What can you do with salt dough? #13 New Year's mitten from dough: making Christmas tree decorations from scrap materials

Today it is very useful to work with children and teach them something new. Caring mothers and dads draw with their children, make interesting crafts from cardboard and plasticine, and also offer their children more interesting activities. If you and your child want to spend your free time with interest, then invite him to make crafts from salt dough with his own hands. And our article will help you with this. Here you will find a description and photo step by step for children.

Preparing the dough

Before talking about crafts made from puff pastry, you need to prepare the material for modeling. Therefore, first of all, it’s worth telling you the recipe for puff pastry for crafts. It is important to note that the dough for crafts is easy to make yourself. To prepare it you will need: fine salt, flour, water, citric acid, vegetable oil.

To obtain the material, you should mix: a glass of flour with half a glass of salt. You need to add a couple of teaspoons of citric acid here.
All ingredients are poured into a saucepan and a tablespoon is added there vegetable oil.
The mixture is placed on medium heat. Water must be added gradually. Also, do not forget to stir the whole mass. You should spend about half a glass of water.
The mass should become one lump and fall away from the walls. At this stage, the pan needs to be removed from the heat.
Prepare a board and lightly dust it with flour. Then we take the mass out of the pan and place it on this board. After that, you just need to knead the dough with your hands.

On a note! In order to do colored dough, first dilute dry in water food coloring. You can also go to ready dough add gouache and knead everything thoroughly.

For the work to go well, you need to store the dough correctly. After production, it is placed in a separate bag. You can also put it in a container or wrap it in cling film.

On a note! If the dough is wet, then flour is added to it. If, on the contrary, it is dry, then add a few drops of water to it.

As you can see, the process of creating dough crafts is quite serious. And here everything depends on the quality of the material. Some tips given here below will allow you to prepare high-quality material from which you can make excellent crafts.

So, if you make the dough a more liquid consistency, then it can be spread like butter on the base of the craft. For example, this way you can imitate chocolate icing for a cake.
If you made food, it should be the same size as a plastic game plate. In general, it should fit in them.
Use a brush to hold the pieces of puff pastry together.
If you are making food for dolls, then the products must have exactly the same color as the original.
A puff pastry craft can be coated with clear varnish. As a result of this action, the craft will not darken in the future.

How to dry figurines.

Crafts made from puff pastry can be dried in two ways.

Use air. In this case, the product is laid on a flat and smooth surface. It will take several days to dry. After the craft has dried on one side, turn it over and let the other side dry. So the craft should dry on all sides.

Use oven. In this situation, the oven warms up well. Baking paper is placed on a baking sheet, and the craft itself is placed on it. The baking tray with the crafts is placed in the oven and then it is turned off. There is no need to open the oven until the toys are dry. Crafts can be baked at a temperature of +100 degrees. But you need to watch them so that they don’t burn.

On a note! The described methods of drying crafts can be combined. For example, you can dry it in the oven, and then put the craft at room temperature to dry. Then you can put it in the oven again and return to room temperature.

If the craft contains beads and seed beads, then it should not be dried in the oven.

Crafts from puff pastry for the New Year

Well, the time has come to offer you crafts made from puff pastry. In addition to the description, you can find their photos in this article. So, you can make toys for the New Year from puff pastry.

Progress:

Dough is prepared for modeling. You can use dough of different colors, or use uncolored dough.
The dough is rolled out into a flat cake and figures are squeezed out of it using a cookie cutter.
In order for the toy to be hung from the Christmas tree, a hole must be made using a cocktail straw.
If you used colored dough, you can decorate it the way your child likes. You can stick puff pastry balls of different colors and make a garland. You can also decorate the toy with white snow.
If used uncolored dough, then it is first dried and then painted.
Be sure to dry the dough toy (you can do this in the oven), and then thread a string through the hole.

Absolutely different figures Many holes can be made according to the shape. After which, the product must be dried and hung.

You can stick beads and beads into the figures. These crafts should be dried at room temperature.

To decorate puff pastry figures, you can use beautiful ropes or ribbons.

To make products for decorating a Christmas tree made from puff pastry look unusual and bright, after drying, you need to apply PVA glue to them and sprinkle glitter on top.

Puff pastry makes very beautiful snowflakes. To create them, you will need uncolored dough, which, after drying, is colored with a permanent marker.

