Salt dough crafts for men. DIY puff pastry craft ideas

This type of folk art has become popular not so long ago, although its origins lie in the most ancient layers of Slavic culture. If in doubt, then remember the same Kolobok: why not an artistic piece of dough? Working with such a test is not only simple, but also accessible to everyone. Firstly, in what house is there not a handful of flour, and secondly, this material is much more pliable than the same gypsum, and much more durable than plasticine familiar to everyone. That's why salt dough crafts so we all loved it.

Such wonderful sheep can decorate the Christmas tree.

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

With the help of stamps and paint, you can make drawings on cookies from salt dough.

According to some rumors, dough modeling was invented by culinary specialists who were bored with just cooking. So they had fun, along the way decorating their pastries. But not only they appreciated the convenience of this material, its pleasantness to the touch and flexibility to give it different shapes. Like most needlework materials, the dough is not very expensive. As from the same plasticine, whatever your heart desires is molded from the dough. Both paintings and salt dough figurines can be placed on walls and shelves or used as toys. A picture with flowers from such a test will be a great gift for friends. Today, like crafts from a plastic bottle, salt dough products are becoming more and more popular, and therefore this area of \u200b\u200bcreativity needs to be studied in detail and brought under a theoretical basis.

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

Salt dough crafts are durable, which means they can decorate the interior for more than one month.

Recently, this art (and dough modeling is, without a doubt, 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 ancient times, when they only learned how to make flour. The history of each 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. When working with dough, many people manage to come up with their own names for this technique: flour salt, bioceramics and, of course, testoplasty. But no matter how it is called, the result often exceeds all possible expectations! When a masterpiece is born from salt dough, 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 that is why salt dough has become such a popular material for the creativity of children of different ages. Like plasticine, salt dough products allow modeling of any complexity.

With proper skill, you can make such an owl.

You can use gouache to color the owlet, and you can fix it with a manicure glue.

No one can say today exactly how many centuries testoplasty has existed. But during this time, the procedure for working with salted dough has not changed at all. All the same water and flour. And to save crafts from various pests, salt is added.

You can learn about the features of working with salt dough from many sites. But if you yourself have been sculpting from salt dough for quite a long time, then you also have gained experience working with this material, there are examples of work, photographs of products that can be placed on similar Internet pages. You can also create your own blogs and even websites dedicated to this art. Believe that with the current popularity of testoplasty, your achievements will be of interest to many like-minded people. At least on thematic sites, a personal author's gallery will be created for you. And even if your photographs are not an example of perfection, professionals will bring them to mind and present them in the best light.

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

Fortunately, the days when dough figures were used only as sacred objects have long since passed. Gone are the eras of famine and war. Folk "flour-salt" gradually turned into a newfangled "bioceramic". The most ancient decorative craft began to revive as an independent applied art. Today, testoplasty is gaining more and more popularity in craft schools and circles. Everyone who has been 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. From it you can make flowers and little men.

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

Angels and hearts will come in handy for Easter.

To on my own make salt dough crafts, you can preview several master classes on the Internet. You can read step-by-step instructions, as well as get acquainted with the photo collections of works from salt dough offered on various sites. This will help you gain additional inspiration for your next steps.

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

Salt dough will require 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 about half as much by weight as flour.

* And for embossed thin figures, you can optionally 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 and strong dough for large products: one glass of flour and salt (respectively, 200 and 400 grams) and 125 milliliters of water.

*Specialists also offer a dough recipe for fine work: flour - 300 grams, salt - 200 grams, glycerin - 4 tablespoons (you can buy it at a pharmacy), glue for light wallpaper - 2 tablespoons and water - 125 milliliters (you need it in advance 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 also make the dough much better.

For the manufacture of colored dough, you can use both food dyes and aniline, but the simplest and most affordable are watercolor and gouache. An excellent chocolate color will be obtained by adding cocoa to the dough. When choosing a shade, it should be taken into account that during the drying process the tone will not become so saturated, but when varnishing the crafts, the color will return to its former brightness again.

Salt dough for crafts is made in 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 "brew" for a few minutes.

