When the product is dried, it can be glazed.
After that, the product will sparkle with iridescence of shades from white to golden brown.
Glaze the product for an hour.
To do this, with a brush, it is smeared with a strong saline solution (the ratio of water and salt is 2: 1), and then placed in an oven at a temperature of 50 ° C to 150 ° C. When the first layer of the solution dries, the product is lubricated again. The operation is repeated several times. This method gives the figures smoothness.
Since salt crystallizes on the surface of the product, it acquires a special noble whiteness.
However, the figurine can be given a different shade depending on the temperature of the oven. At a temperature of 50°C the product remains white, at a temperature of 150°C it acquires an intense beige color.
A golden brown shade is obtained at a temperature of 200°C.
Glazing with egg yolk
The figurine can be given an appetizing look ruddy dough by glazing with a mixture of egg yolk and water. After glazing with salt, the mixture is applied to the product several times and dried at a higher temperature (about 150°C). The oven door must be closed while doing this.
Leaving the oven unattended during this time is not recommended for safety reasons and so that the products do not burn out.
Coloring
Finished products can be painted in whole or in part. Products in the color of natural dough look great with minimal use of paints. However, if you want to completely paint the product, it is recommended to use acrylic paints. After drying, they do not stain hands and do not smear.
You can also use watercolors for coloring. To do this, stir the watercolor with a brush very thickly with the minimum amount water and applied to the product so that the paint does not spread. Works painted in this way must be fixed with varnish.
Gouache paints can also be used for coloring. In this case, a little PVA glue should be added to the gouache.
Varnishing
In order for the paints not to fade or drops of water accidentally falling on the surface of the product do not spoil the work, the figures are varnished. Varnishing is used if necessary and at the request of the author.
Apply both liquid and thick varnish. If the composition is liquid, the product must be varnished and dried several times. If the composition is thick, it is enough to varnish the product once or twice.
Today, there are many different varnishes in aerosol packaging on sale. Using such varnishes, it is enough to sprinkle the product once, and the colors will sparkle brighter, and the work will be reliably protected.
However, a properly dried product, even if long-term storage perfectly preserved without varnishing.
SALT DOUGH MODELING
What do you need to work
For the test General recipe:
- Flour - 2 parts,
- salt "Extra" - 2 parts,
- water (necessarily cold) - 1 part,
- plastic bag to store the test
Eat different recipes salt dough. For example, in one of them, vegetable oil. However, the products in this case leave greasy prints. Some recipes suggest adding vinyl glue to the dough. With a dough prepared according to this recipe, you need to be very careful, especially if you are working with young children. After all, glue is toxic, and kids love to try everything “by the tooth”. Our recipe consists of 100% sustainable and therefore safe materials.
It should be noted right away that in order to work with salt dough need a certain temperature regime in the room. The optimum air temperature is 20°C. If the temperature is higher, the dough dries out quickly, it is difficult to process and connect parts.
To work with the test you will need:
- a jar of water for wetting fingers and brushes,
- stacks,
- plastic knife,
- modeling board,
- dough rolling pin,
- brushes,
- paints,
- toothpicks,
- garlic (for decoration "hairstyles")
- manicure scissors with rounded ends.
You may also need many other useful things, such as cocktail tubes, food foil, transparent pill boxes, beads, black peppercorns, felt-tip pen caps, and more.
First recipe
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Extra salt - 1 cup
Water - 3/4 cup
Second recipe
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Salt - 2 cups
Dry wallpaper paste - 1 spoon
Water - about 1 cup
Pour salt into a wide bowl, add water, then flour. Mix everything well. Or mix salt and flour well, gradually adding cold water before receiving homogeneous mass. The prepared dough should not stick to your hands or crumble. The dough should be elastic and fairly cool. Put it in a container or plastic bag so it doesn't dry out.
Long store ready dough undesirable, because in this case its original color is lost: it becomes grayish. Although such stale dough can be used to decorate details of clothing or small jewelry.
If the dough crumbles while kneading, add a little water. If it sticks to your hands - a little flour.
Salty dough, left open, dries very quickly in the air, so keep the container with the dough closed. Put the rest of the unused dough in the refrigerator, where it can be stored for a day or two.
Do not rush to buy everything at once, for a start, the bare necessities are enough. Gradually, more and more tools and various devices will appear. The most important and main tools will be your skillful hands!
HOW TO DRY A SALT DOUGH CRAFTS
Outdoors at room temperature
You can dry the craft in the open air in a dry place. The thicker the product, the longer it will take. But this method is the most economical.