A mitten-shaped figure is cut out of a piece of puff pastry. A homemade button is made from the dough itself, which is attached to the mitten. Also attach a colored ribbon to the mitten. Place the toy in the oven to dry, and then attach a string to it.

You can imprint your baby's hand on a piece of dough. Then paint Santa Claus in the palm of your hand.

If you don't tinker a lot, you can make another Santa Claus figurine. To create a beard in this case, use a garlic press.

Make these toys from brown dough. Don't forget to make a hole for the ribbon.

How to make a New Year's candle from puff pastry.

To create a New Year's candle, you should prepare: dough for working in various shades, a cylinder of paper towels, red and yellow napkins.

Progress:

So, the child independently rolls sausages from the dough.
These sausages are stuck around a cardboard cylinder.
After which, the base is decorated with balls of different colors.
You can also cover the cylinder with one color and then decorate it as you wish.
To simulate a candle flame, use yellow and red napkins.

Making a Christmas tree from dough.

In this article we describe crafts made from puff pastry. Here you can find their creation step by step.

So, in order to make a Christmas tree, you must first make a blank. In this case, use milk or juice packaging.
The top of the package is first cut off. Then the box is cut on the sides and opened.
All excess part is cut off from the rectangles of the box. Only what resembles isosceles triangles should remain. After which the cardboard base should be glued together.
At the next stage, the child can start decorating it. At the beginning, the workpiece is covered with green dough. Then you can decorate the tree with dough balls and other New Year's decorations that will be created from the dough itself.

Easter crafts made from puff pastry

As mentioned above, completely different products can be made from puff pastry. Even to Happy Easter you can make a lot of interesting things.

For example, you can make Easter eggs and even an Easter bunny.

An excellent option for crafts made from dough is a stand for Easter eggs, which can be a gift or decor for an Easter feast.

How to make puff pastry Easter Egg.

Even the smallest child can make this craft.

So, a piece of dough is taken, from which a figurine resembling an egg is molded.

After which, this figurine is decorated according to your wishes. It is important to note that in this case you can fantasize. All sorts of experiments are also welcome.

We make a stand for eggs from dough.

The stand, like other crafts, is very easy to make. You will need: a cardboard cylinder, paint and the dough itself.

Progress:

This work uses uncolored dough. It is attached to a circle of cardboard, which is cut out from under the cylinder.
For this element it is necessary to mold: a head, a tail and other parts.
The stand is covered with pieces of dough on all sides.
Then start decorating the crafts. Use your preferences and rely on your imagination.
It is recommended to coat the finished craft with colorless varnish.

Crafts from puff pastry for February 14

Of course, everyone associates the Valentine's Day holiday with a heart. Therefore, you can make many different and cute hearts from puff pastry.

If you have patience, you can decorate the craft with a rose.

You can also make a funny heart keychain that has legs.

You can also make heart couples from the dough very quickly and easily.

If you make a huge number of dough hearts, you can form them into a garland, which will be an excellent decoration for the room.

Making a photo frame from dough.

We will have a photo frame in the shape of a heart. The frame can be made bright and decorated in a romantic style. You must insert a piece of cardboard on the back side.

With a little work, you can end up with a cute love fish.

Crafts for March 8

Creating crafts from puff pastry is incredibly enjoyable. A video and some tips can help you create them.

For mothers, sisters, grandmothers and other female acquaintances, you can make keychains in the shape of flowers. You can use both colored and uncolored dough.

You can make a cute candlestick from the dough as a gift.

You can make medals with your children. Let them choose their own decoration options.

You and your child can make figure eights from the dough and decorate them the way you want.

You can make a pendant from the dough and decorate it with flowers and leaves. When the craft is dry, you need to paint it.

Crafts for February 23

If you take cardboard, a piece of puff pastry and your imagination, you can get a wonderful craft.

You can make a wonderful medal for your dad or grandfather.

How to make an airplane from dough.

The next wonderful gift is very simple to make.

Progress:

First, the base for the figurine is rolled up, which will serve as the body.
One side of the base is folded over. This place will be the tail of the craft. It is also worth sculpting other parts that are attached to the craft.
At the next stage, the fender liners and wheels are rolled off.
Attach all parts to the body. But before joining, coat the parts with water using a brush.
The wings are attached to the plane using toothpicks.
A propeller is also made using a toothpick and puff pastry.
Now the craft should dry at room temperature. After which you can paint it.