Form cookies with stencils.

Stock up on cookie decorating stamps.

Wet the stamp lightly and scoop up the glitter.

Now transfer the decor to the cookies.

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

Now is the time to send the cookies to the oven.

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

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. And it is also recommended to replace water with jelly cooked from starch - potato or corn (dissolve one tablespoon of starch in half a glass of cool water; then a glass of boiling water is poured into the starch with constant stirring; after the jelly has thickened and become transparent, the resulting paste should 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 is too soft, you will have to mix it again with a slight additional amount of salt and flour. Salt dough needs to be given more density. There are also tips to put salt dough in a plastic bag for 2 hours in the refrigerator. It can be stored there for later use.

Salt dough makes 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 get started with this material by doing salt dough autumn crafts. After all, autumn is extremely rich not only in forms to follow in the form of ripened fruits, but also in various natural materials that can be included in the 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 picture or a bas-relief with the same apples, pears, pumpkins and other fruits and vegetables. And you can make voluminous 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 beat 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. In the same technique, you can make a staging of a fabulous or fantastic plot. Any autumn theme - a rowan branch, a carpet of fallen leaves, birds flying south - can be embodied with the help of salt dough.

Be sure to involve children in modeling.

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

After the cookie is ready, start painting it. Don't forget to make holes.

How to do it right 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 everything that is gathering dust around the house can come in handy.

To begin with, the most important items: a stack or a 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 core, which is convenient for making different holes and points in patterns, cheese holes, eyes and much more.
When making crafts, as well as for exciting games with children, curly knives for cutting cookies or ready-made sets of curly notches for plasticine can come in handy.
Next, you should pick up everything in the house with which it is possible to make prints, for example:

voluminous buttons, hairpins, pieces of burlap, embossed lace, beads, rings, children's small toys, candle holders for cake, forks and spoons, the handles of which are decorated with relief patterns, the sole of children's shoes (also gives interesting patterns), mixer details and much more. other inconspicuous little things.

To prepare salt dough, flour and salt are mixed, water is added to them, 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 the hands, then there is a lot of water in it, and, accordingly, you need to add a little flour. For the test, a ball rolls up, several small indentations are made in it with a finger. A dough that does not blur and will hold 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, dry out too quickly, but also will not be covered with a crust during work. True, you need to remember that too good is also not good: if you add a lot of oil, the dough will start to get dirty, and its final drying will take too long. Yes, and the paint to it will be taken with difficulty.
Well, the dough is ready, now you can proceed directly to the process of sculpting from salt dough. It is better to make it on a board or baking sheet: this will immediately be a good place for the dough to dry.
In order to make salty dough colored, it can also be dyed at the stage of kneading itself, using food paint or gouache, which will be safe when working with young children. You can also color the finished dried product. And in order to prepare the right color, you can use the scheme:

blue color is obtained by mixing blue and white,

pink color is obtained by mixing white and red,

purple is obtained by mixing blue and pink,

green is obtained by mixing blue and yellow,

orange color will come out when mixing yellow and red,

brown is obtained by mixing green and red,

emerald color is obtained by mixing green and blue,

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

and gold and silver color will turn out if you add gouache or acrylic of the corresponding color to it, you can also make dough with sparkles by adding gouache glitter gel to it.

Drying is carried out either in the open air in natural conditions, which can take too long, or in the oven, subject to certain rules:

the temperature in the oven should be minimal;
the lid of the oven must be ajar;
the product cannot be placed immediately in a hot oven, it must be heated gradually. You can’t take the craft out of the oven abruptly, 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 must be turned over and allowed to dry from the inside out. You can also take breaks in the drying process: an hour is dried in the oven, and then a day in the air, and again an hour in the oven, but on the reverse side, and then a day in the air;
the drying time of the product largely depends on the size of the craft itself.

require final finishing. After drying, the craft can be lightly browned in the oven, which will give it a natural shade. For decoration, the product is painted with paints and varnished. When working with dough, any paints are used: acrylic, watercolor, gouache - that is, those with which you most like to work. Varnish is used acrylic or art. You can also use ordinary construction, but with a water base, which can be used on breathable surfaces - parquet or wood. For greater expressiveness of some small details in the craft, they can even be painted with nail polish, which usually gives a bright glossy color.

