What can be done with salt dough. With embossed patterns

Sculpting is a great way to develop fine motor skills in children. However, kids are very fond of tasting everything, so traditional modeling materials, like clay or plasticine, are often not suitable for classes. There is a great alternative - salt dough: it is very easy to sculpt from it, it is much softer and more pliable than the same plasticine, and at the same time, it is absolutely safe for the child.

Any product can be made from this material. Small children (from one and a half years old) can, under your guidance, try to create simple figurines from salt dough, and an older child can try any crafts, souvenirs or toys that only imagination and skill are capable of.

How to make salt dough?

On top of all the benefits of this material for modeling, it is also very affordable, as it can be quickly made in your kitchen.

There are many recipes for making salt dough, so everyone has the opportunity to choose the most convenient and simple for themselves.

Here is one way:

• take a glass of salt (about 200 g), add 2 cups of flour, and dilute with water (more than half a glass), knead the dough;
• you will determine the degree of its readiness along the way: if the dough sticks to your hands and stretches too much, add a little more flour, and if it crumbles, then there is not enough water;
• try rolling a ball and making a few indentations in it (the finished dough will keep its shape well without blurring);
• when kneading, it is recommended to add a little (a tablespoon) of vegetable oil;
• for sculpting relief figures, add 2 tablespoons of starch;
• wrap the well-mixed mass with polyethylene and refrigerate for several hours;
• toys made from salt dough can be painted ready-made, or you can immediately prepare colored dough (make it in several separate containers and add food coloring, instant coffee, beetroot or carrot juice, acrylic or gouache paints, etc. when kneading).

You can watch special master classes if you are going to sculpt for the first time.

The goal of modeling classes for children should be to form an interest in this art, to familiarize themselves with all the properties and capabilities of the material: the dough can be torn, crushed, flattened, rolled, crumbled, dried. Teach your child to invent stories, make toys or figurines of acting characters for them, and combine them into whole large compositions. This will help you not only develop and improve the fine motor skills of children, but will also develop their imagination, imagination, and speech.

Making simple crafts with kids

Sculpt should be on a special board for modeling or a baking sheet. Also prepare a small rolling pin to roll out the dough, a brush (you will sometimes have to moisten the dough with water), stacks - sticks for working with plasticine or dough, other details, depending on the direction of your work (paints, molds, decorations, etc.).

If you are just starting to work with a small child, choose the simplest schemes and master classes so that it is easy and interesting for children to sculpt products.

First, you can do something by showing it to the child, then perform actions with his hand, and then let him try to create a toy from salt dough with his own hands.

Come up with a fairy tale about your character with your child. For example, it is very easy to make a cute little caterpillar or even her whole family, and then play with them.

1. Show your child how to make a caterpillar: you need to pinch off small pieces from the dough and roll balls of different sizes from them.
2. For the head of the product you will need a large ball, and for the body - a few smaller parts. The final look of the craft depends on how many balls you get, and what diameter they will be.
3. Then you can connect all the balls together. To make the elements stick to each other better, moisten them with water at the junctions.
4. The muzzle of the caterpillar can be drawn or molded, and the antennae can be made from cut matches.
5. Now the product needs to be dried. Some prefer to do it naturally. This method will take you about 3-4 days. Also, figures from salt dough can be dried in the oven: if it was preheated to 55-80 ° C, then you will need to keep the product there on a baking sheet with parchment paper for about an hour, and if you put the figures in a cold oven, then set the temperature to 150 ° C and, after drying a little, leave the crafts in the oven until it cools down.
6. When the toy is dry, color it with your child. This can be done with gouache, acrylics or watercolors.

In the same way, other toys are created very simply - octopuses, a snake, cats, fish, birds, vegetables and fruits. You can cut blanks out of cardboard, and then circle them already on the test.

Also, for little children, a very simple master class on making figures from salt dough as Christmas tree decorations will be available.