Crafts from dough for Maslenitsa

Maslenitsa is considered an ancient holiday, which has its own traditions and symbols. Crafts made from dough for Maslenitsa are varied. You have a choice.

The smallest children can make a sun.

And older kids can try to make a more complicated version.

A child can make pancakes from puff pastry.

You can also make funny keychains.

Other puff pastry crafts

Beads.

Our article contains crafts made from puff pastry. Here is a photo with instructions for making them. Making such crafts is very pleasant and this activity can be a real pleasure.

Progress:

To create beads you will need multi-colored dough.
Roll the dough into balls. They must be the same size. Pierce the center of the ball with a toothpick.
They should now dry at room temperature. They must be turned over during the drying process.
When the balls are dry, remove the toothpick.
The resulting beads must be put on a ribbon or lace.

Puff pastry star.

First, roll out a piece of dough colored in any color into a layer. Its thickness should be 1 cm.
Using a cookie cutter, cut out a star.
The corners are smeared with a wet finger using gentle movements.
Now all that remains is to decorate the figurine.

Dough caterpillar.

Take green dough and roll it into a sausage.
Cut it into equal parts and roll it into balls of equal size.
Blind the balls together, and moisten the joint with water.
Make a face for the caterpillar.
All that remains is to pierce the place where the loop will be attached with a needle.

Dough apple.

Making an apple is very simple. Take a ball of dough and roll it out into the shape of half an apple. In order to get an even cut, you need to attach the craft to a flat surface.
Add a strip of white dough to the apple. This is the middle of the apple.
Roll out the seeds and tail from the brown dough. Make a leaf out of green.
Now all that remains is to assemble the figurine and dry it thoroughly.

How to make a hedgehog from puff pastry?

To create this craft you will need unpainted dough. The head and body of a hedgehog are formed from it.
It is also worth making a nose and eyes. In this case, a pot of pepper or black dough will do.
Using nail scissors, cut the dough. The result should be needles. Slightly lift them up. The second row is cut in a checkerboard pattern. This must be done to the end.

Animal creation workshops

Our huge article is a treasure trove of useful information. If you read ours carefully, you realized that you can make anything from puff pastry. And the following master classes should clearly explain to you the process of creating other crafts.

Finally

Be sure to do something interesting with your child. Remember that such an activity can bring you positive emotions and joy.

You can make various souvenirs from this unusual material, and then paint them. It is strong and durable and can please a person for many years.

How to prepare play dough

It turns out that you can not only bake pies and cakes from the dough, but also make wonderful paintings, toys and much more. It’s easy to sculpt from it, almost like plasticine, and the dried toy becomes hard and, unlike plasticine, will not melt in your hands. Salt dough makes wonderful and original surprise gifts, and you can prepare such modeling material quite quickly. In addition, it will not require much expense from you - everything you need for this exciting work will probably be found in your home.

Of course, the composition of this magical dough is different from the one from which grandmothers bake cheesecakes. There is no single, “correct” recipe; each master uses his own. We will try to stick to one of the directions, but if you want, you can experiment with the proportions of water, flour and salt. Just make sure there are no cuts or abrasions on your hands, otherwise salt may get into the wound.

For work we will need:

- flour -1.5 cups;

- salt - 1 glass;

- water - 1 glass;

- dry wallpaper glue - 1-2 tbsp. l.;

- sunflower oil - 1 tbsp. l.;

- mixing utensils;

- rolling pin;

- cutting board or any smooth surface;

- plastic bag for storage.

Operating procedure

1. Pour flour and salt into a container and carefully add water little by little (be sure to first flour, then water, and not vice versa, otherwise lumps may form) and mix. If lumps form in the dough, knead them with your hands. So we mix the whole dough until it becomes soft and homogeneous in composition.

2. Add sunflower oil to this mass so that the dough does not stick to your hands, and wallpaper glue so that the dough becomes like plasticine, bendable and elastic. Mix all this thoroughly again and knead the remaining lumps.

3. Now take the dough and place it on a cutting board. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough several times to completely eliminate the possibility of lumps appearing.

4. Place the dough in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator for an hour. After an hour, the dough is ready to use.