ending salt dough crafts for kids, parents are often faced with receiving defective low-quality results. This can happen due to the assumption of typical mistakes that should be avoided even at the preparation stage. For example:

pancake flour or with some additives cannot be used for making crafts from salt dough, since the figures from it will begin to rise during drying like yeast dough for pies and the craft will crack;
iodized salt also cannot be used, since its large inclusions will not dissolve, and subsequently the texture of the dough will be heterogeneous, as if in a grain;
water should be used very cold and added in parts, fifty milliliters for each addition, after which thorough kneading should be carried out, which is associated with the likelihood of using different types of flour that require different volumes of water;
salt must first be mixed with flour and only then pour water into the already prepared mass;
salt dough can be stored in a plastic bag or in a tightly closed container. It is best to get this dough out of the bag in small slices, because they can very quickly become covered with a crust, and when rolled out or sculpted, these crusts can ruin the whole look of the product;
if a crackling or swelling of a salt dough product occurs, then this can be explained by improperly selected flour: the simpler it is and without additives, the better it is for dough and future crafts;
you can add rye flour to the dough: although the color will turn out to be more gray and warm, it should not crackle. A simple recipe is a glass of ordinary 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 gives plasticity and prevents the dough from rising;
crafts made from salt dough can also crack if dried incorrectly. As mentioned earlier, the product dries better in the air, by itself, although for a long time, but you want to get the result faster. Therefore, most often drying is carried out in three stages: first, in the oven at the lowest temperature and an open lid for about an hour, then a break is made for two hours, or it can be overnight, when the craft dries itself, then the oven is turned on again at the minimum temperature with the open lid;
when crackling appeared after painting, this means that the craft was not completely dry. At the same time, the product continued to dry, and the air had nowhere to go, which is why the surface of the varnish or paint cracked. 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 it is necessary to remove the excess dough on the reverse side;
during drying, the craft should turn at all stages: an hour dries on the front side, rests, then you need to turn the craft over and dry it on the reverse side;
fallen off parts can be remarkably and imperceptibly attached with PVA glue.

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

Just like real starfish.

Very beautiful spring birds.

These Christmas decorations are no worse than plastic ones.

This type of decorative art allows you to very realistically perform three-dimensional crafts. Salt dough flowers- favorite products, especially for women, and for schoolgirls too. It is very easy to make, for example, the same daisies, rolling out the dough ahead of time and making the same petals with notches. You can make them and roll out the same "sausages" and already from them, slightly flattening, form a lot of petals for a flower. The middles 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 salt dough. You need to paint flowers and a basket according to the simple technology given above.

Such a cat is a bright embodiment of Halloween.

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

Fish and cats.

Favorite for cat lovers crafts - cats from salt dough. This is generally a fertile topic in any kind of creativity - in the visual arts, and in literature, and even in music. After all, this graceful wayward pet cannot but delight and inspire, especially creative people. To make your favorite Ginger out of dough, you can go the way 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 adhere to the proper thickness, which is acceptable for uniform drying of the craft. Well, everything else is a matter of technology!

From the dough it is interesting to sculpt owls, hares and baskets.

Most easy salt dough crafts can be performed by rolling the sheet and cutting it out using recesses of various flat shapes. The advantage of this method is the speed of manufacturing a large number of different items, as well as its minimum thickness, which will speed up the drying process and protect against subsequent deformations. This technique most of all allows the use of different presses and impressions. By 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, it is given the correct shape (circle or rectangle). Then the chips are inserted into the 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.

Salt dough figurines can be decorated with rhinestones and beads.

- this is not only simple fun, but also a serious correctional activity that allows you to develop fine motor skills of kids, their perseverance, observation, creative imagination and educate their aesthetic tastes. And for adults, this is an excellent way to find peace and recover from constant fuss, even if it is highly meaningful. And believe me: you just have to try it once - and you will surely grow into this art with all your heart. And let your creativity be your joy!