Air dry conveniently summer time, for example, in the country. However, keep in mind that when air drying, depressions form on the surface of the product that comes into contact with the table.
In the oven (gas or electric stove)
To dry the finished product, carefully, using a wide knife or spatula, transfer it from the work table to a baking sheet sprinkled with flour, being careful not to damage it during transfer.
Dry the craft for two days, first in the open air, then in the oven at a temperature of 50 ° C, gradually raising the temperature, but not higher than 150 ° C. At too high a temperature, the product may swell, sometimes even cracks appear. Swollen crafts cannot be fixed, and cracks are easy to cover up. To do this, dilute a little flour with water, add PVA glue, mix well and apply this mass to the crack, then rub the mixture into it with a stack or finger.
The product must not remain wet. Its readiness is determined by the sound. Tapping on finished product finger, you will hear a ringing sound. If the sound is deaf, the product must be dried.
For large products, you can use combined drying: first for several days in the air, then in the oven.
Drying time in the electric stove oven
1 hour — at t 50°С
1-2 hours — at t 75°С
1 hour - at t 100-125°С
0.5 hours — at t 150°С
Larger pieces will take longer to dry.
The time it takes to dry crafts in the oven is difficult to calculate exactly. All ovens are slightly different from each other. Therefore, in order to reduce the frustration of spoiled work, make several samples, for example, make cakes of different thicknesses and dry them in your oven, changing the temperature.
After drying the salt dough figures in the oven, cool them. While the products are hot, they are very fragile, so handle them very carefully.
On the heating battery
This method is very 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 battery until it dries completely.
1. In order for the crafts to be well preserved, after they are dried and painted, cover them with a transparent liquid varnish. This will reliably protect them from moisture. If you do not like the mirror shine, then use a matte varnish.
2. It is not recommended to use a microwave oven for drying.
MODELING PRODUCTS FROM SALT DOUGH
It is convenient to connect the parts with a brush and water. Water in this case plays the role of glue. Apply with a brush a small amount of water on the surface of the parts to be joined and gently press them together, being careful not to wrinkle. If there is too much water, the dough may spread.
There are several basic modeling techniques. At the heart of the manufacture of almost all elements are a ball and a sausage.
Many different small elements are used to decorate salt dough products: flowers, ribbons, berries, leaves, pigtails, etc.
To make the leaves, you need to roll out the sausage, cut it into identical parts-cylinders, which should then be rolled into a ball. Flatten the ball into a cake and form a leaf with your thumb and forefinger. Veins can be drawn with a toothpick.
Roses can be made from thinly rolled ribbon, carefully wound around a toothpick. In this case, the desired size and shape of the flower is formed.
In the manufacture of figures of people, the basis is a sausage, which must be given a conical shape. To sculpt the head, use a ball of dough of the required size. More complex planar elements or figures are best cut from rolled dough according to a pre-made template.
Glazing products with brine and browning
When the product is dried, it can be glazed.
After that, the product will sparkle with iridescence of shades. white to golden brown.
Glaze the product for an hour.
To do this, with a brush, it is smeared with a strong saline solution (the ratio of water and salt is 2: 1), and then placed in an oven at a temperature of 50 ° C to 150 ° C. When the first layer of the solution dries, the product is lubricated again. The operation is repeated several times. This method gives the figures smoothness.
Since salt crystallizes on the surface of the product, it acquires a special noble whiteness.
However, the figurine can be given a different shade depending on the temperature of the oven. At a temperature of 50°C the product remains white, at a temperature of 150°C it acquires an intense beige color.
A golden brown shade is obtained at a temperature of 200°C.
Glazing with egg yolk
The figurine can be given an appetizing look of ruddy dough by glazing with a mixture of egg yolk and water. After glazing with salt, the mixture is applied to the product several times and dried at a higher temperature (about 150°C). The oven door must be closed while doing this.
Leaving the oven unattended during this time is not recommended for safety reasons and so that the products do not burn out.
Coloring
Finished products can be painted in whole or in part. Products in the color of natural dough look great with minimal use of paints. However, if you want to completely paint the product, it is recommended to use acrylic paints. After drying, they do not stain hands and do not smear.
You can also use watercolors for coloring. To do this, the watercolor is stirred with a brush very thickly with a minimum amount of water and applied to the product so that the paint does not spread. Works painted in this way must be fixed with varnish.
Gouache paints can also be used for coloring. In this case, a little PVA glue should be added to the gouache.