1. Prepare a few multi-colored pieces of dough.
2. Roll them out well, and using a variety of cookie cutters, cut out the figures you need.
3. Make holes in the figurines with a tube or stick so that they can then be hung by a thread or ribbon on a Christmas tree.
4. If you make a lot of holes, then you will get real openwork figures.
5. Products can also be decorated with beads (only with plastic it will not be possible to dry them in the oven), various cereals, buttons, shells, pieces of glass beads, etc. Sprinkle the finished toy with sparkles (on a layer of glue or varnish).
6. Figures painted with permanent markers, or decorated with all kinds of stamps (for children's creativity, of any texture) also look very nice.

As a memorable home souvenir, you can make prints of the child's legs and hands, and on the back, sign how old the baby was.

Making more complex toys

There are master classes that show that you can create more complex toys, figurines, or even entire compositions with your own hands. For example, try with older children to make a cute hedgehog or the whole hedgehog family.

1. Since you will be working on a 3D salt dough figurine, you will need some kind of ball to create the hedgehog's torso. You can take wooden, plastic or even foil, as long as it is very dense.
2. Cover it well with dough so that there are no holes anywhere.
3. The eyes and nose of the hedgehog can be made from dough or you can use any means at hand (for example, large peppercorns).
4. With the help of nail scissors, form needles on the back of the hedgehog (make row after row in a checkerboard pattern).
5. You can also make fruit that your forest dweller will carry on his back.
6. Then you should dry the hedgehog and decorate it. Cover the product with clear nail polish so that the paint does not fade and the appearance of the figurine does not deteriorate over time.

In the same way, you can make a sheep, an owl, and any other voluminous toy.

Master classes will help you create even whole paintings from salt dough, which will become not only an excellent decoration for your home, but also a wonderful original souvenir for a gift. Pictures are best sculpted on fabric, foil or painted cardboard. When the craft is completely dry, paint it and varnish it.

Modeling dough is a mass resembling plasticine, but softer, does not stick, does not stain, does not have a strong odor and does not cause allergies. How to make salt dough for modeling at home? The best homemade dough is made from salt, flour and cold water.

Working with plastic mass is incredibly exciting and useful in terms of developing fine motor skills. This contributes to the activation of the points of the brain responsible for the coordination of movements, objective actions and speech. And this is not all the advantages of modeling dough, it is:

• Increases perseverance.
• Develops logic and creative thinking.
• Improves concentration and perception.
• Develops the ability to work with small objects and helps in mastering the intricacies of manipulation.

Every mother can make a useful mass, because the technique is not much different from making dough for dumplings. In the article I will consider the most popular recipes. I will start with the classics, and later I will switch to more complex options.

Classic Salt Dough Recipe

I offer a classic recipe for salt dough for modeling, which involves the use of the simplest ingredients that are present in every kitchen. It is incredibly popular among experienced craftsmen, people with little experience and beginners.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 300 g.
• Salt - 300 g.
• Water - 200 ml.

Cooking:

1. Pour salt into a deep container, add some water. I advise you not to use all the liquid at once, because in each case the moisture content of the flour is different.
2. After the salt dissolves, add the sifted flour. Mix in a bowl first. After the formation of a lump, transfer the mass to the work surface and complete the process. To increase plasticity, gradually add water.
3. Place the finished dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate. After two or three hours, the salty mass is ready for work.

Video recipe

From these proportions, quite a lot of salt dough is obtained. If large crafts are not planned, cut the number of ingredients by half or four. If the mass remains, store it in a film in the refrigerator, just like the slime mass is stored. In this form, it retains its original qualities for a month.

How to make dough in 5 minutes

If salt dough crafts have become a family hobby, I recommend arming yourself with a recipe thanks to which you will make another portion of the elastic mass at home in 5 minutes.

Ingredients:

• Flour - 1 cup.
• Water - 1 cup.
• Soda - 2 teaspoons.
• Salt - 0.3 cups.
• Vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon.
• Food coloring.

Cooking:

1. Pour a mixture of salt, soda and flour into a small saucepan, pour in water along with vegetable oil. Put the container on a small fire and heat for several minutes, stirring regularly. Add dye and stir.
2. Watch the density of the dough. If it sticks to the spoon, it's done. Put the mass on a plate to cool. After that, knead thoroughly with your hands.
3. Store your salt dough in a bag or food container or it will dry out. If the mass has dried up, do not be discouraged. Add some water and mash.