Salt dough crafts photo

You can even make a pendant out of the dough.

These are the decorations obtained from the 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.

From the dough, you can make not only New Year's, but also autumn decor.

With the help of paint and dough ropes, you can easily bake such a golden and silver heart.

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

Cover the workpiece with a shiny varnish and you're done!

Charming owl made of dough.

You can draw a penguin on the star.

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

Shiny hearts for the Christmas tree.

Autumn crafts from dough.

Crafts decorated with buttons.

And these are Easter crafts.

Salt dough flowers.

From the test, 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

The dough can be used to make vegetables and fruits.

Salt dough crafts video

What a person just cannot use in order to produce a beautiful craft, and sometimes it is even difficult to imagine that such material can be used at all. One of those hobbies is modeling. salt dough. She came from ancient times and is still very popular with kids.

Such a craft practically does not require investments, and the method of its manufacture is simple and uncomplicated. During this time, craftsmen performed a huge number of different ones, for example: candlesticks, frames for paintings or photographs, products for children. The dough is malleable not only for the hands of the craftsman, but also for the beginner. We are agitating to do this exciting leisure activity with the child, in which the child himself will become an excellent assistant or even a performer. In addition, crafts are able to develop the imagination and emotional state of the child, and such products can decorate the children's room. All parents know that fine motor skills, which develop when modeling puff pastry with their own hands, contribute to the development of speech in young children. And the pleasure received by relatives and friends is generally difficult to describe. And the plus to all that has been said is that such activities will quickly teach the child to hold a pen or pencil correctly.

Salt dough recipe for crafts

1. At the very beginning, you need to prepare our salty dough. To do this, mix a glass of salt and a glass of flour in a saucepan. Add to them a tablespoon of sunflower oil and about half a glass of water. Mix everything thoroughly (the principle is the same as in the usual test). If the dough turned out too soft, then add salt and flour one by one. The result should be a dense consistency (in terms of density resembling plasticine). Then we remove the dough in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for three hours.

2. When the time has passed, the dough must be divided into several parts and painted. You can take soft acrylic or gouache paint. We take the dough in our hands, add paint to it and roll until it becomes homogeneous. In this way, you can paint all the other parts, and if you mix the paint together, you can get an interesting shade.

3. We prepare the workplace for modeling - we spread polyethylene on the table. Then we put a rolling pin, a cutting board, a brush, a plastic knife and sticks for squeezing on the dough on the table.

4. Crafts from salt dough need to be burned in the oven. The temperature should not be set too high to avoid burning the product.

5. At the end, you can paint the craft in the desired color or varnish it. In this case, you can take gouache and add a little PVA glue to it or take acrylic varnish.

Watch the video: Salt Dough Dragon

Salt dough modeling master class

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A wonderful entertainment and useful type of creative activity with a child is making crafts from salt dough. It also has another name - bioceramics. The main advantage of such creativity with children is unlimited opportunities for creativity and development of the child and, most importantly, complete safety for health.

Modeled figures are heated in a microwave or oven, but can also be dried in the air.

Salt Dough: Recipe

Do-it-yourself dough for modeling has a huge plus - it is very easy and quick to prepare from the usual ingredients that are in every kitchen. Children's recipe for salt dough consists of only three ingredients: a glass of flour, a glass of salt, half a glass of water. Take a large bowl, mix flour and salt in it, and then gradually add water, kneading a stiff dough.

After a few minutes of thorough kneading, an amazing material for creativity is ready!

What to do with salt dough? Master class number 1

Yes, whatever! Figures can be flat or voluminous, large or small, coarse or more filigree. But for the first experiments with the test, we suggest using our master class. It will require:

Salt dough for modeling;
Large molds for creativity or cutting cookies;
Rolling pin (you can take a plastic or wooden);
plastic knife;
Thick paints (gouache or acrylic) and a brush.

Roll out the salt dough on a table about 1 cm thick. Cut out the figures using cookie cutters or a knife.

Give them volume and small details by extruding the desired elements on the surface.

