Salt Dough: Easy Recipe

Ingredients and tools for making the dough:

- 2 cups of flour

- 1 cup of salt

- 1 cup of warm water

- a mixing bowl

- an oven

To decorate the salt dough after baking:

- acrylic paint

- paintbrush

For storing leftover dough:

- freezer bag or airtight container

Pour into a mixing bowl 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of fine salt.

Then add 1 cup of warm water (to be added all at once).

Knead the mixture with your hands until you get a soft dough that doesn’t stick to your fingers.

If the dough is too crumbly, gradually add a little warm water and knead until it regains its softness.

The dough is ready to use right away and can be shaped to create objects, characters, animals, ...

Once your small salt dough objects are created, it is preferable to let them dry for 12 hours before baking them in the oven.

You can store the leftover salt dough for about a week; to do this, place it in a freezer bag (or airtight container) and keep it in the refrigerator. To reuse the leftover dough, we recommend taking it out of the refrigerator about half an hour before starting your creative workshop.

After 12 hours of drying, place your items in the oven (without preheating) and cook them between 75°C and 100°C:

- for about 1 hour for smaller items

- for about 2 hours for slightly larger items

Since cooking time may vary depending on the size of your items, it's best to regularly check the baking of your salt dough items and remove them from the oven once they are hard.

Once your salt dough creations are baked, you can decorate them using acrylic paint and a brush to achieve lovely bright colors.

Varnish the creations once the paint is dry.

With salt dough, the possibilities for creation are endless, so let your imagination run wild!