new articles, subscribe to updates in Instagram,

Modeling has a beneficial effect on the child, his creative imagination, thinking abilities, develops fine motor skills and gives a wonderful mood. In this article we have prepared a selection of simple salt dough crafts especially for children.

You will need: a glass of wheat flour, a glass of extra salt, half a glass of cold water, a bowl.

Recipe

The finished salted dough should not stick to your hands or crumble. It should be cool and easy to sculpt. I recommend watching the video master class!

There are two most common ways to dry salt dough. The first method: the finished craft will dry on its own. The main thing is that it should not be exposed to direct sunlight, otherwise it will crack. The craft can be placed on a flat surface and wait a few days. Second method: dry the finished craft in the oven for 3 to 6 hours (depending on the size of the craft). Drying occurs in batches with breaks. One approach is 1-2 hours. For quick drying in one go, set the oven to 75-100 degrees, and then the craft will dry in an hour. At a temperature of 120 degrees, the craft will dry in 30 minutes, but it is better to dry it naturally.

There are two most common ways to color salt dough. The first method: after drying, paint the finished craft with acrylic paints or gouache using a brush. Second method: food coloring is diluted in water, then added while preparing the dough. When the craft is completely painted and dried, it must be coated with transparent manicure or furniture varnish in 2-3 layers. Each layer must dry before applying the next. This way the craft will be preserved

You will need: salted dough, rolling pin, cookie cutters, stars, hearts, etc..., cocktail tube, thread or rope for hanging, acrylic paints or gouache, brush, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

The salt dough figures are ready!

You will need: salt dough, gouache, brush, foil, water, permanent marker, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

1. Mold the sheep's feet into 4 balls.
2. Make a ball of foil, then roll it in the dough so that it is inside. This will be the body of a sheep.
3. Attach the body over the legs using water.
4. Make the head, ears, eyes and horn curls. Attach with water.
5. Roll small flat balls and attach them as wool using water.
6. Dry the craft.
7. Paint the sheep with paints and wait until it dries completely.
8. Draw eyes, eyelashes and outline the contours of the curls with a marker.
9. Cover the craft with varnish and wait until it dries completely.

The salt dough lamb is ready!

You will need: salt dough, rolling pin, stack, toothpick, paints, brush, glitter, clear manicure polish, cocktail tube, thread for further hanging.

Master Class

1. Roll out the dough into a thin layer using a rolling pin.
2. Draw a house on the dough, then cut out with a stack.
3. Make dots along the contour of the house, window, chimney with a toothpick.
4. Make a hole for further hanging with a cocktail tube.
5. Dry the craft.
6. Paint the house, decorate it with glitter and wait until it dries completely.
7. Attach thread for further hanging.

The salt dough house is ready!

Salt dough owl

You will need: salt dough, felt-tip pen cap, stack, paints, brush, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

1. Roll the dough into a ball.
2. Press it down to make a flat circle.
3. Make feathering by pressing with the cap.
4. Fold the sides of the circle towards the center.
5. Fold the upper part of the circle into the center and form ears.
6. Make the owl's eyes by pressing with the cap of a felt-tip pen.
7. Dry the craft.
8. Paint the owl and wait until it dries completely.
9. Cover the craft with varnish.

You will need: colored salt dough, cookie cutters, cocktail straw, rolling pin, glass, water, clear nail polish.

Master Class

The salt dough figure frame is ready!

Salt dough bear

You will need: salt dough, stack, pva glue, black and pink paint, brush, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

1. Blind the eyes and nose, paint them black and set aside to dry.
2. Make 2 flat circles for the paws, paint them pink and set aside to dry.
3. Make an oval shaped body of the bear.
4. Roll into a ball for the head.
5. Glue the head to the body.
6. Make a flat ball, draw a smile with a stack and glue it to the face.
7. Blind the paws, then glue them and draw the fingers in a stack.
8. Roll the ball and glue it in place of the tail.
9. Glue on the eyes and nose.
10. Glue pink circles onto the bear's back legs.
11. Dry the craft.
12. Cover the craft with varnish.

The salt dough bear is ready!