The figurines are ready. Transfer them to foil and a baking sheet and dry at a low temperature in the oven for several hours until completely dry. The drying time of salt dough products depends on their thickness. Do not set the temperature too high, otherwise the crafts may burst. If you can’t wait to continue working, wait for at least the outer layer to dry and start coloring. And you can completely dry the product later, on a radiator or in the sun.

For the color design of crafts, we suggest painting them with paints, but you can also use felt-tip pens. It is not recommended to use watercolor, because. it is very liquid, and the figures can get wet. If you only have watercolors at your disposal, first dilute them with a few drops of water to a thick state, and you can paint.

Dough figurines can be additionally decorated with glitter or other small decorations. If the figurine is cracked or broken, no big deal! It can be glued with any sticky glue or glue gun.

Salt dough painting. Master class number 2

To create a flower from salt dough in a wicker basket, in addition to the main components, you will need a wooden frame without glass, colored cardboard or paper for the background of the picture and a glue gun. Roll out the dough a little thinner: about 6-8 mm thick. Use a knife to cut out a trapezoidal basket (use whatever shape you and your child like). Flowers can be molded by hand or using molds. The basket handle is easy to make from two strips of dough twisted in a spiral. Squeeze out small strokes on the surface of the dough with a plastic knife and a cap from a fountain pen - this will make the craft more “alive”.

We put the whole craft together to see what a flower would look like in a salt dough basket. But you need to dry the elements separately.

After drying, all the elements need to be glued and painted (we used acrylic) and wait for the paint to dry completely. These steps can be interchanged, that is, glue first, then color, or vice versa, as you prefer. Now take the frame, remove the glass from it, if there is any, and insert a cardboard rectangle cut to the size of the inside of the frame onto the substrate.

It is desirable to dry the work in the air, and then, for the best preservation, varnish it. You can use nail polish or water-based varnish. The picture "a flower in a basket with a butterfly" from salt dough is ready!

We have given only a few examples of crafts from this simple and affordable material. But there are much more opportunities for children's modeling test: with its help, you can endlessly learn, develop and create! Good luck!

The roots of this type of creativity lie at the origins of Slavic culture. And more recently, the hobby has become popular again, and not in vain. After all, sculpting from salt dough is a pleasure, besides, it is accessible to many. The components for such crafts do not need to be bought or prepared from expensive ingredients. Every home has salt, flour, oil. Such material is much more plastic and durable than gypsum and even more so plasticine. How to make salt dough for crafts, you will learn below.

Bioceramics

In modern language, the art of dough modeling is called testoplasty or bioceramics. But whatever the name of the salt dough crafts, they are always beautiful! The creation of a new figurine always becomes an event, because in the manufacture of the masters put effort and soul into them. Plastic material allows you to create products of any complexity, sometimes these are whole masterpieces. In addition, over time, crafts do not deteriorate and do not change, and salt protects them from pests.

The current popularity is growing, this hobby has interested both children and adults. Because of its accessibility and the possibility of endless embodiment of ideas, school circles joined the passion for the oldest art form. Thematic classes are held in kindergartens, and experienced craftsmen create picturesque paintings and realistic three-dimensional figures for home decor.

Creativity

For self-creation, you need a creative mood, an idea, and, well, the material itself. On the Internet, many sites are full of finished works, master classes, photo collections on bioceramics, they write how they make salty dough for crafts. Therefore, for inspiration, a lot of effort is not required.

From the dough you can create any objects, figurines, fruits, vegetables, fridge magnets and much more. A voluminous still life in real size will look realistic, consisting of a saucer and some fruits, which even a child will not be difficult to mold and decorate. may include a composition of a rowan twig made from real pine needles and red dough balls. All this can be arranged in the form of a picture or a bas-relief to decorate the walls. It remains to find out for crafts. To prepare it, the components are mixed, and after the toy is made, it is baked.

How to do

You can make your own salt dough for crafts. To do this, mix all the ingredients and put on the stove or in the microwave. But there is a method that does not require heat treatment, it is usually used to make large figures, when a lot of material is needed. After thorough kneading, they begin to sculpt crafts from salt dough. How to make the dough and which way to choose - it does not matter, the main thing is that it be thick and elastic, just like for dumplings. The hot cooking option is more plastic and dries better, but it is also a little more difficult to make.