Varnishing
In order for the paints not to fade or drops of water accidentally falling on the surface of the product do not spoil the work, the figures are varnished. Varnishing is used if necessary and at the request of the author.
Apply both liquid and thick varnish. If the composition is liquid, the product must be varnished and dried several times. If the composition is thick, it is enough to varnish the product once or twice.
Today, there are many different varnishes in aerosol packaging on sale. Using such varnishes, it is enough to sprinkle the product once, and the colors will sparkle brighter, and the work will be reliably protected.
However, a properly dried product, even with long-term storage, is perfectly preserved even without varnishing.
MODELING FROM SALT DOUGH What you need to work
For the test General recipe:
- Flour - 2 parts,
- salt "Extra" - 2 parts,
- water (necessarily cold) - 1 part,
- plastic bag for storing dough,
There are different recipes for salt dough. For example, in one of them, vegetable oil is added to the dough. However, the products in this case leave greasy prints. Some recipes suggest adding vinyl glue to the dough. With a dough prepared according to this recipe, you need to be very careful, especially if you are working with young children. After all, glue is toxic, and kids love to try everything “by the tooth”. Our recipe consists of 100% sustainable and therefore safe materials.
It should be noted right away that to work with salt dough, you need a certain temperature regime in the room. The optimum air temperature is 20°C. If the temperature is higher, the dough dries out quickly, it is difficult to process and connect parts.
To work with the test you will need:
- a jar of water for wetting fingers and brushes,
- stacks,
- plastic knife,
- modeling board,
- dough rolling pin,
- brushes,
- paints,
- toothpicks,
- garlic (for decoration "hairstyles")
- manicure scissors with rounded ends.
You may also need many other useful things, such as cocktail tubes, food foil, transparent pill boxes, beads, black peppercorns, felt-tip pen caps, and more.
First recipe
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt "Extra" - 1 cup
Water -3/4 cup
Second recipe
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Salt - 2 cups
Dry wallpaper paste - 1 spoon
Water - about 1 cup
Pour salt into a wide bowl, add water, then flour. Mix everything well. Or, mix the salt and flour well, gradually adding cold water until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The prepared dough should not stick to your hands or crumble. The dough should be elastic and fairly cool. Put it in a container or plastic bag so it doesn't dry out.
It is undesirable to store the finished dough for a long time, because in this case its original color is lost: it becomes grayish. Although such stale dough can be used to decorate details of clothing or small jewelry.
If the dough crumbles while kneading, add a little water. If it sticks to your hands - a little flour.
Salt dough, left open, dries very quickly in the air, so keep the container with the dough closed. Put the rest of the unused dough in the refrigerator, where it can be stored for a day or two.
Do not rush to buy everything at once, for a start, the bare necessities are enough. Gradually, more and more tools and various devices will appear. The most important and main tools will be your skillful hands!
HOW TO DRY A SALT DOUGH CRAFTS
Outdoors at room temperature
You can dry the craft in the open air in a dry place. The thicker the product, the longer it will take. But this method is the most economical.
Air drying is convenient in the summer, for example in the country. However, keep in mind that when air drying, depressions form on the surface of the product that comes into contact with the table.
In the oven (gas or electric stove)
To dry the finished product, carefully, using a wide knife or spatula, transfer it from the work table to a baking sheet sprinkled with flour, being careful not to damage it during transfer.
Dry the craft for two days, first in the open air, then in the oven at a temperature of 50 ° C, gradually raising the temperature, but not higher than 150 ° C. At too high a temperature, the product may swell, sometimes even cracks appear. Swollen crafts cannot be fixed, and cracks are easy to cover up. To do this, dilute a little flour with water, add PVA glue, mix well and apply this mass to the crack, then rub the mixture into it with a stack or finger.
The product must not remain wet. Its readiness is determined by the sound. By tapping the finished product with your finger, you will hear a ringing sound. If the sound is deaf, the product must be dried.
For large items, you can use combined drying: first for several days in the air, then in the oven.
Drying time in the electric stove oven
1 hour - at t 50°С
1-2 hours - at t 75°С
1 hour - at t 100-125°С
0.5 hours - at t 150°С
Larger pieces will take longer to dry.
The time it takes to dry crafts in the oven is difficult to calculate exactly. All ovens are slightly different from each other. Therefore, in order to reduce the frustration of spoiled work, make several samples, for example, make cakes of different thicknesses and dry them in your oven, changing the temperature.