Videos cooking

Quick salt dough has another advantage - a long shelf life. Subject to all the rules, the dough retains its properties for several months. With this material, you will not be bored.

Recipe without starch with glycerin

Some craftsmen cover the surface with a layer of varnish to give the crafts shine. But such a result can be achieved without the help of paints and varnishes, because there is glycerin, which is sold in all pharmacies.

Ingredients:

1. Boiling water - 2 cups.
2. Flour - 400 g.
3. Glycerin - 0.5 teaspoon.
4. Sunflower oil - 2 tablespoons.
5. Tartar - 2 tablespoons.
6. Fine salt - 100 g.
7. Dye.

Cooking:

1. Make a base. In a small container, combine cream of tartar, vegetable oil, salt and flour.
2. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan. Pour in the flour base, add the dye and glycerin. Cook until the mass acquires a homogeneous consistency.
3. Cool the resulting composition and knead thoroughly. Add flour if necessary.

Having made a figure from dough without starch, you will see that it has a pleasant sheen. This craft will be a wonderful gift for mom on March 8 or a friend for her birthday.

How to make dough for modeling without flour

The highlight of this plastic mass is the absence of flour in the composition. The technology for making salt dough for modeling is suitable for craftsmen who do not like working with a white, quick-tempered ingredient.

Ingredients:

• Starch - 1 cup.
• Baking soda - 2 cups.
• Water - 0.5 cups.
• Natural food coloring.

Cooking:

1. In a deep bowl, mix cornstarch with baking soda. While stirring the mixture, pour in the water in a stream.
2. Put the container with the ingredients on a small fire and cook until a ball forms.
3. Place the cooled mixture on a floured surface and knead. The dough is ready.

There is no flour in this dough, but it is great for modeling. Use this easy-to-make plastic material to create a variety of shapes that will showcase your talent to others.

What can be done from salt dough - examples of crafts

We examined the technology for preparing salt dough for modeling. It's time to put the salty stuff to work. If you are a beginner, I recommend starting with the simplest figures. Over time, having gained precious experience, switch to more complex crafts.

Experienced craftsmen make various figures and compositions from salt dough. The result depends only on the imagination. In this part of the article I will give some good examples with step-by-step instructions for making. They will help to learn the basics even for children.

mushroom

1. To create a hat, roll a small ball and lightly press on one side.
2. Make a sausage. When rolling, press down on one side a little. Get a leg.
3. It remains to collect the figurine. To increase reliability, use a toothpick.
4. After the dough has dried, decorate the mushroom as you wish.

beads

• Roll the dough into several dozen equal-sized and even balls. Put the balls on the toothpicks.
• Leave the balloons outside for a few days to dry. I advise you to turn the beads several times a day.
• Carefully remove the toothpicks from the dried balls. String beads on ribbon or string. For a more beautiful product, color the beads with markers.

Christmas decorations

1. Roll out the salt dough into a sheet. Using a cardboard stencil or cookie cutter, squeeze out the shapes.
2. Use a straw for cocktails to make holes in the figurines. Dry the dough.
3. It remains to decorate the Christmas decorations and thread a beautiful ribbon through the hole.

Rose

• Make a cone out of a small amount of dough.
• Roll into a small ball and roll into a cake. Attach the fragment to the cone.
• Attach a similar element on the opposite side. Get a button.
• Roll up a few balls and make petals. Attach to the flower in a circle.
• Bend the upper edges of the petals slightly back, and press the sides.
• After the dough has dried, paint the figurine scarlet.

Puzzles

1. Make a large stencil of a figure out of cardboard, for example, a cat. Roll out the dough into a layer. Using a stencil, cut out a large figure. Leave the dough until morning to dry.
2. Cut the cat figurine into fragments with a sharp knife. Wait for complete drying.
3. Color the craft with markers or gouache. After drying, cover each piece with a layer of clear varnish.