How to make salt dough for crafts? Recipe with brew:

100 g wheat flour;
50 g of salt;
1 tsp cream;
½ st. l. vegetable oil;
150 ml of water;
a few drops of food coloring.

Mix flour, salt, cream and butter in a bowl. Dilute the food coloring in water and pour the resulting solution into the flour, avoiding the formation of lumps.

Place the container on a slow fire, while stirring constantly. As it heats up, the batter will turn into a thick mass. When it thickens completely, remove from heat and place on the table. Knead the dough until it is soft and sculptable. The same can be done in the microwave. To do this, place the dough bowl inside at full power (650 W) for one minute. At the end of the time, remove to mix, then put back inside. Keep watching for a while until the dough starts to rise from the bowl. Remove the bowl from the microwave and wait about three minutes for the salt dough to thicken. Now it’s clear how to make the dough, it remains to knead as in the first case.

Second option:

150 g flour;
150 g of salt;
½ st. l. vegetable oil;
100 g of water.

Mix the ingredients and knead the elastic material in the same way as you make salt dough for crafts using the custard method. To make it easy to sculpt, it is recommended to prepare the material the day before the scheduled work. You need to store it in a plastic bag on the shelf of the refrigerator, and for a long time it does not deteriorate.

Salt dough coloring

If you want to tint the salty dough, then during the cooking process, drop a few drops of food coloring of the desired color into the water. It should be borne in mind that after baking, the colors will brighten, but if the product is varnished, the shade will become saturated again.

To make fragile embossed crafts, 20 grams of PVA glue and a little potato starch are added to the dough.

painting

You can not color the dough during the cooking process, but decorate the already molded and baked figure. You can use watercolor, gouache, acrylic paints. Many craftswomen adapt even nail polishes. The final touches can be painted on or highlighted with ordinary felt-tip pens. At the same time, keep in mind that coloring temporarily softens the surface of the figure. Therefore, after registration, let the finished copies dry a little more in the air or in the oven.

What do you need to work

To sculpt the figurines, you will need a working tool, often they are ordinary household items. You can use a knife, a rolling pin, a comb, rods from pens, which are convenient for making various holes. Embossed knives, children's sets of ready-made molds for working with plasticine are well suited. Everything you have in the house can also come in handy. Beads, lace, forks, soles of children's shoes, buttons, designer details - how can you make an imprint on the product.

Drying

You can dry the finished products in the fresh air, but usually this takes a long time, so it is often done in the oven at the lowest temperature, from time to time swapping the sides of the figures. Drying time depends on the size of the crafts. Sometimes products are browned a little to give a natural color, for example, Christmas gingerbread, little men, pies for decoration.

Flowers

You can start your creativity with making flowers, especially women will like it. Moreover, you already know how salt dough is made for crafts. Daisies are very easy to make. Petals can be made by rolling small strips in the longitudinal direction. And arrange the middle with a flattened ball, to which the resulting petals are attached from below. Sprigs can be taken from a real thuja - they are so similar to chamomile leaves, and they do not deteriorate. Put the composition in a basket, also made by hand. It is woven from long strips of the same material as flowers. After everything is dry, you can start painting.

cats

Cat lovers can practice different variations of funny cats like in the photo. In general, this topic is loved by all adults and children, these animals cannot but inspire. You can even make a red cat out of salt dough in a primitive way, it will still look wonderful. And a cat created believably, of course, is a matter for more experienced craftswomen.

Creating figures from salt dough is not just entertainment, but also painstaking work that requires perseverance and concentration. Children make crafts from salt dough, for them the lesson is useful in that not only fine motor skills of the hands develop, but also creative thinking, artistic taste and many other positive qualities.

From flour, you can not only bake pies and cook dumplings. Try using this raw material for beautiful salt dough crafts. We invite you to master a new female hobby, the results of which will not be difficult to find practical application.