After drying the salt dough figures in the oven, cool them. While the products are hot, they are very fragile, so handle them very carefully.
On the heating battery
This method is very 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 battery until it dries completely.
1. In order for the crafts to be well preserved, after they are dried and painted, cover them with a transparent liquid varnish. This will reliably protect them from moisture. If you do not like the mirror shine, then use a matte varnish.
2. It is not recommended to use a microwave oven for drying.
MODELING PRODUCTS FROM SALT DOUGH
It is convenient to connect the parts with a brush and water. Water in this case plays the role of glue. Apply a small amount of water with a brush to the surfaces of the parts to be joined and gently press them together, being careful not to wrinkle. If there is too much water, the dough may spread.
There are several basic modeling techniques. At the heart of the manufacture of almost all elements are a ball and a sausage.
Many different small elements are used to decorate salt dough products: flowers, ribbons, berries, leaves, pigtails, etc.
To make the leaves, you need to roll out the sausage, cut it into identical parts-cylinders, which should then be rolled into a ball. Flatten the ball into a cake and form a leaf with your thumb and forefinger. Veins can be drawn with a toothpick.
Roses can be made from thinly rolled ribbon, carefully wound around a toothpick. In this case, the desired size and shape of the flower is formed.
In the manufacture of figures of people, the basis is a sausage, which must be given a conical shape. To sculpt the head, use a ball of dough of the required size. More complex planar elements or figures are best cut from rolled dough according to a pre-made template.
Very important:
When creating crafts with the youngest children (those who can "drag" the dough into their mouths) - use only natural dyes. Remember that working with artificial dyes (chemistry) may not be safe for your baby.
WITH There are two main ways to make the craft multi-colored:
1. ABOUT dyeing the dough during its preparation is a big plus. At the final stage, a craft with perfect coloring is obtained without the risk of staining other details, which can occur when painting by an inexperienced artist. And there are no difficulties with coloring hard-to-reach places.
2. ABOUT dyeing finished crafts . Gouache is ideal for this method, but we will also use acrylic paints to apply additional drawings to a previously painted surface.
TO In addition, crafts can be . In this case, the product will brown and will have a very pleasant appearance. You can also .
D For color mixing, you can use different paints: gouache, acrylic and tempera, oil paints or colored nutritional supplements, paint for coloring Easter eggs. To obtain a brown color, you can use instant cafe and cocoa diluted with boiling water and then cooled, and some colors are difficult to achieve by mixing. And therefore …
we recommend that you use for the first painting of the finished product and kneading the dough G have a sh — And because it is the most ideal all-rounder, both for coloring dough during preparation, and for the first layer of coloring crafts after production (dried). By the way, it is very easy to buy.
Let's start with the first way.
ABOUT paint is produced at the stage of kneading. The paint must be mixed with dry flour, only slightly adding water and mixed thoroughly. Then add water and stir until the color is even. If the goal is to make a "marbled" dough, then kneading should end when the color is not uniform and the dough has streaks. To do this, we would recommend adding paint at the final stage of kneading. Different shades of colors are achieved by mixing. But it is enough to create a dough of several primary colors: red, blue, green, black, brown, yellow and of course white, and you can create almost any shade of color. Purple is quite complex. It can be obtained by mixing blue into pink. About mixing colors natural dyes we'll talk below.
Finished product coloring.
H Let's start with the fact that the product must be dried. It is necessary to use soft brushes, and for fine work, soft and at the same time thin brushes. Remember, a lot depends on the brushes, and first of all, the accuracy of painting the product. Brush hairs sticking out in different directions can give the product a sloppy look. Painting must be done very carefully so as not to stain other parts of the craft. And as you probably guessed - each detail is painted separately. The paint for application should not be very thick, but not liquid (so that smudges do not appear). It should lay down in an even layer evenly covering the surface to be painted. Liquid paint is only acceptable if you are applying a thin layer to add a touch of a different color to a previously painted surface.
AND so, first we paint each detail with the main color. We are waiting for the product to dry. Then you can apply additional drawings. For example, pink or red cheeks on a nesting doll, bright feathers on the plumage of a bird, antennae on the muzzle of a cat or dog, and so on. You can add dark colors in the shadows and light highlights in the raised areas. You can grind and mix paints directly on the product, getting a smooth transition from one color to another. This method of coloring is especially good for large crafts without additional details.
To get started, it is enough to have two types of brushes - this is No. 10 for painting large areas and No. 1-2 for finer work.
Coloring dough with natural dyes. First of all for kids!