During modeling, you should not take all the dough out of the bag at once - it will quickly dry out in the air. It is better to pinch off the necessary pieces and cover the rest with a bag. If there is dough left after modeling, you can put it in the refrigerator - there it can be stored for several days.

If your hands are wet, the dough will stick to them. You need to dust them with flour. And in order to fasten the parts together, on the contrary, the dough needs to be wet. To do this, we wet the parts that we want to glue together using ordinary water and paint brushes.

After the dough figures are molded, you need to dry them; this can be done in two ways.

Method one- just leave the toy at room temperature to dry for 3-4 days or more - it all depends on the size of the toy and the temperature of the room.

Method two- roasting in the oven. Place the toy on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven. The temperature should not be very high, it is better to bake on low heat for 30-60 minutes. The figurine is ready when it acquires a light brown tint, but in no case dark.

It is best to paint a toy with tempera or acrylic paints, as they are the most durable - watercolor will look pale and absorb quickly, and gouache will leave marks on your hands.

The finished product can be coated with clear varnish if desired. And remember, although toys may look durable, they will actually break easily if accidentally dropped on the floor. Therefore, do not leave them on the edge of the table or in places where they can easily break. Glue the salted figures onto frames and pictures securely, so that they do not fall over time.

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Dough is an amazing material for modeling, because children can work with it of different ages. Properly prepared salt dough will help realize any creative ideas and teach children how to make unique crafts. If you want to do salt dough figurines, then we offer a master class with photos step by step for you for children from 4 to 10 years old. Spend your leisure time interestingly and figure out what else you can make yourself from the dough.

How to properly prepare salt dough

Today, many recipes have appeared for making salt dough, which is suitable for sculpting figures. We offer one of the most common recipes that is easy to prepare at home. To do this you will need:

3 cups flour
Glass of water
Two tablespoons of salt

Step-by-step photo of preparing salt dough for children

All these ingredients need to be mixed and knead the dough well, like making dumplings. If you plan to make thin dough figures for children, then add a little PVA glue or starch to the mixture. These components will increase the strength of the products.

Making figures step by step

First, roll out the dough to a suitable thickness. If you decide to take up modeling with children, it is best to use cookie cutters to cut out pieces from the dough. Even a 4 year old child can cope with this task. After the hearts, Christmas trees, birds and stars are cut out, you can start decorating them. For this you can use seeds, grains and cereals. When the salted text figures are ready, they will need to be dried. Dry dough crafts in the oven or naturally.

Photos of salt dough figurines for children

Children 10 years old will be able to make step by step more complex figures from salt dough. Invite them to take a toy and make a three-dimensional craft using it. For example, try making a mouse figurine from salt dough. To do this, all the parts are molded separately and then connected to each other.

Salt dough mouse step-by-step master class from photo

It’s enough to simply make an owl figurine from salt dough with your own hands. To do this, use a spoon to divide the dough into two parts - the head and the torso. Give these details the required form and connect with each other.

Photo of an owl made from dough

Separately, you can make a collar for an owl from salt dough; for this, small cuts are made on the strip. Attach the collar to the owl's body, and then use a knife to highlight the wings.

Step by step how to decorate a dough figure

You can decorate crafts made from salt dough with paints or gouache. To add shine, the craft is coated with varnish. Some children use beads and beads to decorate salt dough figures.

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- This is a fascinating direction in needlework, which is especially popular with children. To make figurines from salted text, you don’t need to buy expensive materials; all the ingredients can be found in your kitchen. Try to do it crafts step by step from salt dough and share new master classes with experienced needlewomen.

This type of folk art became popular not so long ago, although its origins lie in the most ancient layers of Slavic culture. If you have doubts, then remember the same Kolobok: what is not an artistic product made from dough? Working with such a test is not only simple, but also accessible to everyone. Firstly, what kind of house doesn’t have a handful of flour, and secondly, this material is much more pliable than the same plaster, and much more durable than the plasticine everyone is used to. That's why salt dough crafts That's how we all fell in love.

Such wonderful sheep can decorate a Christmas tree.

If you add paint to the dough, you will get multi-colored products. It is best to use food coloring, for example, for coloring eggs.

Using stamps and paint, you can make designs on salt dough cookies.