Video examples of figurines

As you can see, salt dough is ideal for creating simple and complex shapes and compositions. And these are just a few of the ideas. With the help of imagination, you can create a variety of toys, jewelry, souvenirs and other crafts.

In conclusion, I will share the secrets of experienced craftsmen who will make working with the material more productive and the result more impressive.

Modeling from salt dough is attractive for a preschooler, the material is pleasant to hold in hands, it is not dangerous, it is cheap, it perfectly develops fine motor skills of the hands, the child immediately sees the result of his work, a wide range of techniques. Modeling from salt dough develops the child's creative abilities, allowing them to fantasize and come up with new images.

How to make salt dough

Take two cups of flour, one cup of fine salt, mix well, add 2/3 cups of water, 0.5 cups of PVA glue, a dessert spoon of vegetable oil, knead until elastic (like dumplings dough). Store in polyethylene in the refrigerator (or in plastic containers with a lid).

How to color salt dough

1st way: for coloring, first evenly divide the ingredients of the future dough into bowls, add an environmentally friendly dye (gouache, food coloring), stir with flour, and then add water.

2nd way: paint the finished figures with gouache after they are completely dry.

Drying salt dough crafts

1st way: dry salt dough at normal temperature or on a battery.

2nd way: dry in the oven at a temperature of 60-80 degrees for an hour, if the craft is voluminous.

Advice: it is recommended to sculpt the craft immediately on a stand, on which the child’s work will then dry; if drying is supposed to be in the oven, then small iron trays or cardboard wrapped in food foil can be used as a stand.

Workplace equipment

1. Plastic containers with an easy-to-open lid, as the surface of the dough dries and cracks when exposed to air. During operation, the required amount of dough of a certain color is taken from the container, the rest is stored under a closed lid.

2. A bowl in which lies a cloth soaked in vegetable oil, which can be used to lubricate hands, wipe tools so that the dough does not stick to them. If vegetable oil is added to the dough, then, as a rule, you can do without an “oil” napkin. The second way to avoid dough sticking is to use flour for hands, rolling pins, boards.

3. Board, small rolling pins (plate making), body from a marker, felt-tip pen (tape rolling).

4. Stacks (available in a set with plasticine), they can cut out shapes, apply relief to crafts.

5. Fabric with a pronounced texture - to give relief to crafts (guipure, crinkled fabrics).

6. A set of beautiful beads, buttons, glass beads, ribbons for imprinting into the dough, as well as making voluminous decorations (do not dry the craft in the oven with decorations made of artificial materials for safety reasons).

7. Brush, water for gluing individual parts, as well as repairing broken crafts.

8. Material for the manufacture of the frame: jars, boxes, foil that can be crushed into a certain shape, coils of wire, etc.

Step-by-step workshops for making crafts from salt dough with preschoolers

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Rowan from salt dough. Step-by-step master class for children 3-4 years old. Author: Natalya Gennadievna Komissarova, teacher of MBDOU No. 196, Izhevsk. Description: this master class is intended for children of primary preschool age, educators, teachers of additional education, parents and other creative people. Purpose: making a souvenir from salt dough. Tasks: - to expand children's understanding of the rowan berry. - strengthening the ability to roll out the dough in a circular motion, pinches ...

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It is difficult to overestimate the benefits and advantages of salt dough in the arsenal of an enthusiastic mother. First of all, it is its environmental friendliness. The dough consists of natural ingredients, so accidentally getting into the baby's mouth will not cause unnecessary worries for the mother.

The ease of manufacture and the availability of ingredients make salt dough versatile with the child and the development of fine motor skills. And what is important - the dough turns out to be quite a lot, and there is no need to divide it into a small piece (if you are sculpting together), as is the case with plasticine from a pack.

Dough recipe and dyes

There are many different recipes for salt dough. Basically they are divided into two types:

• With heat treatment;
• Without heat treatment.

• 1 st. flour;
• 0.5 st. fine salt "Extra";
• 1 tbsp starch;
• 0.5 st. cold water (from the refrigerator).

First, all solid ingredients are mixed, then water is added in portions and the dough is kneaded. Ready-made salt dough does not stick to hands.