D For children, the use of artificial dyes can be hazardous to health, and gouache will not be useful if it gets inside the child. That is why we recommend using natural dyes. Nothing bad will happen if a child swallows a piece of dough colored, for example, with carrot juice. It is better to color the dough itself. Natural colors are not very bright to color the craft after manufacturing, and it will be more interesting for the child to mess with the dough of different colors, and not a uniform color. So, warm colors are easier to produce. Yellow color gives carrot juice. Red can be obtained from cherry, cranberry, beetroot and raspberry juice. Juices are added to the dough . To obtain Orange enough to mix Red And Yellow. In the same way we prepare cold colors:Green - gives spinach juice,Blue - blueberries or blueberries, andViolet - blackcurrant juice. You can experiment with colors and achieve very original colors.
IN we still have a lot ahead of us various subtleties staining, we will consider them in the process of work, and we will move on to .
How to color salt dough
In order for the resulting craft to be bright, colorful and as realistic as possible, it must be painted. The second secret of the masters is how to color the salt dough. Some masters prefer to color the finished dough with a brush. This method salt dough coloring is good for older children who already confidently hold the brush in their hands and always get it to the place that is needed.
The work of Ludmila Kruglova.
For the creativity of younger children, we can recommend next way coloring. Purchase gouache or acrylic paints. Please note that the paint should have a pasty consistency - if necessary, dilute the paint with water.
Take a small piece of dough in your hands and roll it into a ball shape. After that, make a small indentation in the center of the ball, where you place the paint. Then knead the dough until it has an even color.
Prepare the color test kit you need in the same way. It is advisable to leave a little dough uncolored, in case a test of any color is suddenly not enough.
For products - gifts for March 8, dough in gold and silver colors is useful. To prepare it, you will need gold or silver gouache. And if you add a special gel interspersed with sparkles, designed specifically for gouache, you will get stunningly beautiful crafts.
In order for you not to be distracted during the sculpting process, you should prepare in advance workplace. Cover the table with oilcloth or just polyethylene film. Be sure to prepare a board for modeling. For these purposes, you can purchase a cutting board or just a cardboard of a suitable size, which must be wrapped in ordinary baking foil. This is very convenient, since you can place the finished products for annealing in the oven directly on the work surface, which reduces the risk of damage to the figure. Put glasses with sunflower and vegetable oil on the table, and also prepare clean rags, a paint brush, a pencil, a knife, an awl or a gypsy needle. All this will come in handy in the process of creating beautiful crafts from salt dough.
After you prepare everything you need, you can proceed directly to work. Each master has his own techniques for modeling salt dough. However, there are several generally accepted methods, which will be discussed below.
The most important thing to remember is that even the most complex salt dough masterpieces consist of very simple elements. That is why it is so important to learn how to make elementary figures - sausages, balls, spheres. This is not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. For example, in order to make a ball, you need to take a piece of dough of the required size and with circular movements of the palms form a ball out of it. If you squeeze the ball between your palms, you will get a cake, and if you flatten the ball a little on one side, and slightly stretch it on the other side, you will get a drop.
Sausage is even easier to make - even the smallest children will cope with this task. To do this, simply roll out a piece of dough between the palms. If you roll this sausage with a pencil, pressing it lightly, you will get a ribbon. By the way, modeling is a great way to develop fine motor skills in children.
To get a plate, roll out the dough with a rolling pin or a simple bottle. From this plate you can cut out the elements you need with a knife. Please note that you need to cut out the shapes immediately after the dough is rolled out. Otherwise, the dough will dry out, and ugly cracks will form on the edges of the figures. In order for the dough not to stick to hands and surfaces, it must be greased with vegetable oil.
What do you need to work
For the test General recipe:
- Flour - 2 parts,
- salt "Extra" - 2 parts,
- water (necessarily cold) - 1 part,
- plastic bag for storing dough,
There are different recipes for salt dough. For example, in one of them, vegetable oil is added to the dough. However, the products in this case leave greasy prints. Some recipes suggest adding vinyl glue to the dough. With a dough prepared according to this recipe, you need to be very careful, especially if you are working with young children. After all, glue is toxic, and kids love to try everything “by the tooth”. Our recipe consists of 100% sustainable and therefore safe materials.
It should be noted right away that to work with salt dough, you need a certain temperature regime in the room. The optimum air temperature is 20°C. If the temperature is higher, the dough dries out quickly, it is difficult to process and connect parts.