You will need: salt dough, glass, acrylic paints, glitter, brush, ribbon for hanging, cocktail tube, dog's paw for imprinting on the dough or your fingers, transparent glue, rolling pin.

Master Class

You will need: colored salt dough, stack, clear manicure polish, toothpick.

Master Class

The salt dough star is ready!

Salt dough caterpillar

You will need: colored dough, knife, pva glue, toothpick, pendant, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

1. Roll out the sausage.
2. Cut it into 6 equal parts.
3. Roll into balls.
4. Glue 5 balls together.
5. Glue the head.
6. Make a nose and eyes, then glue them on.
7. Poke a toothpick into the hanging area.
8. Dry the craft.
9. Apply varnish and wait until completely dry.
10. Attach the pendant.

The salt dough caterpillar is ready!

Salt dough apple

You will need:

Master Class

1. Make half an apple, make the inside flat, pressing it onto a flat surface.
2. Make a thin flat center and glue it to the main part.
3. Roll 6 seeds and a stick, then glue to the apple.
4. Blind the leaves, then glue them.
5. Dry the craft.
6. Apply varnish and wait until completely dry.

The salted dough apple is ready!

Salt dough elephant

You will need: colored salt dough, pva glue, clear manicure polish.

Master Class

1. Make the elephant's body by rolling an elongated ball.
2. Make 4 legs in the shape of plump sausages.
3. Make a proboscis.
4. Make the elephant's ears in this way: roll out 2 flat cakes, glue flat cakes of the same shape of a smaller size and a different color to them.
5. Make a small ponytail.
6. Blind your eyes.
7. Assemble the elephant in the following sequence: glue the legs to the body, then glue the proboscis, then the ears, eyes and tail.
8. Dry the craft.
9. Apply varnish and wait until completely dry.

The salt dough elephant is ready!

Salt dough dachshund

You will need: salt dough, simple pencil, scissors, cardboard, paints, brush, rope, toothpick, foam sponge, clear varnish, PVA glue.

Master Class

1. Draw a dachshund on the cardboard as shown in the image.
2. Cut out the template.
   
   
3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm and cut out the dachshund according to the template.
4. Roll out the oblong eyes, then glue them on.
5. Blind the eyelids and glue them onto the eyes.
6. Use a toothpick to outline the paws, nose, mouth, ear and body contours.
   
   
7. Roll out an oval, then glue it onto the ear and smooth the seam with a wet finger. Use the same method to add volume to the dachshund's back and tail.
8. Mark stripes in different directions around the entire perimeter of the dachshund, so that the stripes resemble wool.
9. Dry the figurine.
   
   
10. Glue a piece of rope to the back of the craft for further hanging.

The salt dough dachshund is ready!

Boletus mushroom made from salt dough

You will need: salt dough, light bulb, paints, brush, foil, cardboard, masking tape, superglue, PVA glue, paper napkins, clear varnish, stack.

Master Class

1. Cover the light bulb with tape, then cover it with dough and dry the workpiece.
2. Cut a ring out of cardboard and place it on the light bulb as a base for the hat.
3. Form a hat from crumpled napkins, then secure with tape.
   
   
4. Wrap the hat with foil.
5. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 5 mm and stick around the cap.
6. Remove the cap from the stem, cover the bottom with dough and make stripes in a stack.
7. Glue the hat onto the leg.
   
   
8. Mold the mushroom's arms, legs and nose, then glue them on PVA.
9. Make a caterpillar and glue it to the hat.
10. Dry the figurine.
    
    
11. Paint the figurine, then leave to dry.
12. Cover the craft with varnish and wait until it dries.

Boletus mushroom made from salt dough is ready! I recommend watching this video!

Funny salt dough pigs

You will need: salt dough, paints, brush, foam sponge, stack, thin rope, toothpick, black gel pen, PVA glue.

Master Class

1. Roll 2 balls for the snout and use a toothpick to make the nostrils.
2. Make a muzzle, glue a snout and eyes above it.
3. Make triangular ears, glue them, then mark stripes with a stack at the junction of the ears and head.
   