The mass for modeling can be left in a natural color or a dye can be added during the kneading process. If you want to make the salty dough colorful, then divide the finished dough into several parts, add the necessary dye and knead well again (we used the last option).

Dyes you can use:

• food (for coloring Easter eggs);
• natural (coffee or cocoa give different shades of brown, paprika - orange, spirulina (dietary supplement, sold in a pharmacy) - green, turmeric - yellow).

The dough turned out soft and elastic. Such a composition is suitable for sculpting flat and semi-volumetric figures (for example, the elephant that we blinded began to “blur” after 10 minutes, and the hedgehog remarkably retained its shape). Of the minuses - after sculpting, powder from flour and salt remains on the hands, unlike hot-cooked dough.

Materials and fixtures

Of course, you can only get by with salt dough and have a wonderful time with your baby. However, the following materials will help you significantly diversify your studies.

For shaping can be used:

• cookie cutters;
• Pasochki from the sandbox (after washing them);
• Covers of different diameters;
• Self-made stencils from cardboard (prepare stencils of parts of the drawing according to the principle, then apply them to the rolled out dough and cut along the contour with a children's knife or stack).

For embossing and creating all kinds of prints will come in handy:

• Lace paper and textile;
• Caps from felt-tip pens;
• Drill (preferably not new with a blunt end);
• Fork;
• Cocktail tube (it is convenient to make holes in pendants or openwork pendants);
• Sticks of different diameters;
• Relief plants (juniper, maple leaves);
• Shells.

For decorations crafts fit:

• Pasta of various shapes;
• Groats (beans, peas, chickpeas);
• Plant seeds (watermelon, sunflower, pumpkin);
• Seasonings (black pepper, cloves);
• Buttons and beads.

In addition, handicrafts will come in handy: a rolling pin, garlic press and nail scissors

Salt dough craft ideas for kids

Now let's see what can be done with the child using the above materials.

handprint

Many parents make a plaster cast or an imprint of a baby’s hand / foot as a keepsake for a year old child. The same can be done with salt dough.

We roll out a layer 1-1.5 cm thick, with the help of a small bowl we cut out a circle of a suitable diameter, attach the baby’s handle and help to press it well to the dough.

On the side we make an inscription: the date or age of the baby and send it to dry.

Do you want to play with your child easily and with pleasure?

Pendants and pendants

We roll out the dough and squeeze out a circle of a suitable diameter. Together with the child, we fill the circle with various materials for decoration.

Another option: we make all kinds of prints on the rolled surface, and then we cut out the area we like with the help of cookie cutters.

When all the preliminary work is over, we form a hole for hanging with a cocktail tube and dry it.

In order to make an openwork pendant, carefully make holes in the dough with a cocktail tube, turning it slightly at the end so that the dough remains in the tube.

Owl

A simple craft that a child from 3 years old can handle. Roll out the dough with a thickness of 0.5-1 cm and cut out a circle. In the lower part, using the cap from the felt-tip pen, we make semicircles - the plumage of an owl. Next, we bend two semicircles to the center - these are the wings and from above we bend a small semicircle - the head of an owl. We make eyes by pressing the closed part of the cap on the appropriate places and form the mouth of an owl with a stack. With your fingers, we correct the small ears at the place where the semicircles overlap. The owl is ready!

Hedgehog

For this craft, we need nail scissors and black pepper for the eyes. We roll the ball, after which we slightly stretch one of its sides, forming the muzzle of a hedgehog. With the help of manicure scissors, we make triangular cuts over the entire surface of the future “fur coat”, at the end raising the dough up a little - these are hedgehog needles. From black pepper we make eyes and a nose to a hedgehog. Our forest animal is ready!

caterpillar and snail

These are crafts for the little ones. For the snail, we roll out two sausages: one long narrow, the second short, but thick. We turn the narrow one into a spiral, forming a snail's house and put it on a thick base. We make eyes from black pepper, and horns from small sausages.

For the caterpillar, we roll a thick sausage and a few balls. We place the balls on the sausage, pressing them with a stick or the back of the brush. With the same stick we press on the side surfaces of the caterpillar and insert the eyes - peas.