To work with the test you will need:
- a jar of water for wetting fingers and brushes,
- stacks,
- plastic knife,
- modeling board,
- dough rolling pin,
- brushes,
- paints,
- toothpicks,
- garlic (for decoration "hairstyles")
- manicure scissors with rounded ends.
You may also need many other useful things, such as cocktail tubes, food foil, transparent pill boxes, beads, black peppercorns, felt-tip pen caps, and more.
First recipe
Wheat flour - 2 cups
Extra salt - 1 cup
Water - 3/4 cup
Second recipe
Wheat flour - 1 cup
Salt - 2 cups
Dry wallpaper paste - 1 spoon
Water - about 1 cup
Pour salt into a wide bowl, add water, then flour. Mix everything well. Or, mix the salt and flour well, gradually adding cold water until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The prepared dough should not stick to your hands or crumble. The dough should be elastic and fairly cool. Put it in a container or plastic bag so it doesn't dry out.
It is undesirable to store the finished dough for a long time, because in this case its original color is lost: it becomes grayish. Although such stale dough can be used to decorate details of clothing or small jewelry.
If the dough crumbles while kneading, add a little water. If it sticks to your hands - a little flour.
Salt dough, left open, dries very quickly in the air, so keep the container with the dough closed. Put the rest of the unused dough in the refrigerator, where it can be stored for a day or two.
Do not rush to buy everything at once, for a start, the bare necessities are enough. Gradually, more and more tools and various devices will appear. The most important and main tools will be your skillful hands!
HOW TO DRY A SALT DOUGH CRAFTS
Outdoors at room temperature
You can dry the craft in the open air in a dry place. The thicker the product, the longer it will take. But this method is the most economical.
Air drying is convenient in the summer, for example in the country. However, keep in mind that when air drying, depressions form on the surface of the product that comes into contact with the table.
In the oven (gas or electric stove)
To dry the finished product, carefully, using a wide knife or spatula, transfer it from the work table to a baking sheet sprinkled with flour, being careful not to damage it during transfer.
Dry the craft for two days, first in the open air, then in the oven at a temperature of 50 ° C, gradually raising the temperature, but not higher than 150 ° C. At too high a temperature, the product may swell, sometimes even cracks appear. Swollen crafts cannot be fixed, and cracks are easy to cover up. To do this, dilute a little flour with water, add PVA glue, mix well and apply this mass to the crack, then rub the mixture into it with a stack or finger.
The product must not remain wet. Its readiness is determined by the sound. By tapping the finished product with your finger, you will hear a ringing sound. If the sound is deaf, the product must be dried.
For large products, you can use combined drying: first for several days in the air, then in the oven.
Drying time in the electric stove oven
1 hour — at t 50°С
1-2 hours — at t 75°С
1 hour - at t 100-125°С
0.5 hours — at t 150°C
Larger pieces will take longer to dry.
The time it takes to dry crafts in the oven is difficult to calculate exactly. All ovens are slightly different from each other. Therefore, in order to reduce the frustration of spoiled work, make several samples, for example, make cakes of different thicknesses and dry them in your oven, changing the temperature.
After drying the salt dough figures in the oven, cool them. While the products are hot, they are very fragile, so handle them very carefully.
On the heating battery
This method is very 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 battery until it dries completely.
1. In order for the crafts to be well preserved, after they are dried and painted, cover them with a transparent liquid varnish. This will reliably protect them from moisture. If you do not like the mirror shine, then use a matte varnish.
2. It is not recommended to use a microwave oven for drying.
MODELING PRODUCTS FROM SALT DOUGH
It is convenient to connect the parts with a brush and water. Water in this case plays the role of glue. Apply a small amount of water with a brush to the surfaces of the parts to be joined and gently press them together, being careful not to wrinkle. If there is too much water, the dough may spread.
There are several basic modeling techniques. At the heart of the manufacture of almost all elements are a ball and a sausage.
Many different small elements are used to decorate salt dough products: flowers, ribbons, berries, leaves, pigtails, etc.
To make the leaves, you need to roll out the sausage, cut it into identical parts-cylinders, which should then be rolled into a ball. Flatten the ball into a cake and form a leaf with your thumb and forefinger. Veins can be drawn with a toothpick.
Roses can be made from thinly rolled ribbon, carefully wound around a toothpick. In this case, the desired size and shape of the flower is formed.
In the manufacture of figures of people, the basis is a sausage, which must be given a conical shape. To sculpt the head, use a ball of dough of the required size. More complex planar elements or figures are best cut from rolled dough according to a pre-made template.