According to some rumors, modeling from dough was invented by cooks who were bored with simply cooking. So they had fun, decorating their baked goods at the same time. But not only they appreciated the convenience of this material, its pleasantness to the touch and its flexibility to give it different forms. Like most craft supplies, dough isn't very expensive. Just like from the same plasticine, anything your heart desires is molded from dough. Both paintings and salt dough figures can be placed on walls and shelves or used as toys. A picture with flowers made from this dough will be a great gift for friends. Today, like crafts from plastic bottle, products made from salt dough are becoming more and more popular, and therefore this direction of creativity needs to be studied in detail and brought under it theoretical basis.

Not only beads are suitable for decoration, but also natural materials: cereals and seeds.

Crafts made from salt dough are durable, which means they can decorate the interior for more than one month.

Recently, this art (and dough modeling is, without a doubt, an art) has even been given a separate name - testoplasty. But, despite the novelty of the name, no one will doubt that people began to sculpt figures from dough since the ancient times, when they first learned to make flour. The history of every civilization mentions dough modeling as an important part of religious rituals, folk art, and sacrifices. After all, both flour and water, and the bread obtained from them, are an important part of the culture of mankind as a whole. Working with dough, many manage to come up with their own names for this technique: flour sol, bioceramics and, of course, testoplasty. But no matter what they call it, the result often exceeds all possible expectations! When a masterpiece made from salt dough is born, it becomes a real event, because the soul invested in the craft returns a hundredfold greater return in the form of a living toy - salt dough figurines. Perhaps this is why salt dough has become such a popular creative material for children of all ages. Like plasticine, products made from salt dough allow modeling of any complexity.

With proper skill, you can make such an owl.

To paint the owlet, you can use gouache, and you can fix it with manicure glue.

Today no one can say exactly how many centuries testoplasty has existed. But during this time, the procedure for working with salted dough has not changed at all. Same water and flour. And to preserve the craft from various pests, salt is added.

About the features of working with salt dough can be found on many sites. But if you yourself have been modeling from salt dough for quite some time, then you also have accumulated experience working with this material, there are examples of work, photographs of products that can be posted on similar Internet pages. You can also create your own blogs and even websites dedicated to this art. Believe me, with the current popularity of testoplasty, your developments will be of interest to many like-minded people. At a minimum, on thematic sites they will create a personal author’s gallery for you. And even if your photographic work is not a model of perfection, professionals will bring it to mind and present it in the best light.

For Christmas decor, you can make toys from salt dough.

Fortunately, the times when dough figures were used only as sacred objects are long gone. The eras of famine and war have passed. Folk “mucosalt” gradually turned into newfangled “bioceramics”. The oldest decorative craft began to be revived as an independent applied art. Today, testoplasty is gaining more and more popularity in vocational schools and clubs. Everyone who became familiar with this art appreciated salt dough as a plastic and warm material, as well as a source of great pleasure from working with it. A big plus in its favor is the availability of material for home use.

Salt dough is a very plastic material. You can make flowers and people from it.

These are the beautiful hearts you can make for Valentine's Day.

Angels and hearts will come in handy for Easter.

To independently make crafts from salt dough, you can preview several master classes on the Internet. You can read step-by-step instructions, and also get acquainted with photo collections of works made from salt dough offered on various websites. This will help you gain additional inspiration for subsequent actions.

It is best to make crafts from salt dough with children.

For salted dough you will need water, flour and, in fact, salt.

As for the recipe for the dough itself, it is standard for ordinary three-dimensional figures:

Flour - 200 grams or 1 cup,
Salt - 200 grams or half a glass,
Water - 125 milligrams.

It should be noted that salt is much heavier than the same volume of flour. And therefore, with the same weight, they differ in volume: salt is taken approximately half as much by weight as flour.

*And for embossed thin figures, you can choose to add 15 grams of PVA glue (one tablespoon), one tablespoon of starch or wallpaper glue, which must first be mixed with water.

*There are separate recipes for strong dough for large products: one glass of flour and salt (200 and 400 grams, respectively) and 125 milliliters of water.

*Experts also offer a dough recipe for delicate work: flour - 300 grams, salt - 200 grams, glycerin - 4 tablespoons (you can buy it at the pharmacy), glue for light wallpaper - 2 tablespoons and water - 125 milliliters (you need it first mix with glue).

To facilitate the process of kneading the dough, it is better to use a mixer, which will not only greatly simplify the task, but will also make the dough much better.