   
4. Make a heart and glue it to the bottom side.
5. Make indentations along the edge of the entire circle.
6. Using a toothpick, make 2 holes on the top for attaching the rope and 2 holes on the bottom for the legs.
   
   
7. Roll up the arms and glue them in such a way that they hold the heart.
8. Make the hooves and make holes in them for the rope.
9. Dry the workpieces.
10. Paint the blanks with black paint and let them dry.
11. Wash off the paint from the convex parts of the workpiece under running water with a sponge and wait until it dries.

Greetings, dear parents, readers of our blog! Recently, an old technique for developing a child’s fine motor skills has been revived - dough modeling. And today I want to tell you more about salted play dough. You will find recipes with photos at the end of the article.

Modeling is a great opportunity to express yourself or relax for adults, as well as develop fine motor skills and imagination for children. Modeling with children is fun and interesting. The big advantage of modeling from salt dough is that it will cost you much less than other materials for children's creativity.

For modeling, you can use pottery clay, plasticine, and ordinary dough when making cookies or dumplings together. Children love to make and roll balls from such materials. Salt dough is used exclusively for creativity, because it is inedible.

Since ancient times salt dough has been used to make:

• Charms;
• Kids toys.

Now this type of creativity is becoming popular again; the dough can be used to make:

• Decor items;
• Figures, toys;
• Paintings;
• Baby's hand or foot prints.

It’s no secret that adults love to do this type of modeling, preferring salted dough to clay or plaster; they sculpt entire paintings that decorate the house or are given as gifts:

2. Why salt dough?

Many people are surprised to hear that the dough must be salted in order to make something out of it. The fact is that you can sculpt something from any dough, because it is always plastic, but not from any dough you can make crafts that will be stored for a very long time without losing their appearance.

The secret material - salt - cements the dough, so the products hold up after drying. The main ingredients of this test:

1. Flour;
2. Salt;
3. Water.

In addition, you can add other components, depending on what you want to get. This can be glue, oil or paint and can be added to any recipe. But the main thing here is salt, which should be finely ground and without impurities (iodine).

3. Salt dough recipes

There can be many recipes, let's look at a few of them. You need to choose the simplest flour, without additives, and the water should be very cold.

3.1. Regular salt dough

Compound:

• Wheat flour – 1 tbsp;
• Salt – 1 tbsp;
• Water – 0.5 tbsp.

How to make modeling material from these ingredients?

1. You need to mix flour and salt, then add water little by little, quickly mixing everything with your hands.
2. You don’t need to knead the dough for long; if it turns out too tight, add a little more water.
3. If the dough is sticky, add a little flour. It all depends on the flour, so sometimes more water may be needed, sometimes less.

3.2. Salted dough with rye flour

Compound:

• Rye flour – 1 tbsp;
• Wheat flour – 1 tbsp;
• Water – 0.5 tbsp;
• Salt – 1 tbsp;
• Oil – 1 tbsp.

Rye flour will give the product a soft brown color, especially if you dry it in the oven. Rye flour alone is not used, as the dough will be very tight and difficult to mold into something. The oil will give the dough elasticity and will not stick to your hands.

3.3. Salt dough with glue

Compound:

• Flour – 2 tbsp;
• Salt – 1 tbsp;
• Dry wallpaper glue – 2 tbsp;
• Oil or glycerin – 4 tbsp;
• Water – 125 ml.

1. First you need to combine flour and salt, then add glue diluted in water.
2. Mix everything and add oil.
3. If the mixture is sticky, add a little flour. In addition to wallpaper glue, PVA glue is used, this is done for the strength of the material.

How to make colored dough?

To tint the dough, you can add food coloring or natural juice, adding drop by drop and mixing with the finished mass. In addition, you can paint the finished craft after it has dried using art paints.

4. Crafts made from salt dough

As soon as the baby turns 1-1.5 years old, he can be introduced to the test as a way of play and development.

Another advantage of the test is that a child will not be poisoned if he tries it, and it does not smell like plasticine. This natural material is an excellent tool for making crafts. The dough can be stored in a bag in the refrigerator for several days.