And finally, inspiration for indecisive moms who put off salt dough modeling because of doubts about what they are. Even if the result of your joint creativity is such an animal / bird of an unknown breed as in the photo below, the child will be happy and will show off his product to everyone.

The dots on the head and furrows on the tail are made with a fork. Small balls are fixed with a round stick, and large ones are fixed with pressed beans.

Drying products and their coloring

If your child does not immediately seek to disassemble the craft, and you decide to save it, then there are two ways to dry products from salt dough:

1. Natural drying. The craft is left at room conditions, and it dries on its own at 1 mm per day.
2. Drying in the oven. They try to sculpt such crafts on foil so that the product does not deform during transfer. In addition, only natural materials should be used (without buttons, beads, etc.). The craft is placed in the oven for 1 hour at a temperature of 50 degrees. If the craft is voluminous, then alternate periods of drying in the oven and in natural conditions.

If you initially sculpted from unpainted dough, and then wanted to paint the craft, then you can do this only after it has completely dried, otherwise the paint will crack.

You will learn how to mold a basket with mushrooms from this video:

Have you tried making with salt dough? Tell me in the comments?

Greetings, dear parents, readers of our blog! Recently, the old technique for the development of fine motor skills of a child has been revived - modeling from dough. And today I want to tell you more about salt dough for modeling. Recipes with photos can be found at the end of the article.

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

For modeling, you can use potter's clay, plasticine, and ordinary dough during the joint preparation of cookies or dumplings. Children are very fond of sculpting and rolling balls from such materials. Salt dough is used exclusively for creativity, because it is inedible.

It has long been sculpted from salt dough:

• Protect;
• Kids toys.

Now this type of creativity is becoming popular again, you can make from dough:

• decor items;
• Figurines, toys;
• Paintings;
• Baby's hand or foot prints.

It is no secret that adults are very fond of doing this type of modeling, preferring salt dough to clay or gypsum, they fashion whole pictures that decorate the house or are given as a present:

2. Why Salt Dough

It is surprising to many to hear that the dough must be salty so that something can be molded from 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 keep after drying. The main ingredients of this test are:

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

In addition, you can add other components, depending on what you want to get. It can be glue, oil or paint, which 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, consider a few of them. You need to choose the simplest flour, without additives, and the water is very cold.

3.1. Salt dough regular

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 gradually pour in water, quickly mixing everything with your hands.
2. Knead the dough for a short time, if it turns out to be tight, add a little more water.
3. If the dough is sticky, add some flour. It all depends on the flour, so sometimes you need more water, sometimes less.

3.2. Salt 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 it is dried in the oven. Rye flour alone is not used, as the dough will turn out to be very tight and difficult to fashion something out of it. The oil will give the dough elasticity, it will not stick to your hands.

3.3. Salt dough with glue

Compound:

• Flour - 2 tbsp.;
• Salt - 1 tbsp.;
• Dry wallpaper glue - 2 tablespoons;
• Oil or glycerin - 4 tablespoons;
• 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 some flour. In addition to wallpaper glue, PVA glue is used, this is done for the strength of the material.

How to cook colored dough?

To color 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 dries using art paints.

If you do not want to cook the dough yourself, you can buy ready-made - it is inexpensive, you can immediately take a set of different colors and molds. You can see prices and choose a ready-made set on this site. This is a great baby store with a huge selection!

4. Crafts from salt dough

As soon as the baby is 1-1.5 years old, he can be introduced to the test as a way of playing and developing.

The advantage of the test is also that the child will not get poisoned if he tries it, and also it does not smell like plasticine. Such a 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 suited.

The child can do the following:

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

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

5. Drying salt dough products

There are such types of drying:

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

One way or another, the products must be dried well. If the dough layer is thin, it will take less time. Volumetric pictures from dough or figurines need a long drying time.

The surest and easiest way is to air dry, preferably warm, 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 sonorous - the product has dried up, if it is deaf - you still need to dry it.

It will take about one day to dry on a battery, in the summer you can put the product on the windowsill.

When drying in the oven, you need to set a 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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