To make colored dough, you can use both food dyes and aniline, but the simplest and most accessible are watercolor and gouache. An excellent chocolate color will be obtained by adding cocoa to the dough. When choosing a shade, you should take into account that during the drying process the tone will become less saturated, but when you coat the craft with varnish, the color will again return to its former brightness.

Salted dough for crafts is made in exactly the same way as for dumplings, with the difference that the components differ in content.

The dough should be tight and elastic.

Tip: let the dough sit for a few minutes.

Form cookies using stencils.

Stock up on cookie decor stamps.

Lightly wet the stamp and scoop out the glitter.

Now transfer the decor to the cookies.

Don't forget to use beads, grains and rhinestones for decoration.

Now is the time to put the cookies in the oven.

But here's another important detail: make a hole in the cookie to insert the ribbon and attach it to the tree.

And now - into the oven.

You can decorate cookies with multi-colored powder and shiny varnish.

By the way, many masters recommend adding a little vegetable oil or hand cream (approximately 1 tablespoon) to the dough, which can give the dough additional plasticity. It is also recommended to replace water with jelly made from starch - potato or corn (dissolve one tablespoon of starch in half a glass of cool water; then pour a glass of boiling water into the starch with constant stirring; after the jelly has thickened and become transparent, the resulting paste should be remove from the stove.) The dough will benefit from the paste, because it will become even more plastic. But you should not overdo it, and if the dough turns out to be too soft, you will have to mix it again with a small additional amount of salt and flour. The salted dough needs to be given more density. There are also tips to place salted dough in a plastic bag for 2 hours in the refrigerator. There it can be stored for later use.

Salt dough can be used to make an excellent decoration for the kitchen.

For crafts, stock up on gouache or colored varnish.

Salt dough makes wonderful souvenirs.

Making crafts from salt dough

You can start working with this material by doing autumn crafts from salt dough. After all, autumn is extremely rich not only in forms to imitate in the form of ripened fruits, but also in various natural materials that can be included in a product as a full-fledged element, as well as a rethought symbolic image of some part of nature or a certain image. You can make a kind of still life in the form of a painting or bas-relief with the same apples, pears, pumpkins and other fruits and vegetables. Or you can make three-dimensional crafts and place them on a plate or a special stand. You can make an entire installation “Autumn Garden and Vegetable Garden” with the same fruits, or you can play with the theme of the autumn forest. In this case, along with salt dough, you can also use natural elements - cones, acorns, spruce and pine needles. Using the same technique, you can stage a fairy-tale or fantasy plot. Any autumn theme - a branch of rowan, a carpet of fallen leaves, birds flying south - can be embodied with the help of salt dough.

Be sure to involve children in sculpting.

From the master class you will see how to make a Christmas garland and beautiful Santa Clauses.

After the cookies are ready, start painting them. Don't forget to make holes.

How to do it correctly salt dough crafts, step by step presented in step by step instructions, of which there are a huge number on the Internet. What is needed for such creativity? Literally anything that is unnecessarily collecting dust around the house can be useful.

To begin with, the most important items: a stack or knife, a rolling pin and a comb, which can be useful, for example, for making a basket. You will also need an ordinary pen, especially its rod, which is convenient for making various holes and dots in patterns, cheese holes, eyes and much more.
When decorating crafts, as well as for exciting games with children, shaped knives for cutting cookies or ready-made sets of shaped recesses for plasticine can be useful.
Next, you should select everything in the house that can be used to make prints, for example:

voluminous buttons, hairpins, pieces of burlap, embossed lace, beads, rings, small children's toys, cake candle stands, forks and spoons, the handles of which can be decorated with relief patterns, the soles of children's shoes (will also give interesting patterns), mixer parts and much more other inconspicuous little things.

To prepare salt dough, flour and salt are mixed, water is added to them, and the dough is kneaded. The degree of its readiness is determined only by the feeling of the hands. If it crumbles, add water. If, on the contrary, it stretches too softly and sticks to your hands, then there is a lot of water in it, and, accordingly, you need to add a little flour. For testing, roll a ball and make several small indentations in it with your finger. A dough that does not spread and holds its shape can be considered ready. When kneading, it is recommended to add oil, for example, vegetable oil. Thanks to this, the dough will not only not stick to your hands and dry out too quickly, but will also not become crusty during work. True, you need to remember that too good is also not good: if you add a lot of oil, the dough will begin to get dirty, and its final drying will take too long. And paints will be difficult to apply to it.
Well, the dough is ready, now you can proceed directly to the process of modeling salt dough. It is better to make it on a board or tray: this will immediately be a good place for the dough to dry.
In order to make the salt dough colored, it can be painted at the kneading stage itself, using food paint or gouache, which will be safe when working with small children. You can also paint the finished dried product. And in order to prepare the right color, you can use the following diagram:

blue color is obtained by mixing blue and white,

pink color is obtained by mixing white and red,

we get purple color by mixing blue and pink,

green color obtained from mixing blue and yellow,

orange color will come out when mixing yellow and red,

brown color is obtained by mixing green and red,

emerald color is obtained by mixing green and blue,

for flesh color you need to mix light pink with a drop of yellow,

and golden and silver colors will be obtained if you add gouache or acrylic of the appropriate color to it, you can also make dough with glitter by adding a gel with glitter for gouache.

Drying is carried out either on fresh air in natural conditions, which sometimes takes too long, or in the oven, subject to certain rules:

the temperature in the oven should be minimal;
The oven lid should be slightly open;
the product cannot be placed immediately in hot oven, its heating should be gradual. You can’t take the craft out of the oven suddenly; it’s better to wait until it gradually cools down along with the temperature of the oven itself;
It would be ideal to carry out drying in several main stages: after an hour of drying on one side, the craft should be turned over and allowed to dry from the inside out. You can also take breaks during the drying process: dry in the oven for an hour, and then in the air for a day, and again for an hour in the oven, but on the reverse side, and then in the air for a day;
The drying time of the product largely depends on the size of the craft itself.

require final finishing. After drying, the craft can be slightly browned in the oven, which will give it a natural shade. For decoration, the product is painted and varnished. When working with dough, use any paints: acrylic, watercolor, gouache - that is, those with which you like to work most. Acrylic or artistic varnish is used. You can also use an ordinary construction one, but with a water base, which can be used on breathable surfaces - parquet or wood. To make some small details in a craft more expressive, you can even paint them with nail polish, which usually gives a bright glossy color.

Finishing children's crafts made from salt dough, parents are often faced with receiving defective, low-quality results. This may happen due to the assumption typical mistakes, which should be avoided at the preparation stage. For example:

pancake flour or with some additives cannot be used to make crafts from salt dough, since the figures from it will begin to rise like yeast dough pies and crafts will crack;
iodized salt also cannot be used, since large inclusions of it will not dissolve, and subsequently the texture of the dough will be uneven, as if it were a grain;
water should be used very cold and added in parts, fifty milliliters for each addition, after which thorough mixing should be carried out, which is associated with the likelihood of using different varieties flours that require different volumes of water;
the salt must first be mixed with flour and only then water must be poured into the prepared mass;
salt dough can be stored in a plastic bag or in a tightly closed container. It is best to take this dough out of the bag in small slices, because they can very quickly become crusty, and when rolled out or molded, these crusts can ruin the entire appearance of the product;
if cracking or swelling of a salt dough product occurs, this can be explained by incorrectly selected flour: the simpler it is and without additives, the better it is for the dough and the future craft;
can be added to the dough and rye flour: although the color will be grayer and warmer, there should be no cracking. A simple recipe - a glass of plain flour and a glass of rye flour, 50 grams of starch, which will also give the dough elasticity and prevent it from cracking. You can also add a spoonful of ordinary PVA glue to the dough, which adds plasticity and prevents the dough from rising;
Crafts made from salt dough can also crack if not dried properly. As mentioned earlier, the product dries better in the air, although it takes a long time, but you want to get the result faster. Therefore, drying is most often carried out in three stages: first in the oven at the lowest temperature and with the lid open for about an hour, then a break is taken for two hours, or even overnight, when the craft dries itself, then the oven is turned on again at the minimum temperature with the lid open cover;
when cracking appears after painting, it means that the craft is not completely dry. At the same time, the product continued to dry, and the air had no place to go, which is why the surface of the varnish or paint cracked. There is no need to rush to paint or varnish the craft, otherwise you will have to regret it later or even redo it;
if the figure turns out to be thick, more than 7 millimeters, then at the first stage you need to take out the excess dough on the back side;
during drying, the craft must be rotated at all stages: it dries for an hour on the front side, rests, then the craft must be turned over and dried on the back side;
fallen parts can be reattached remarkably and discreetly using PVA glue.