History does not know who first came up with the idea of creating sculptures from flour, water and salt, but there is a version that confectioners came up with beautiful crafts from salt dough. Creative cooks got bored of baking quickly stale buns and, having improved the recipe, they invented a material that does not deteriorate over the years and does not lose its attractiveness. Today, testoplasty is a popular women's hobby that you should definitely try too.

Testoplasty is a fun hobby with a serious approach

Salt dough is a plastic material from which you can mold no less interesting crafts than polymer clay. Finished figurines are easy to color and decorate, turning into real works of art, which are easy to find a place not only in the home and office, but also in the museum. The presence of salt in the dough preserves the finished product and protects it from various pests that are not indifferent to flour products.

The main advantage of testoplasty is the availability of materials. The cost of finished crafts is mere pennies, and products for modeling, as well as for c, are always in any home.

Having mastered salt dough modeling, you can make small souvenirs for sale and turn a new one. Figures can be sold via the Internet, social networks or offer your masterpieces in crowded places: at train stations, in parks, on the beach.

Now in many cities open fairs are held, where everyone has the opportunity to sell what they have done with love with their own hands. Amulets, fridge magnets, kitchen decor are in great demand.

Salt dough recipe for crafts

All-purpose DIY salt dough requires just three ingredients: flour, salt, and water.
Flour should be used only the highest grade, not containing bran and any improving additives. In no case do not buy pancake, pancake and self-rising flour - during drying, the dough made from it will begin to rise, which will lead to cracks.

Salt should also be taken simple without iodine and other additives, but clean and white. Perfect for Extra. If it was not possible to find finely ground salt, you can take pure coarse salt by dissolving it in water taken in volume according to the main recipe.

Before kneading, water must be passed through a filter and cooled. It is recommended to take ice water prepared in the freezer.

Proportions of ingredients:

Flour - 300 grams;
Salt - 300 grams;
Water - 200 ml.

Video recipe from experienced craftsmen

Some craftsmen use additives to improve plasticity, for example, starch, vegetable oil or glue. However, for the first masterpiece, it is better to prepare salty dough for crafts according to the main recipe. It is important to consider that flour and salt are taken in the same proportions by weight, but salt is heavier than flour, so it turns out to be half as much in volume! For example, a glass of flour will require half a glass of salt!

Secrets of modeling and shaping figures

Working with dough does not require special talents, but the first time it is unlikely that you will be able to fashion something special. In the air, the mass of flour and salt quickly hardens, so you need to store it in a tightly closed jar, separating, if necessary, the right amount for sculpting a separate element. If the mass was dyed in different colors, then portions of hotel shades of different colors should be stored in separate containers.

There are many testing techniques. It can be rolled into a layer, and then cut out figures and form compositions from them, like flowers from sugar mastic and cold porcelain. At the joints, the parts are moistened and gently pressed against each other. Also, the same dough, diluted to a more liquid consistency, is used as glue.

For large three-dimensional figures, wire frames are used or put inside jars and boxes, which reduces the volume of raw materials and speeds up the drying process. To fasten the elements, you can use toothpicks, fastening the parts to be joined with them.

Finished works are dried in the open air or baked in an oven, which greatly speeds up the process of gaining the desired strength. During drying, the oven is turned on at the lowest temperature, and the door is slightly opened. At high temperatures, the craft may crack.

How to decorate dough products

To form reliefs and volumetric figures, you can use any materials at hand: stencils, coins, toothpicks, sushi sticks, combs, penknives, a confectionery syringe, cookie cutters, and vegetable knives.

Figures from unpainted dough have a light beige tint, but the mass can be dyed at the kneading stage, and finished products can be varnished, acrylic dyes, watercolors or gouache.

As dyes, you can use natural products, such as cocoa or beetroot juice. If dyes require dilution with water, reduce the total amount of liquid indicated in the recipe.

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Look at a selection of beautiful crafts, maybe you will fall in love with this art and make it your hobby. Try to make a simple figurine first - or a colorful one. If you have small children, make casts of their arms and legs, in 20 years this craft will be of high value.

Beautiful dough crafts: photo for inspiration

Master classes on creating figurines

If you are interested in this simple technique, try starting with simple crafts. We have prepared several master classes available for beginners.