A child of any age can use the salt dough modeling technique, gradually complicating the task. For beginners, sculpting small, simple figures is best.

The child can do the following:

• Roll out the dough with a rolling pin;
• Cut out figures from it using molds (from construction sets, cubes or cookie cutters);
• Make sausages and balls;
• Combine several elements into one figurine (attach buttons, sticks, beads to the figurine);
• Make hand or foot prints on the rolled out dough;
• Paint dried figures or crafts with paints (watercolors, a mixture of gouache with PVA glue, acrylic paint) - under adult supervision.

The child can stick different elements onto a thin layer of dough, creating pictures. Also, ready-made flat figures can then be glued onto canvas and inserted into a frame, resulting in a work of art.

5. Drying salt dough products

There are the following types of drying:

1. on air;
2. in the oven;
3. on battery;
4. in the sun.

One way or another, the products need to be dried well. If the layer of dough is thin, it will take less time. Three-dimensional dough pictures or figures need a long drying time.

The surest and easiest way is to air dry, preferably in a warm place, but not in direct sunlight. For a product up to 1 cm thick, it will take 4-7 days. Then check by tapping the surface with your finger. If the sound is ringing, the product is dry; if it is dull, it needs to be dried further.

It will take about one day to dry on the radiator; in summer you can put the product on the windowsill.

When drying in the oven, you need to set the temperature to low (50-150 degrees) with the door open. It will take about 3 hours for a thin product.

After drying, the craft can be painted or varnished to protect the surface from damage and brittleness.

You can watch a video on how to easily and simply prepare salt dough here:

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A very interesting type of needlework is bioceramics, or otherwise salt dough.
There are many recipes for salt dough.

Recipe 1.

For simple figures:

200 g flour, 200 g salt 125 ml water.

Recipe 2.

Delicate salted dough for filigree processing (small parts and products up to 300-400 g):

200 g flour, 200 g salt, 100 g potato starch, 150 ml water.

Recipe 3.

Hard salted dough for rough figurines:

200 g flour, 400 g salt, 125 ml water

Recipe 4.

Classic recipe:

1) 150 g of water + 1 tbsp. Mix simple wallpaper glue and let the glue dissolve thoroughly;

2) 200 grams of flour + 200 grams of fine salt + 2 tablespoons (with top) of potato starch mixed separately;

3) combine everything + 2 tbsp. rast. oils

Recipe 5.

Also classic.

Pour 1 cup fine salt and 1 cup flour into a bowl and stir. Then pour in 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and half a glass of water, mix with a spoon and knead with your hands until smooth, just like regular dough. Water can be replaced with starch jelly, then the mass will be much more plastic. Kissel is made like this: dissolve 1 tablespoon of starch in 1/2 cup of cold water. Heat another 1 cup of water in a small saucepan until it boils. Pour the starch solution into boiling water, stirring. When the contents of the pan thicken and become transparent, turn off the heat. Let the jelly cool and pour it into the flour and salt mixture instead of water.

Recipe 6.

200 g wheat flour
100 g salt
2 teaspoons cream
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
300 ml. water
Mix flour, salt, cream and butter in a saucepan. Pour in water and mix thoroughly, avoiding lumps.
Place the pan over low heat and stir constantly. At first the dough will be liquid, then it will immediately begin to thicken. Continue stirring until completely thickened.
Remove the dough from the heat and use a wooden spoon to transfer it to a smooth surface.
Let the dough cool. Knead the dough until it is soft and workable and holds its shape well.

Recipe 7.

For large models (like plates or ceramic tiles):

200 g flour, 400 g salt, 125 ml water, 2 spoons of wallpaper glue

Recipe 8.

For particularly durable products.

THE BEST RECIPE!!! There will be no problems with the product at all! This is a recipe from a master from Arbat (unfortunately I don’t know the details).

Instead of water and glue, add bustilate (it is liquid).
1 cup fine salt, 1 cup flour - mix. Add boostilate until the dough is kneaded! No water and no adding flour during the kneading process!

With the use of boostilate, toys do not become damp, do not deform when fired, do not break when dropped - they become stone! Dry over very low heat in a half-open oven.