To make the dough elastic, add PVA glue to it.

Just like the real thing sea stars.

Very beautiful spring birds.

These new Year decoration no worse than plastic ones.

Interesting figures made from salt dough

This type of decorative art allows you to perform volumetric very realistically. crafts. Salt dough flowers- favorite products, especially for women, and for schoolgirls too. It’s very easy to make, for example, the same daisies by rolling out the dough ahead of time and making identical petals with notches. You can make them by rolling out identical “sausages” and using them, slightly flattening them, to form many petals for a flower. The centers are made from a flattened ball of dough. Twigs and leaves can be replaced with natural thuja twigs, similar to real chamomile leaves. And you can place flowers in a basket woven from “sausages” from the same salted dough. You need to paint the flowers and the basket using the simple technology given above.

This cat is the bright embodiment of Halloween.

You can make funny animal figures from salt dough. For example, such a cute tiger.

Fish and seals.

Favorite for cat lovers crafts - salt dough cats. This is generally a fertile topic in any form of creativity - in the visual arts, in literature, and even in music. After all, this graceful, wayward pet cannot but delight and inspire, especially creative people. To make your favorite Ryzhik from dough, you can go the route of decorative primitivism, or you can try to make a more believable cat. True, its dimensions will be small, because the possibilities of making products from salt dough are limited by the need to maintain the proper thickness permissible for uniform drying of the craft. Well, everything else is a matter of technique!

It is interesting to make owls, hares and baskets from dough.

The most easy crafts from salt dough can be done by rolling out a sheet and cutting it into different flat shapes using notches. The advantage of this method is the speed of production large quantity different objects, as well as in its minimum thickness, which will speed up the drying process and protect against subsequent deformation. This technique most of all allows the use of different presses and impressions. Using a similar principle, you can make a children's mosaic. To do this, you need to roll out a lot of “sausages” and leave them to dry overnight. In the morning, chips are cut from the “sausages” and again left overnight. Again in the morning, a layer of dough is rolled out and given the correct shape (circle or rectangle). Then the chips are inserted into fresh dough so that they leave indentations and are immediately removed. The chips are painted in different colors, after which both the layer and the chips are left to dry.

Figures made from salt dough can be decorated with rhinestones and beads.

- this is not only simple fun, but also a serious correctional activity that allows you to develop children’s fine motor skills, their perseverance, observation, creative imagination and cultivate their aesthetic tastes. And for adults, this is an excellent way to find peace and recover from the constant bustle, even if it is highly meaningful. And believe me: you only have to try it once - and you will surely grow to love this art with all your soul. And may your creativity be a joy to you!

Crafts from salt dough photo

You can even make a pendant from the dough.

These are the decorations made from dough. who would have thought…

The best decoration for the Christmas tree.

You can make letters from the dough and string them into a bracelet.

The dough can be used to make not only New Year's, but also autumn decor.

With the help of paint and dough strands you can easily bake such a gold and silver heart.

Do you want a new ring? Make it from salt dough!

Cover the workpiece with glitter varnish and you're done!

Adorable owl made from dough.

You can draw a penguin on the star.

This is what the baking dough looks like; it will “brown” a little in the oven.

Shiny hearts on the Christmas tree.

Autumn crafts from dough.

Crafts decorated with buttons.

And these are Easter crafts.

Salt dough flowers.

From the dough you can make a memorable thing - your baby's handprint.

You can make balls from the dough and decorate with cereals.

Salt dough rose.

Christmas wreath made of dough.

Candlestick

You can make vegetables and fruits from the dough.

Crafts from salt dough video

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 regular dough while cooking 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:

Flour;
Salt;
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?

You need to mix flour and salt, then add water little by little, quickly mixing everything with your hands.
You don’t need to knead the dough for long; if it turns out too tight, add a little more water.
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.

First you need to combine flour and salt, then add glue diluted in water.
Mix everything and add oil.
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.

If you don’t want to prepare the dough yourself, you can buy ready-made dough - it’s inexpensive, and you can immediately take a set of different colors and with molds. You can view prices and choose a ready-made set on this website. This is an excellent children's goods store with a huge assortment!

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. Such a natural material excellent remedy 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:

on air;
in the oven;
on battery;
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 low temperature(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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