I took Bustilat-3, its consistency is even thicker than sour cream, like pudding, so it’s a little difficult to knead the dough, but the result is simply wonderful!!! It cannot be compared with anything - neither wallpaper glue, nor PVA, etc. Costs 25 UAH. - 1.3 kg in a plastic jar.

Since I tried this recipe, I haven’t used any others!

Recipe 9.

Dough for air drying, not in the oven:

200 g flour, 200 g salt, 2 spoons of wallpaper glue, 125 ml water.

Recipe 10.

Air-dry or oven-dry dough that produces waterproof, unbreakable products:

1 cup flour, 1 cup salt, 1 cup vinyl glue, 1 tablespoon melted Vaseline, 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Mix everything in a Teflon container over low heat and stir. Once mixed evenly, cool slightly and you can sculpt. Dry in the oven at a temperature of 50-60 degrees with the door ajar, if on gas. If the oven is electric, then 75 degrees, you don’t have to open the door. Not in the microwave! It is better to put silver foil on the tray, because the black surface gives off heat more strongly and the figurine may crack. The slower it dries, the safer it will not crack. In the end, you can give it 200 degrees, then the protruding parts will bake and turn brown, this effect is aesthetic. If you do not have the opportunity to bake your product in the oven, be patient. On a radiator or in the sun, products (especially large ones) will dry no sooner than in a week. After firing or drying, dough products can be painted and varnished. For coloring, you can use acrylic paints, but it is best to use artistic gouache with a little PVA glue added. After drying, this mixture is slightly shiny and does not stain your hands. For varnishing, use acrylic varnish. It is water soluble, non-toxic and dries in 6-8 hours. You can also add coloring to the dough itself when preparing it, cocoa, for example, or turmeric.

Salt will not completely dissolve in water; its grains will be felt in the dough and shine in the product. Therefore, do not try to dissolve the salt, mix it with flour, and then knead the dough by adding water or bustilate. Any salt can be used, although more often coarsely ground.

If the dough is too soft, then proceed as follows: mix a tablespoon of flour with a tablespoon of salt at the bottom of a bowl. Press the ball of dough into this mixture and then scrunch it up. Do this until the dough becomes more dense. Place the resulting mixture in a plastic bag and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. After this, you can sculpt from the dough. If you still have dough left after modeling, store it in the refrigerator in a plastic bag.

Drying

On open air Drying time depends on the thickness and volume of work and can reach several weeks. Drying outdoors is best done at room temperature. Remember: the thicker the product, the longer it will take. It is recommended to turn the product over for uniform drying, but if it has a convex three-dimensional ornament, then this is impossible. To ensure that the bottom dries at the same time as the top, dry the product on a metal mesh.

In the oven (gas or electric stove).

Dry the craft first in the open air (2-3 days), then in the oven at a temperature of 50 degrees, gradually increasing the temperature, but not higher than 150 degrees. If the temperature is too high, the product may swell, sometimes even cracks appear. It is impossible to fix bulging crafts, and cracks are easy to cover up. To do this, dilute a little PVA glue, mix well and apply this mixture to the crack, then rub this mixture.
To be honest, I can’t dry items in the oven of my gas stove without deformation (((I air dry and use this excellent device http://www.site/users/yakusha/post226410282

Drying time in an electric stove oven:

1 hour - at 50 degrees,
1-2 hours at 75 degrees,
1 hour - at 100 - 125 degrees,
0.5 hours - at 150 degrees.

Advice. Cover a baking sheet with food foil, place salted dough figures on it and place in the oven to dry. To check whether the figures have dried well, you need to tap them with your finger. If the sound is muffled, then it needs to be dried further, and if it is loud, then it means the dough has dried out. Uniformly dried products are uniform in color without “damp” spots.

On the heating battery.

This method is convenient to use in winter, when the central heating radiators are well heated. Place the craft on foil or cloth and leave it on the radiator until completely dry.

To ensure that the crafts are well preserved, after they are dried and painted, cover them with a transparent liquid varnish. This will reliably protect them from moisture. If you don't like mirror shine, then use matte varnish.